Med Mooring Challenge - Sailing Greek Islands | EP 242

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[@robkll8734]

Yes please, more how to videos. I think the combination of how to content and visiting great places is ideal. Thank you for the wonderful video.

[@DistantShoresTV]

We appreciate this feedback. The combination of how-to material and travel segments is something we enjoy doing.

[@JayPerrypersonal]

No diver needed for crossed Nichols in the med at all. If someone has laid over your anchor they just motor forward with their stern lines attached, to keep them off the quay. Then pay out chain so you can lift their chain. Attach a line to your bow cleat, drop it down the under their chain and back to cleat, lower your anchor so it swings free as Theo other boats chain is held in the loop of line off your bow cleat. Then simply let the line go to release the chain. The other boat then tightens their anchor chain again and all good. Quite easy really. After 8 years full time live aboard in the med we got very used to this, especially with all the charter boats in the summer dropping their anchors all over the place. Best wishes SV PAOMIA

[@Psychobilly]

Yes please!!! More how to videos yawl😊

[@DistantShoresTV]

Thanks for this feedback. We look forward to creating more how-to videos. Any particular topics you are interested in such as docking, anchoring or boat maintenance?

[@playb4work447]

Any kind of “how to” and techniques oriented to cruising is always educational, mixed in with interesting destinations.

[@dahveed284]

Yes, this is a great video. Part "how to" and part travelogue. Very useful for those wanting to sail this area in the future.

[@DistantShoresTV]

Glad you enjoyed it! Yes its a lovely cruising ground so we wanted to encourage others to go!

[@dahveed284]

@@DistantShoresTV The Med is on my long term plan (maybe 2026) but learning this technique is important there and other places as well. Operating a boat near land is always makes me a little apprehensive.

[@TWROC96]

Wonderful to see you two back out on the water with full sails.

[@DistantShoresTV]

We’ve had a lot of fun chartering different boats and running Sail Away Weeks in interesting places while our new boat is being completed. Thanks for the feedback.

[@lesiobialy]

Yes please, more how to videos.

[@bw6211]

Yes, how to‘s are very welcome!!!

[@joehiggins8659]

Please, more sailing how-to videos alongside these great destinations.

[@DistantShoresTV]

Thanks Joe! The mix of how-to and destinations is fun to make!

[@smartin2825]

That ‘last in, first out’ principle of pulling up the anchor in crowded med mooring places is definitely worth learning and remembering to implement. I loved getting to watch your Greek sailing highlights, and learning the history and current lifestyles around the islands. And I ❤ Tippi’s slip-on shoes she wore while womaning the windlass. Looking forward to more videos and sails with you both! Happy Holidays and Prosperous New Year.

[@davidllewelyn]

Great video. If you do end up lifting another boats chain, then get them to release more chain so that you are able to lift their chain out of the water. Secure a line to a bow cleat, pass under their chain and back to the clear, take up the slack and secure. Now lower your anchor until it’s clear of the other chain and the finish raising it. Now drop the line release the others chain and bring the line back on board. You are now clear and the other boat can now retention their anchor.

[@DistantShoresTV]

Thanks, David. Great tip!

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Yes, please! More how to sail videos!

[@SailingSisu]

Great video, guys! I really enjoyed watching your Med Mooring Challenge in the Greek Islands. It's always helpful to see how to handle different docking situations, and you did a fantastic job explaining the process. The combination of practical sailing tips and exploring beautiful destinations is perfect for your channel. Thank you for providing us with such wonderful content. Looking forward to more how-to videos like this one! Keep up the great work! 😊⛵️

[@winmosser]

15min of how-to is perfect thank you!

[@DistantShoresTV]

Thanks for letting us know. 👍🏻

[@stephenbmorton]

Yes, please produce more how-to videos. Can you include how you communicate as well? I'd love to hear the language aboard your boat. Ready about, head to wind....that sort of thing.

[@peteralthaus4359]

Great video. Thanks. This refers to the Med mooring. In case the boxes are more tight, do not put the fenders down. When you enter the box your fenders and the ones from the neighbors boat get stuck and one has a big risk damaging the railing. Better prepare the fenders and leave them up. Go backwards carefully into the box and after the lines are fixed lower the fenders for extra security.

[@J30Vampire]

I love this video. I took my Catamaran to this island a few years ago. I like how this video goes back to your roots. Nice to see your following growing again.. you two are the originals.

[@tonyacerra2329]

Yes, how to videos are good. Also passage planning and chart plotting.

[@deborahdoyle6743]

Yes, love the how to’s. You have a good mix on your video’s.

[@DistantShoresTV]

Glad you like them! More to come!

[@matthias.giessler]

In german we call it „Ankersalat”, which means „Anchor-Salad”. In Greece it happens regularly. The best is for sure to avoid it by carefully decide, where to drop your anchor, like Paul and Sheryl showed very well. If it happens anyway, in most cases it is not a big thing, and you can clear it by yourself. If there is another anchor chain above yours, you will realise it, when your anchor comes out of the water, “grabbed” one or even more other anchor chains. Because it’s normally not possible to just pull it by hand, stopp your anchor above the waterline and take a line of approximately 3-5m of length, put a bowline to one end and put this end to a cleat. Go underneath the grabbed anchorchain(s), pull it tight and lay the other end to the same cleat, just as you normally use the cleat. As the other chains are now fixed, you can lift down your own anchor and free it from the other anchorchanin(s). When your anchor is free, you can completely pull it up, being careful to not grab the fixed chains again. The last thing is to release the line and drop other chains back to the water.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Makes sense as long as we don't lift the other anchor enough to un-set it.

[@chrismulvey49]

Yes please, I would love more how to Videos.

