Anchor STUCK, throwing up, smoking out boat, FINGER CHOPPED, anchor caught, TRAWLER day of DONTS!

Join us aboard Mermaid Monster this week for a few days of absolute chaos and problem solving. We had so many random mishaps. This is not typical for us at this point. Have you ever seen that movie Alexander had a very bad, no good rotten day or whatever it’s called? It was like that! I believe the title of this episode tells it all. Despite the craziness, it still ended up being a great few days. That’s the funny things about boating, as I was watching this footage I had literally forgotten cutting my finger, Roo throwing up and catching the fish trap at the end. The only real problem I remember was hooking the cable. I would say at this point we are pretty darn experienced but we are also juggling 3 kids, 2 dogs (you haven’t met our newest addition yet) and all that comes with running a boat and a business. I think we are doing a fantastic job at it all. We hope you enjoy this episode you guys. Please feel free to say hi in the comments below. Remember to be nice, because the kids are reading these comments now. Tune in every Sunday at 9am! Cheers!
Brooke
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Ok go Gregory
Afar and away
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Get smacked
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[@murphyslaw907]

As a telco employee and a boater. If you call NOAA with your GPs location they will connect you to the utility that owns the cable you are snagged on. Many times they will collect your info, ask you how much your ground tackle cost. Then ask you to ditch it. They will mail you a check for replacement gear. It’s a lot cheaper to buy someone a new anchor then get a cable repair ship dispatched and fix a damaged undersea cable. We actually had a container ship snag one of our this summer. They chose to yank it back up rather than ditch it. It cost us several million dollars to repair the fiber optic cable.

[@stevenlageson1868]

If you don’t have problems, mishaps, and accidents while boating, it means your boat is at the dock. I was always learning. Just learn from those things. Love the channel, Brook you’re smart as well as cute. The kids and dog are so much a part of why I watch also. Braden is not to proud to admit problems. This channel is real life and I LOVE it.

[@user-pi3yq7zl1x]

From instagram it looks like the finger is not slowing you down. Glad it’s not worse than it was. You all rock. And thanks for show the bad with the good, the pain with the pleasure. If you only showed the perfect stuff, us land locked people would start looking for cliffs to jump off of. Keep up the great videos. Penn is my spirit animal. I love his attitude!

[@deanbone6790]

Chef Penn is back! Mishaps are common on land around my place. I tore my rotator cuff which required surgery and a minimum 6 month rehab. (Don't do that!) I would love to say I had a spectacular mountain biking accident, but in reality I fell over the floor jack working on my car ! You guys are doing great running your boat and raising your family. What memories you have to cherish. Thanks for sharing them.

[@papa.mike01]

Just want to say I love your videos and I love that I’ve been able to see this journey from the beginning and watching your young family grow.

[@robertbennett6697]

You are out there. You are doing it as a family. Not many are. Kudos!

[@rrt216]

Nice job with the triage nurse Brooke those little cuts hurt like hell thanks for sharing stay safe see you next time

[@TonyGariepy]

Penn set off the dinner bell, and my new favorite curse word is “Family Friendly Channel!!!”

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Hahahah

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Great episode! Stay safe and keep rolling MM crew! 👍👍

[@kevindeacetis5376]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year guys. Thank for another great show. God Bless

[@papa.mike01]

It seems like Brooke is always playing the part of the hard working dutiful deckhand.😊

[@Luke22022]

Another great episode, thank you. It was interesting to see Atlantic City lights from the water. Best wishes for the new year!

[@GregoryMueller-ss2qv]

If it wasn't for bad days , we wouldn't have good days Brooke 😊 you all did Great ❤️ love watching your travels 😊😊

[@jeff1616o]

It is good to see you using the fly bridge. That's my favorite spot, when the weather permits oh course. 😊

[@skipper260]

Entertaining video. Hopefully your tomorrow goes a lot better for you guys.

[@BellsRidesAboardSeaBoss]

Good thinking Brook, great job! I for one am grateful you decided to share this. Our boating experience is primarily was in the California Delta, where the channels are pretty narrow. When there is an underwater hazards it is posted with giant signs on each side of the levy. We are now embarking on #BoatLife on the east coast, so thank you for sharing another thing to look out for while anchoring. Captain sneaking kisses is so cute.

[@jeff1616o]

That was a total boat life day video for sure. 😂😂😂😂

[@christip20]

Schematic’s is the word you were searching for, I think… for the papers telling you where all the wires, etc. go. Honestly, you guy’s are the only channel that I consistently watch, besides a few sailing ones, but I would imagine that most of the people just beginning to start cruising around with a motorboat have your channel as their main go-to place for “solutions”, like how to get a cable off the anchor!! 🍀

[@zzzxxzzz3248]

Thanks for sharing and thanks for the music credits .

[@richardnye3469]

We hooked a similar sized old WWII cable in Newport RI anchorage. Did the same maneuver to free Untethered. Good trick to know. Great speed on that trip. It seems we always get the current against us.

[@ernestrhoades5147]

God those kids are growing ,been a long time watcher.

