Losing Our Anchor... TWICE! | Sailing Indonesia, Ep 153

Making the same mistake twice... www.sailingnandji.com/
In this episode of Sailing Nandji, we arrive to the island of Simeulue in Indonesia. The island is governed by Sharia law and as we know this is the law of the qaran, we do not know what it means for tourists. To be on the safe side Bonita is well covered on arrival not to offend anyone.
This anchorage sucks. Even though the bay is long, skinny, shallow and with a sand bottom, it is open to the South West and the Indian Ocean. Meaning any swell goes directly into the bay. To combat the roll, we set a stern anchor...
Yosh goes surfing up the point one afternoon and whilst in the waves, noticed Flubber drifting on pass. Whats all this about? The anchor had come off the rode...
Losing one anchor, sure it happens. Losing 2 anchors in 2 days... Come On! Losing our anchor twice is un heard of!
With no sailing experience, we bought a yacht, got it blue water cruising ready and set off sailing to the Pacific! We have since cruised through New Caledonia, Vanuatu, the Solomon islands, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and then onto the boat yard in Malaysia to prepare for the years to come. With a new engine, we continued onto Thailand, then back down into Indonesia and specifically West Sumatra where we are living the island life and chasing the surf. With our Sailing plans changing, we are returning to Thailand in the coming months and then taking the northern route of the Indian Ocean to Sri Lanka before heading south to Chagos and across the Indian Ocean once cyclone season has finished and the trade winds begin! The adventure is just beginning!
We departed the east coast of Australia in July 2017 and have since sailed over 10000nm. We have explored some amazing countries and met some beautiful people along the way. We have experienced so many different and diverse cultures, dived pristine reefs, surfed solo in the middle of nowhere, spent weeks at sea, dealt with storms, big waves, strong winds and had the time of our lives doing it! The adventure is just beginning as we sail West with the trades around the World!
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[@cheryllgoodluck3561]

She found it because women are always right hey Benita ha ha

[@rolandvaughanminnie9789]

Thanks guys for once again, a great episode. You both do a great job. Thanks for sharing these great experiences with your fans.

[@randyw6864]

I so look forward to your video's, thanks for taking me on your adventures.

[@robertottwell605]

I’m glad you got your anchors back Marley man having fun is the best

[@klouism1]

Great job finding the anchor. Wishing you safe sailing. ⛵

[@realwheelman]

I'm surprised you guys found both anchors. good job!

[@Imasofat]

You guys put out the best videos ever!

[@geremychubbuck3730]

Awesome video as usual, guys. Keep up the great work!

[@cq7415]

Nice couple. Thanks.

[@waynemazan7485]

Great video... love you guys !!!!

[@twoeagledrones]

Made me smile! Lot's! Great editing. Cheers.

[@geetee50]

love you guys , so full of beans, great little trio

[@mikeferris8033]

Love your video's keep on!

[@roymcdaniel9070]

Love you channel and that news skit is the best !!

[@w00dbutcher50]

Love love love!

[@jeffslaven]

Bonita the anchor-queen saves the day!!! Great vid guys!

[@johndaniels5801]

Your videos are the best keep up the good work and fun! Take care

[@johnmccormick175]

Great video,glad you found your anchors!..Marley is like a rocket taking off when he hits the beach :-)

[@halfglassfull]

Praise for small victories. Well done!

[@HARDHAT223]

You give me joy

[@nonaparker564]

Love your videos. Always fun,but true sailing debacles as well !

[@coldshoulder3753]

Love the vlogs! Cruise ,surf ,survive . Good on ya 🤙

[@sailingavocet]

the good life... we can't wait to hopefully meet them someday and share an anchorage out there lol!

[@marceld6061]

Provisioning looks like it can be a challenge. Can't wait for the next vid!

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

It sure is! It can take days and you still only have a few veges and rice!

[@clifflong1203]

I have missed seeing you guys! The butter chip bit was hysterical 🤣.....Sitting here on my sailboat having my ubiquitous PB&J loving you two!👌✌️😎

[@davidc6510]

Yosh that was an evil prank on Bonita with those crappy snacks....legend! Awesome job on the dual anchor recovery! Yew!

[@outdoorzfam]

Good job guys! 💪🤙👍🙃

[@englishmaninfrance661]

At least you got them both back ! On Sardinia I lost one permanently when a storm blew up and the anchor jammed in rocks . I had to bouy the chain and cut it . When I went back to collect it someone had already nicked it !