[@marcopolo242]

Yes would like to see more. A more complete explanation of the stern tie to shore would be necessary. How exactly are you tied off? you set a bow anchor as well I assume?

[@DistantShoresTV]

We will make more in this format! We tied with two stern lines as shown in the video when we first backed up to the dock. Then we added a third from the starboard quarter across to a bollard on the port side of the quay to triangulate and hold us from swinging to the starboard side where the quay was angled.

[@djsteller]

Looks like so much fun! What a great adventure!

[@garethgoodchild2643]

Nice work on the graphics! Great memories of the Cyclades too. Hope to see you in January!

[@DistantShoresTV]

Thanks! You too! We’ll be at the Toronto Boat the first Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

[@naldocarson2359]

Yes, more how to videos

[@garygerard4290]

'Beautiful location, well filmed and edited. thank you

[@DistantShoresTV]

Many thanks! It is a lovely and dramatic area to sail!

[@MetalDetectingwithCZkidd]

Beautiful place the Greek Isles.

[@ylemoine1]

Love the, “How To’s” ❤ Keep up the great videos.

[@DistantShoresTV]

Thank you! Will do!

[@Lannie1948]

Great video and fantastic description of med mooring! Would love to see more how to videos. Good decision to anchor outside of Hydra harbour. It’s crazy busy in there and crossing anchors a frequent occurrence.

[@DistantShoresTV]

Thanks Lannie! Yes we worried about Hydra! We did poke our nose in there over 20 years ago and decided it was too busy then :-)

[@李德躍]

nice trip and its good to learn some mooring skill

[@mentonish]

You make backing up to the dock look simple, yes we have been there in high winds and finished with crossed chains. As they say in France No problem

[@DistantShoresTV]

It’s so easy to happen, especially if there are strong winds and/or crosswinds. 👍🏻

[@MarciaMatthews]

My dream trip!

[@scyz2807]

You didn't bump into Project Atticus did you? They are also in that same area (or were). In fact they learned how to do a Med Mooring too.

[@aaguirre123]

How soon will you get rid of your new boat once it’s completely finished? Within 1, 3, 6 months?

[@DistantShoresTV]

😂

[@BrotherHoodofTheDogxix]

How to and gear videos please. Anchors, sails, auto pilots, wind vanes.

[@DistantShoresTV]

Great suggestions! Thanks!

[@dennismacdonald2003]

Great video tyvm

[@DistantShoresTV]

You are so welcome ❤️

[@LondonCarnaval]

Awesome video 👌 Thank you for sharing the information and knowledge. As a novice i appreciate the instructions very very much 🙏 please more enriching videos 🙏 and if possible longer ones too 🙏 I can't wait for the next video 😍 i wish you the very best ✌❤☘ 🌬⛵

[@DistantShoresTV]

Great to hear! We are planning a bunch more how-to videos as soon as the new boat is in the water - hopefully late February

[@Dorque19]

Did you enjoy the summer winds of Greece? We’re they a pain when anchoring or docking?

[@loisbock9591]

Lived on a boat on the Med: it is not easy to dock! Sailboats easier than motoryachts.

[@billykeady5982]

Great Video thankyou. What camera are you using at 09:33 and 15:08? Is it a drone? I can't see a selfie stick!!

[@DistantShoresTV]

Thanks Billy! No I'm not such a good drone pilot for that shot... I'm using an Insta360.

[@billykeady5982]

@@DistantShoresTV Interesting, thanks. I must look that up 🤔

[@MonkPetite]

Now do this anchoring with a Trintella 4a .. that thing goes nose in first normally. But obviously backing up is going to be the way in Greek. Now that Trintella does not steer well backwards so that anchor must be down there and holding. Then the staircase needs to be lowered. 😂

[@DistantShoresTV]

I think your Trintella has a full keel with the rudder hung on that? It does make it a bit more difficult but having the anchor dropped well out gives you some control. Our first boat had that configuration and we found it was possible to control the release of the anchor to allow you to swing the bow around.

[@leepluke8556]

Would love to know if you are doing any Greek cruise in 2024 Lee

[@DistantShoresTV]

We are working out our schedule for 2024 and plan to offer another Greek cruise.

[@LetsGoOutdoors]

I would like to see more how to videos dealing with the issue and consequences of not wearing a PDF while underway.

[@DistantShoresTV]

Point taken. We are diligent about this on our own boat but since it is difficult to travel with our inflatable PFDs, no one was happy wearing the bulky keyhole PFDs provided by the charter company. We make this a personal decision and did practice man overboard drills with this very experienced crew.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Risk depends on conditions too: storm at night versus clear day, etc. For recreation like this, most people sail on clear days when the risks are somewhat lower and sailing more pleasant.

[@LetsGoOutdoors]

After spending almost 20 years in the Royal Canadian Air Force, some of which involved search and rescue operations off the West Coast, I learned that a pleasant day out on the water can quickly become a matter of life and death due to a man-overboard or other issues. Wearing a personal flotation device (PFD) is a simple precaution, yet many KZbin channels rarely demonstrate this safety measure. In my opinion, this sends an alarming message.@@LoanwordEggcorn

[@gavichay]

We call it spaghetti soup of anchors

[@DistantShoresTV]

😂 Yes, Med mooring can sometimes go wrong and spaghetti soup is a good way to describe the result.

[@carolined7820]

Yes ‘how to’. Notice you didn’t show the actual procedure for line ashore because it’s not easy is it. Look on the internet and almost no one is showing the actual doing of line ashore, so if you want to show ‘how to’ something like that would be really helpful.

[@davidllewelyn]

Check out 45 Degrees Sailing’s video at kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWG9inuIm5dqgpYsi=2HRHlZ3l8ftm5kxM

[@xavpil2]

Sheryl, you are too young and you have such a beautiful face for such an old lady hair cut