MY SIXTH SENSE WOKE ME UP - SwT 61 MOORING LINE SNAPPED WHILE SLEEPING!

In this episode I°m waking up early in the morning with a weird feeling of something wrong. My sixth sense woke me up and found out I was dragging from the mooring ball.
Also sharing some sceneries from Sandy island.
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ABOUT THIS CHANNEL:
I'm trying to sail around the world in my Bavaria 55 Cruiser, making videos whenever I have time for it. Most of the time I sail singlehanded but occasionally I do have sailing friends onboard. Still in the Caribbean due to Covid and was supposed to be in Asia by now.
Even though this is season 3 on youtube I have already sailed 4 seasons full time but did not make that many videos in the beginning. Before full-time sailing, I have sailed several seasons in the Med prior to this, and obviously also in Scandinavia. I have been traveling the world before and also been an active regatta sailor. I had my first sailboat at age 7 and been sailing ever since.
PLEASE BE KIND IN THE COMMENTS!
I'm just a normal person sharing my travel adventure through my eyes and experience from my perspective! Remember how I do things might work for me but not for you. It might even not be the correct way to do things, and I don't have the blueprint either. I'm not perfect and nobody is. The day I believe I know it all and don't think I can learn new things I should go ashore.

[@davidyendoll5903]

Cheers Thomas . What a beautiful place and you taught us all a thing or ten , again .

[@AirzGamingTTV]

Love your channel. Your content is extremely underrated thank you so much for sharing your adventures

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for watching and for being here. Your kind words are most appreciated. Maybe this channel could win a prize for the most anonyme and underrated sailing channels😀 But seriously I think being on my way towards 17K subscribers is quite good and way more than ever expected. It’s quite a lot of good channels out here. All the best and cheers 🍻

[@dennisfromoz6436]

Thomas.....Sense and Ability. Taking your time, suss out the happening and almost time for a beer, but a Coffee did suffice...LOL I'd feel heaps safe sailing with you. Cheers mate.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏 Cant drink beer all the time 😂 Cheers 🍻

[@donnakawana]

I agree with your assessment of why you broke free. Sadly places want your$$ but don't really care if your safe... At least that's my experience... But what a beautiful place with friends... ✌🏻💗😊❣️

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you for watching and for your sweet comment! Its for sure a beautiful place! All the best

[@brucebates1302]

Thank goodness for backups, alarms, sixth sense, but most important a cool head when something goes wrong . Thanks for the video and looking forward to future adventures.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you! I feel safer on my own anchor so guess its the reason for sleeping light and waking up feeling something was wrong. Thank you for watching! Cheers 🍻

[@HasbaraBuster]

Always enjoyable to watch another video of yours. Cheers Thomas 👍

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much! Im happy to have you here and to know you enjoy my videos. cheers 🍻

[@diegokleiman1592]

uau Thomas so great that nothing really happened but definitely your professional training on the background has paid off to remain calm and make an assessment before act AHOY the drakkar survived

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you my friend! Im not easily scared or stressed.... Guess its a good side to have as a solo sailor! cheers 🍻

[@johan8724]

Good you put this on youtube so i don't have to anchor there to see the place and pay to shave lines on a mooring or pay to anchor😂😂😂

[@tobiaszsiankiewicz1317]

You are so cool Thomas!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Hey thank you 🙏 Cheers 🍻

[@cnc75adventures49]

Always good stuff 👍👍

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much! Cheers 🍻

[@NoBullshitJustGaming]

Cheers 🥂

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you for watching thank you 🙏 Cheers 🍻

[@billwilliams9527]

Again, well done, you satisfy my travel sense

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you! Happy to see you enjoyed this one! Cheers

[@malcolmbullock4297]

Love your videos, thanks for making them. I’m hopefully a year out and there next year! Anyhow, metal shackles. Put a length of chain in the bight of the rope. Helps to lasoo a buoy and pass the chain part through the metal shackle and still have the rope for elasticity and friendly to your boat. Used this in Scotland a lot with public buoys that had metal shackles 👍 Thanks again.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much for your kind words! Yeah I will start using metal when forced to stay on mooring balls. All the best and cheers 🍻

[@gefginn3699]