[@TheBeatlemanic]

Lucky to find the Anchors, but of course Yoshi you won't be able to live it down now, she's the greatest.

[@bertski60]

wow. never thought you had a snowballs chance in hell of finding even 1 anchor. shoulda' kept going, you might've found 3 or 4 more. thnx guys. great show.

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

It wasnt as easy as we made it out to be! I spent hours diving for the stern anchor! 3 different attempts! But we found it!! The tender anchor was easier as I had surfed and anchored there a few times.

[@faircompetition1203]

@@FrothLyfeSailingNandji My thought was to look for the rode - it should be laid out between the anchor and the boat or the current . Way easier to find than the anchor . The gods must have shined on you to find it .

[@johnboylong40]

Captain that ship young lady! Love seeing that.

[@sailingavocet]

she crushes it! Woop woop!

[@victorbitter583]

Good one ya pair of anchors. cheers.

[@KISStraining]

Lololol love Yosh when you said "the captain should listen to the boss more often" lolol awesome!!! Great job but be careful in those areas of the world....they dont play. 🤙🤙🤙🐢

[@oldtimerman59]

good stuff !

[@WHOMEWHOYOU]

Marley: ..... waiting.... Bonita: "OK!" ... Marley, Gone Like a Rocket ! You Guys are a Great Team & at Finding Anchors ! Look Forward to Seeing Your Weeks Adventures, so Stay Safe!

[@sailingavocet]

Oh my! Third times the charm? lol! Great video Nandji.

[@Michael-el8xl]

It has always paid off for me to put a float on my anchor so I could retrieve it ...it saved our life one time in Alaska

[@breech123]

Glad you found food and the anchors.

[@DJTerry-bd3cp]

Glad to see things going your way , your last video scared me that things where falling apart..

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

trust me mate, you have 0 chance of things falling apart!

[@mihovilgattin3074]

I don't know,are you Nancy better diver or sailor???!!!???!!!You are such as amazing!!!!!!!GOOD SEA!!!!!!

[@bobbie7355]

Benita rocks ! Yew !

[@nedkelly2864]

Be safe cuz.

[@mickhermes1925]

Even with the attractive jumbo pants, always the prettiest girl on the beach!. And she`s a salvage diver too! 3 strand anchor rode?

[@wesbakker8486]

👍😎

[@supershane1960]

Wow guys, great find. But seriously, losing 2 anchors within 2 days, need to work that out mate... ;-} Anyway, looks like it might be new rope for Xmas,hey Joshie... Great video guys, good to see you're getting a few waves in mate. Cheers for now guys, see ya next time...

[@cannadan81]

nice work finding the needle in the hay stack

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

I even found the shackle minus the pin for the tender anchor!!

[@bertski60]

​@@FrothLyfeSailingNandji why not 3 part shackles for something like an anchor? (clevice, pin and nut on the end. the threaded pin's got a hole that can be cotter pinned behind the nut.)

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

@@bertski60 the tender anchor was new and honestly I just hadn't moused the shackle yet. It was one of those jobs that just never got done. Yes, its moused now

[@bertski60]

@@FrothLyfeSailingNandji i'll sleep better tonight. : D thnx for the reply.

[@bubbagail7450]

Your luck has been holding really good of late. Its about time huh? Just be careful in some of these places you are visiting.

[@karlfair]

Glad you found your anchors. You guys should make a "look bucket", a 5 gallon bucket with a plexiglass bottom. They make looking for anything from your dink easy and you don't have to put your face in the water.

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

Good in theory but when the water is too murky to see from the surface, as was this, then no real point!

[@backthebadge4009]

Try a swell bridle. It’s easier than dropping a second anchor....great you tube clip (search swell bridle) on how to set it up.

[@marktragear4630]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@saylaveenadmearedead]

Dam, that was luck x 2!

[@captaincope4303]

A cold front is howling outside, horizontal rain, temperature dropping from 60° F to 20's in hours with wind-chill of 8°F tonight. Enjoy !

[@SVImpavidus]

There is a 20 KG Danforth and 25 metres of 8mm chain in 4 metres of water in Swanage bay, Poole, England. We have the rough coordinates if you want to go take a look. Lost it in 1998 and 4 x 12 ltr bottles of air with scuba gear we never found it. But, we did not have a Benita! Sail Safe guys Ant, Cid & the Pooch crew.

[@trinescape]

Hi guys another great vid ! i have the same anchor on my tri ,do you like the sarca anchors ,mine hasn;t let me down once ,they bury themselves very deep and re-set quickly in a wind change anyhoo have a good one cheers !

