When you make a pan-pan or any other call on VHF you contact the Coastguard, not the RNLI. The Coastguard make the decision based on their local knowledge and don't rely on visiting sailors to take a guess. Lee shore, potentially no propulsion = pan-pan call.

We’ve just boat a boat and brand new to sailing so forgive my ignorance. Who gets to charge you if you are not on their buoy or their pontoon. What do they do if you tell them to piss off

Love Helford River. One of my favourite places to sail. Shame it was spolit by the incident with the other boat. It would be polite to share details in case there was an issue.

How rude! You walked 100 yards away from my front door and you didn't call in to say hello. Its not till you see where you have lived all your life that you appreciate it till you see it through someone else's viewpoint.

Fantastic David we will always have Albufiera xxx

How stupid can people be. They move to where you are , to close , than drop an anchor and wait. These morons don’t know about anything .. what about the circle needed to be safe on anchoring. Why do people not learn about this.

I'm glad you've taken the time to explore some rivers and estuaries and you've found some hidden gems "Far from the Madding Crowd"

Had a yacht drag past us in the Solent a few years ago in Newtown Bay. Heard the anchor cables rattle together and I was awake and up in a moment, the other boat was being held off by a naked man, I was in my underpants and tee shirt. I immediately shouted to my wife “quick darling there is a naked man out here!” This got her up pretty quickly as well, and we all sorted things out straight away. His girlfriend wasn’t as amused as we were. Point is that nudity is no bar to safety so why did Auburn Lass not get stuck in straight away and if you drag the onus is on you to sort it out.

With Mylor, the marina office is only open 8am to 8pm. So if you arrive to the visitors pontoon after 8pm, you can go anywhere you want and if you leave before 8am nobody knows you have been there, not that I would ever leave early before paying 😊🤫

Glad you had such a great time with us, loving watching your videos. Keep them coming. All the best, Simon

Falmouth is my nearest port and FHC are absolute vultures. Aggressive policing of car parking and boat mooring. Embarrassing every time I take anyone in there. Skip it and go to Fowey or St Mawes where they actually like visitors.

Glad it turned out OK! We also waited over a week to round Land’s End and when we did, the weather forecast was incorrect. As we rounded, we got blasted with F6 northerlies! Hope your passage is smoother!

Great video. The Helford is lovely. You handled yourselves really well in an awful situation. It's great there was no damage.

What a ✊glad you guys are ok.

They are from milford marina I believe so easy for your insurance company to contact them

I really like the fact that your video is lots of dialogue .

What a bunch of shits. Didnt set their anchor and were clearly incompetent. Someone must know who these idiots are?

I’d be having her lifted and get the prop and shaft checked, at their expense. At least you have video evidence

Not sure what route you are taking but on your journey if you head along the Dorset coast pop into Lulworth Cove, it looks tight as you approach it but opens up, there are mooring buoys and a decent anchorage.

If you look up Hereford Sailing Club, it seems that Auburn Lass operates on a shared ownership basis. I would contact Hereford Sailing Club.

Can't understand why you made a pan pan call and had lifeboats escort you. Was this before you was able to start your engine and move safely away ?

I'm loving this journey because you're going to places we've never been. Ponzance looked awesome. What bloody idiots Auburn Lass were. Hopefully they or someone sees this who knows them and asks them to apologise, probably no insurance. Makes me so cross. Great video and loved the anchorage ⛵️🥰

Yes, name and shame and perhaps a visit. I know i would😮

Home port is Milford Haven. We used to berth there but don't know them.......Hope you don't encounter them again on west coast as you pass.

Auburn lass has an Ais transmitter, so if you need to, their info is quite easy to obtain. Pretty bad show on their part. Quick google and they appear to be members at Hereford Sailing Club 😊

What a douche bag. Now I’ve passed my day skipper. Ive just signed up to the RNLI for a year.

its a lovely anchorage normally. i hope you got a response from the idiot crew of Auburn. The RNLI need support, so spread the word, Fund raise if you get the opportunity.

Absolutely unbelievable. What a bunch of muppets on Auburn Lass :(

It is another example of how you are being flogged by being taxed. They'll charge you for air next. We have 35,800+ kilometres of coastline and no anchoring fees at all. That is Australia of course. We were racing on the Swan River and were astounded that an English visitor asked how much it cost to sail there for a season. We were wondering, what on earth was a sailing season?

I remember being charged for staying in some harbours on the South Coast 30 plus years ago when we sailed our Sadler 29 from Poole. £15 would be OK for some amenities, but to simple drop an anchor in the mud is taking the P**s. This year my wife and I spent 13 weeks sailing our boat around the lovely Croatian islands. We avoid marinas as they can cost around £200 per night for our Lagoon 42, (very expensive for a shower and a bit of water and electricity) so spend most of our time in the many small bays (often the only boat overnight outside the peak season). Some harbours will allow you to moor alongside for couple of hours for no charge, gives you time to get some provisions, but may still charge for water, (especially on the islands) otherwise expect to pay up to £90 for an overnight berth alongside, and £50 - 60 for a buoy. We have some good ground tackle and make full use of it instead, and avoid spending money in the locations that rip us off. We anchored for several nights at anchor off Rab, and spend the money we saved in the local restaurants and shops instead. Some restaurants will provide a free berth or buoy if you eat at their restaurant.

'm amazed that you're amazed.. welcome to the south coast ! Maybe you should avoid Dartmouth.. It's been 30 year since I last anchored there but remember being charged I think £10.. but, as I say, that was 30 yrs ago. By now they'll probably want your first born male child.

Greedy basterds , Ill give that port a miss

What are they giving for their £15 pounds a night? Any security any guarantee just a greedy town with no heart. I sailed into Nova Scotia and tied up on a dock for free and had water and electric for free back in 2000. But of course now one pays for water and power but still can tie up for free. Our country has become mean and unfriendly, all for the almighty pound.

Falmouth was, hands down, the most expensive place I stayed on my sail round Britain, by a considerable margin. Not worth the money either.

Tell then to get fucked.

The whole of Falmouth and the carrick roads charges to anchor overnight. But you can dodge paying if you know the harbour masters patterns 😊

We didn't fo Falmouth, wish we had now. It's beautiful. Coming from the south coast we were used to paying to anchor. Great video guys, thanks 🥰⛵️

What exactly do these peopld think they are charging for? Disgraceful.

welcome to the South Coast when crewing for a charter we have been stung for anchoring fees a few times but only along the South Coast. my skipper usually told them to go away until the charter company called and told him to pay. the warning wil be a small tender puttering about waiting until you anchor then pouncing demanding money up to oyu if you leave or tell them to feck off

Motoring into a head sea is always uncomfortable, much easier, quicker and smoother to head off slightly, even if motoring - or sail! But why oh why set off on a short passage like that into a spring tide? Just leave earlier or later!

Harbour dues

We where on a Moody 29 for our round GB sail & it was nothing like that LOL :). We had planned on a Falmouth stop but delays due to bad weather put us behind schedule so we skipped it. Loving the content guys Ta.

You should of gone to St mawes, great place to anchor and FREE

Falmouth always has been pricey to say the least......£5 would be more than enough.

St Mawes is free, you passed it in on the way in, a nice spot.

Shouldn't charge for anchoring, rip off!

Rip off Uk

As soon as you opened that locker I got goosebumps, knew what you were going to say 😬. Fowey is gorgeous. We had an amazing experience with a dolphin coming up the river and rubbed his belly on our dinghy when it was tied up. Stunning weather again. Thanks for sharing ⛵️🥰

So glad to see your fingers on the mend. That looks painful? Great video as always thank you for sharing