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Wild right? Getting so big

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Mom toughing it out for the family!! 👍👍Family better be taking good care of her! Hope your finger heals well!! 👍👍👊👊 Penn is practicing his best blind monk disguise!! 😂😂🤣🤣👍👍

[@petesheppard1709]

It was great to see Leo standing helm watch at 6:00. 😎 Start them out young!

[@user-tc6um2wb7h]

Brilliant solution to remove cable from anchor. I will remember that next time we are anchoring. Always good to learn from others experiences. Thanks for sharing.

[@Tretz624]

Brook you should have epsom salts, too. You can use it to treat infection, ease swelling, and clean wounds. Just dilute with warm water and soak till water is cool. Repeat if necessary.

[@johns6290]

That idea about the purse was a great idea.

[@Lighthouse6b]

I had a very similar dumb experience in Nelson’s Dockyard in Antigua years ago. We usually would Med-moor on the front dock but was completely full as was the outside anchorage. So I pulled around to the right side of the dockyard where more boats including a sailboat fleet were also Med-moored. There was sufficient depth so I dropped our anchor. Every thing was fine until the morning when I tried to haul up the anchor. As it came up the was strain on the windlass and my 100k pound sailboat was pulled bow down. I went foreword to investigate as my chain counter said the anchor had surfaced. It had as well as an ancient chain. Like you I passed a line under the chain and tied it off, the redeployed the anchor, and dropped the chain and retrieved the anchor. As I found out later this entire area was covered with a nest of chains which has been used a century before for keel hauling their ships to clean and re-copper the bottoms. Was shown on the harbor chart. :

[@gregchrist5090]

Well, you had good luck this trip with the currents, at least.

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Congrats on the miles covered record breakage!! 👍👍👊👊

[@richardmullon5233]

Little knife stuff happens and cable stuff a pain the butt and kids look good and hopefully you get the radio fixed.

[@hobie695]

I think everyone is due a full day in bed with the sheets pulled over their head. Hopefully y'all worked through all of the grimilins and will have weeks of pleasant cruising. As I said before, some days you're the windshield and some days you're the bug. Have fun with Bradens parents.

[@richardmmatics5087]

I’m keeping this solution in my memory bank.

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Hahaha if we can help someone then it makes it all worth it!

[@lonnieparsons6068]

Any time you anchor in an area with a long history of boat anchoring, it’s best to picture dropping the anchor into a junk pile. Our anchor got fouled in Grenada in around 20 feet of water that was murky at best. I got in my dive gear and felt my way down the chain. At the bottom I found our anchor had slid under a loop of chain that was attached to a large engine block. You are lucky the cable didn’t break, that can be an expensive repair bill to pay. Capt Lon from the S/V Watoosh.

[@edemerick1889]

Love that sweat shirt Brooke

[@oliviercollinet8028]

Bonjour à toute la famille de France 🇫🇷 Je vous souhaite une bonne et heureuse année 2024.

[@havaseas]

We were about a week behind you going south. We saw a boat anchored in that cable area at Sandy Hook and almost anchored there. Eric saw the cable area just in time. I could see how you missed it. Good to hear your method of getting loose. We do something similar with our Rocna. For our future knowledge…. How did you know it wasn’t a live electrical line? Glad you didn’t have to ditch your anchor!

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Glad you missed it because it was annoyingggg getting unstuck. We don’t know for certain that it wasn’t a live wire but honestly it just didn’t look like it. I know that doesn’t sound scientific at all haha

[@MY_SOLACE]

Hey, you are not perfect, perfection died 2024 yo on the cross. lol Great job coming up with the solution. I will keep it in my brain ram memory, never know. 🤷🏼 I guess, when they say “cable area no anchorage”, one is taking a big gamble. You are fortunate to have a buddy boat. Good luck and safe travels. 🎉

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

You should gave just cut the cable…lol…kidding…Watch out for the large cable crossing area - probably not a good place to drop the anchor.

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Hahahahah

[@traveller9625]

And ya didn't even bite down on a stick, you go girl. There are many cables in that area due to the ammo pier and old Fort Handcock

[@akLeanne]

Cute pjs

[@fulks19]

I wonder how many hours, and hours, it takes to produce a video like this. It's hard enough to be at the helm at 4:30 in the morning but to start filming adds to the busyness. I love your videos and I know it is a tremendous amount of work to capture your days and then to edit and upload a video with music and visual comments added.

[@tj-kv6vr]

send money

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Thanks so much.

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Container ship is riding high should not be too bad of a wake.. How was it?

[@declinox]

21:10 Oooh I had a similar cut with my chefs' knife, on my left index finger (totally my fault). It cut about 3/4 of the way around and through the finger. I went into an urgent care place and got stitches, but after a few years, I still don't have full sensation :-/ You seemed to handle it well; I came close to passing out when the doctor was putting the stitches in... pretty typical according to him.

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Oh man that sounds awful! Stitch’s on a finger seems horrible

[@timgreen4137]

And anchor release device should have allowed you to pull the anchor from the other end of the shank. That device allows you to back the anchor out from under rocks. Just my 2 cents.

[@tmac709]

I enjoyed your video!