[@davechavis4275]

Good job La Bonita. Yosh get some chain and new rope please.

[@MrRourk]

Chips around the world :) Go Marley the beach party dog!

[@mikestravels609]

👍

[@Dave-SailsAway]

Haha! 2 things to add. Before that, I watch because I am headin towwrd retirement and has plans in the Carribean and want to learn (now sailing a 24' sloop and raking up the miles. 1) Love your furry friend. Had a greyhound that became a part of the family. How does his spindley legs deal with boat life? (Apparently well!). 2) I love the chips gag (literally "gag") you pulled on her. Again, live it.. I did the same on my wife. Be warnee, and for the record, friend, we are no longer together!. Pranker beware!

[@tigersharkzh]

Use a swell bridle instead of a stern anchor. It's easier to set up than a stern anchor and you can easily adjust where your bow is pointing from the boat. I could try explaining how to do it here in this comment but would probably just confuse you but there are many great videos here on youtube showing how it's easily done.

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

I know how it's done, it is a good technique until the wind changes

[@Zeb1432]

Whoops..!!!

[@campally]

🤟🏻

[@kirkbeaumont5295]

That butter chip face..lol

[@bowlinggreenoil]

I'm sure you know by now but if you attach a line to your anchor chain say 20 feet from the boat, you can winch the boat around to face the swell.

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

Of course, it works well until the wind or current changes

[@davidhile5363]

So glad you guys found your anchors !!! Do you guys keep a helmet on board or did that come with the scooter ?

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

With the scooter, they are a rare commodity too! No one has or wears them!

[@snsfabricating]

Thank God you didn't lose your anchor in that Indo land fill bay.

[@000001willy]

Well done Bonita!!!! Yosh should listen to you more often. Have you ever heard of a guy with intuition. No never. Women have intuition. Yosh listen to Bonita. And you are right Yosh, Bonita did look fabulous in her diving outfit.

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

haha I listen all the time when I want too...

[@joelenepreising7436]

Now here's a bit of good advice Joschie, there is no sharper instinct that the feminine sixth sense, LOL

[@thomasbarry522]

How come I cant find the video you guys just did about lavagabond? I hope KZbin didn't pressure you to get rid of it!

[@manuelstarr3602]

Looking at female dress requirements and then looking at Bonita....I will opt for Nanji dress requirements.. 😜👀

[@peterjohnstaples]

Try cocking a bridle instead of a stern anchor, still have to keep an eye on it as in getting it wrapped up when it goes light wind.

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

Or the wind changes direction, bridle is good for over night if forecast same wind, not as good for long term

[@peterjohnstaples]

Sailing Nandji - Frothlyfe No good for long term at all. 35 years ago I had a H 28 that would go gunnel to gunnel, so I would do anything for a few hours sleep, but you already know this trick, Cheers, keep up the vids.

[@bartmaupin7652]

If you can't tie a good knot, tie a lot of em!!!!

[@jeffreysearle2996]

As Jack sparrow once said, there will be no living with her after this. 🏝🏝

[@MrRJBooth]

No fun playing hide n seek with ya anchors guys . Sort ya selves out some decent rope for them ,lol fair winds :-D

[@glennvoyer4624]

having an anchor moment lol

[@FU420B]

Only knobs would give this a thumbs down.

[@NaughtyGoatFarm]

Smoke haze is probaby from Australia. Seems like the whole country is on fire.

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

The smoke was from fires on Kalimantan in Indonesia, lots of orangatang habitat was destroyed. It was really sad finding out about this news.

[@nourddinecococ4042]

amigo capetin tejour belle Jantes 😍😙🌟⛵💑🎉💐

[@timwright7871]

Can you repost the news video on Lavagabon and Greta? Awesome video!!

[@CHRIS198490]

is it true that getting heavier anchor lets say twice from 20kg to 40kg will save boat from dragging on shore ?

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

Yes it would help but then you are logging around a massive anchor... Anchors are no longer dependant on weight alone to hold the vessel. It is about design to dig and hold into the bottom. As our primary anchor we had a 25kg plough design and always dragged no matter the bottom type in winds over 20knots, we now have a 20kg Manson supreme and have never dragged. If you use correct scope the anchor will do what it is designed for.

[@paddyb0gman]

@6:40 the fruit is Duku

[@roberttobin4484]

Have you tried a “flopper stopper”? To stop the rolling

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

You mean hanging something off the boom? I have always meant to make one just haven't done it yet!

[@roberttobin4484]

Yes , it’s easy to move as well👍

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

One of these days I will get around d to making one!

[@tynubernard]

Flopper stopper for roling... you can construct yourself

[@MrJunkfood1111]

dude, you need to do so much upgrades to your boat or replace it with a newer one, this poor girl deserve more!

[@raymondsmithson4211]

You guys sound exactly like Riley and Elaina, from la vagabond. I know you're both Aussies.and it's not that. You each sound like your doing voice impressions of each other.!!!

[@mathewdavis-adventuresandd6643]

Sharia law and two experienced sailors loosing there anchor twice at anchorage.... That's a sign to get the heck out of there or at least don't linger.

[@stuart7946]

Got me wondering, how do you manage you dog going to the toilet, where does he go and that sort of thing when there is no land around?

[@VikingDane]

What the heck happened to this morning video, La Vagabonde didn't like, oh forget them!

[@malcolmdelamere5626]

I wondered that too. Where has it gone??

[@malcolmdelamere5626]

@@nooneanybodyknows1321 thanks, not on Instagram so I can't check the reasons, but thanks for the heads up anyway

[@jchase5408]

I’m not on Instagram either, so I can’t look- but I’d love to see some explanation too. I thought Nandji’s video on it was very fair and balanced.

[@malcolmdelamere5626]

@@jchase5408 I thought it was hilarious, exactly how it was meant. It was a shame

[@chiefcliff]

I don't see it on Instagram? Where?? Can someone just summarize here what the issue was...

[@R.E.HILL_]

Sure... Blame the rope... 😂

[@johanesk.fakdawer6343]

Where is.t

[@dwade2026]

Awe what happend to the latest vid, were you forced to remove it?

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

SV MY Time absolutely not, we chose to take it down.

[@henryphelps3590]

It's all fun and games but truly it's not being male or female it's being aware Josh you are lucky to have Bonita she is very aware most are very asleep . Is it true there is no alcohol allowed there it might be very well-placed for me !!!!!!!!9 If there is a lack of equal Freedom between male and female though not the place to be !!!!!!!!9 A rough , looks like a cleaner Anchorage didn't see much trash I would take the rougher Anchorage over the trash . I hope you have enough good new sheet with you to make do ? Or enough chain ?

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

Yes it is true there is no alcohol there. We were there to get food, edit and use the reception. It wasn't our favourite place and we were relieved to keep moving.

[@faircompetition1203]

I'm the Captain on my boat ....course the wife is an admiral .

[@joelstanhope7231]

Was anybody tied to them anchors ? Lol !

[@malcolmdelamere5626]

Anyone know what happened to the sartorial video take on La Vagabond sailing back to Europe.( with Greta ) Watched it only 2 days ago and it's now disappeared ??

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

It got too out of hand and turned into something it was not intending it to be. It wasn't up for long so you are one of the very few who got to see it.

[@Richard-R-S]

🙏🏻⛵🐬🦘...

[@atschris]

Hmm, nothing wrong with your knots? Benita better teach you how do it!

[@Nickle314]

Eat too many of those fruits, and it will give you a cleansing. Personal experience.

[@oldtimerman59]

why did you take down your La Vagabonde video ?

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

it was meant to be a funny neutral video with positive and negatives. It was taken the wrong way, so we took it down.

[@oldtimerman59]

@@FrothLyfeSailingNandji a wise idea , i see this who issue has brought out a lot of climate deniers and right wing morons and i know you guys are about conservation and reducing plastics , cheers Phil

[@MrJusthen]

I don't like this place. Bonita has to wear way too much clothes! 😂

[@rustybyrnes4243]

rope ??? theres no rope on yachts just lines

[@henryphelps3590]

"Sheets" ! Lines ???

[@FrothLyfeSailingNandji]

I've lived on a boat for a few years now and we have a few ropes 😂

[@GI-AUS]

Uh, bolt rope in sais , tiller rope to tie off the tiller, bell rope to ring the bell!

[@rustybyrnes4243]

@@FrothLyfeSailingNandji yes I know you have been on board I almost meet you three years or so ago in the whitsundays very early in the morning we were on a mooring after draging in the mud when a young lady standing on the bow of their yacht saying get the f of our mooring I am not bagging yous out just its good to see that you have learnt the ways of the sea

[@PeterHatch-mx7zc]

Cover your hair full large top long dress no booze trust me dont stay long

[@tomlarocque4720]

Interesting comment. Why not stay long?