[@Ivansgarage]

We already know the captain is non't dealing with a full deck...

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Braden’s never really had a full deck. If he did the entire family would be living in a house with a nice job with a matching 401k plan.

[@stevenclark7262]

How is your diesel burn when you’re doing 10 knots? 🇨🇦

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

The current was key on that stretch. Only about 5 gal an hour

[@Andrew-ep4kw]

So anyone living in Sandy Hook who wondered why their cable and internet got all squirrelly for a short while now knows why 🙂

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Hehe

[@hclausse]

Is that the N60?

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

N55

[@user-fy2cr1uo6f]

If you want to know what that CG cutter may have been doing, look up Season 4/Episode 4 of the TV show Dirty Jobs.

[@thomasbrown782]

USCG buoy tenders, well, tend to buoys.......

[@toddgarris8448]

FYI, on a wound like you had soap and water will be good, no need to inflict pain on yourself by using alcohol.

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Fair! I didn’t have a way to get soap down in here.

[@thomasbrown782]

How would you know it "wasn't a live wire cable or anything"?....

[@robertkleiman1502]

Mistakes? Never make them. Never, never, never ever. Ask me how I know!! 😳😳😳🤣

[@LaszloBagi]

No mention of the cable on the chart?

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Not specific for that cable is that what you are asking :)

[@JohnSmith-gb5vg]

The chart just shows an area not to anchor, not a specific cable line.

[@LaszloBagi]

@@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER Glad you were able to get the issue solved and good for you showing it can happened to the best of us

[@thomasw5430]

Wow, you guys have had some really bad luck lately. Hoping it turns around pretty quickly. I definitely would not have posted the pictures of the cable in your anchor- he’ll I would not have posted anything about that incident. It was probably a cable carrying all the internet traffic for Wall Street! 😂😂

[@tomreid5184]

wolf

[@rl8992]

You need some liquid stitch .

[@josephsichting8162]

Confused a bit. In your drawing, why was there a arrow pointing out the 🐪 toe? If you need to delete, that is okay, but I hope you are laughing while you're deleting.😂😂❤❤ Love your channel. Good content and editing is superb.

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Hahahahaha now we can’t unsee this

[@stevestadterman9270]

wowsers,,,mom needs help...keep the sharp knivea away from her

[@user-pe6hh4rp6c]

Does anything good ever happen to y’all?

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Hahaha yes! And I promise it’s great after this! It was a funny few days. You have to keep in mind these few episodes are broken up within just a few days but spread out over a few months. We will actually be real time in 2 weeks! And soooo much happy exciting things to share 🎉❤❤❤ going to copy and paste this for others to read because we are getting this comment a lot hahaha

[@richnauer]

Usually pic's "say a thousand words" in this case your vocal explanation was superior. Pocketbook explanation was not so good😊

[@JohnSmith-gb5vg]

Well there’s the kids, the vast traveling experiences they’ve had and continue on, the friends they’ve made, and let’s not forget, the sharing of their experiences with us. 😊

[@patrickjames9165]

BEFORE YOU USE THAT ODD CAMERA ANGLE AGAIN... CHECK YOUR NOSE FOR BOOGERS!

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

🙄 who cares. We r all human.

[@patrickjames9165]

CALL ME A CONSPIRACY THEORIST BUT NO....WE ARE NOT "ALL" HUMAN.@@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER

[@mishafrog8786]

Best keep quiet about the heavy cable snagging otherwise you could get a bill for repairs , see no evil hear no evel dont admit no evil and lastly dont record the bloody evil .

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

There was zero damage ❤️

[@NoneyaTexasontheback20]

Why let dogs lick your face. He was licking his butt 10 minutes ago

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Hahahahaha

[@lordabhikingfisher8087]

Clearly you guys don't have skills needed to operate a trawler. If it takes 6 years to learn, then you will never learn.

[@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER]

Hahaha keyboard expert over here! We for sure have skills so get outta here

[@xcgates]

@@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER good thing I never screw up basic home maintenance, wouldn't be qualified to live in my house!

[@JohnSmith-gb5vg]

@lordabhiking.. 10-years of seeing KZbin videos of charters, professional navies, coast guard and very experienced sailors (sail & mv) make mistakes. It’s part of the 3-d world of boating. You don’t give up or stop when you make a mistake in their world, you learn from it and become a better sailor. Watched a young couple, with no experience, hire an experienced yachtsman(licensed ships master) whom then took their newly purchased sail boat into a lowering bridge gate in Florida. This ended their sailing experience before it could even began as it took down the main and caused structural damage to the boat. Now that was a mistake by a 30-year sailing veteran. I see nothing but caution, care and learning from this couple as they live their life on the water.

[@josephsichting8162]

I watch a lot of boating channels some have had a lifetime of ocean experience and every episode has mishaps very similar to the ones you have. Chalk it up to lessos learned and keep enjoying the journey!

[@JohnSmith-gb5vg]

@@xcgatesikr😂. Like starting to change out the shower knob… totally forgetting to turn off the house water 🙄. Forget what the wife was thinking, how do you explain that to your dad 😮😂😂