Cheers Thomas 🍻

[@SailingwithThomas]

Cheers!! Thank you for watching

[@richardschaefer8605]

$16, a night..smdh.. Thanks for the video, Thomas. Glad you figured out the issue in time.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Yeah its getting more and more places around where you have to pay even staying on your own anchor. Thank you for watching! Cheers 🍻

[@billhanna8838]

@@SailingwithThomas Thats why i gave up cruising off shore (Tonga & NZ only) It really got up my spine having to pay to drop the pick , Tahiti 35$ , Fiji going that way , Australia so many rules you might as well be in the Army , Tasmania OK . Fair winds Thomas .

[@SailingwithThomas]

Yeah unfortunately it seems like sailors are the new milking cows for money. Charter business is really bad for the future of cruisers as guests on a week or two’s holiday have a different look at fees and how they spend money. This educates some destinations in a wrong direction believing sailors have endless Cashflow and willing to pay for nothing... It’s different for 10 people on a rented boat for a week splitting the costs than a full time cruising couple, or even worse being solo. I see this more often now than 10 years ago. Last season I had in Croatia numbers of charters was five times the first time I sailed around there.... It’s understandable but from a selfish sailors perspective not favourable. Cheers 🍻

[@herberthahn6964]

spiddy sense always serves us well

[@johnpenman8189]

We loved Grenada and Carriacou when we were there. Glad you are enjoying it too. Moorings are always a crap shoot. When possible we'd all prefer to be on our own hooks. Well caught. 👍

[@SailingwithThomas]

Hey my friend! I could not agree more! Hope to see you guys soon! Cheers 🍻

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Glad the snapped line was not more serious! Good catch! Be safe on the blue!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you for watching and for being interested in my adventure 🙏🏻 All the best 🍻

[@painfree.yourself]

Thank you Thomas, great video! Enjoy your sence of humor :)

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much 🙏 All the best!

[@joelw2023]

Jack Nicholson! Hahahaha!

[@SailingwithThomas]

LOL 😂 He looks like him right? Cheers 🍻

[@michynature]

How odd, I did not get any notifications on this video. Couple other sailing ones too. I was out of range but figured when I was back i would have all sorts. 🤔 Anyway I’m here now and enjoyed another one. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@SailingwithThomas]

Yeah I believe it has been something wrong as more people sent me message about it. I actually had ticked off the box to notify subscribers. Anyway Im happy to see you back and to hear you enjoyed this one. All the best and cheers 🍻

[@ChiChi-dy9qi]

Not overly dramatic all. Cutting loose and drifting in the middle of the night, would frighten me.

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you 🙏 Its always intresting with mooring balls... Thank you for watching

[@nixer8984]

Love your channel and experience in sailing solo. Where do I get a Dangerous Viking T-Shirt?

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you so much! Its just a on off print shirt... Cheers 🍻

[@retepekooc]

How is it you have to pay to anchor in a bay Thomas?Those lights just look great at night on your mast….nice video thanks for sharing

[@SailingwithThomas]

Thank you for watching 🙏🏻 Unfortunately it’s more and more common to find ways making more money. Some places they just spread out mooring everywhere so you have no alternative. Other places like here they call it a national park and then they charge you not only for cruising permits but also daily fee to stay on your own anchor. It’s getting more and more expensive to sail around.... 16US$ is not much but if it’s every night it adds up. So I will not stay long here

[@georgemoore7196]

Speaking of mooring balls, since you are going that way eventually, you might want a heads up about the island Bora Bora. No anchoring allowed anywhere on the island, but if you break lose from one of the locally supplied mooring balls, the locals take no responsibility. The Sailing Family tells the terrible story about what happened to them on a mooring ball in Bora Bora beginning at about 6 minutes into this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/in_WlWesZbSlbbs&ab_channel=TheSailingFamily

[@SailingwithThomas]

Yeah mooring balls are my last choice but unfortunately it’s sometimes no other options. I never feel comfortable on mooring and normally check the mooring pretty well. This time I did not see the chuckle had edges sharp as knives... Thank you for your heads up! All the best 🍻

[@everythingexplained]

Did your line break because the rough thimble ate through it? Glad it went well :D

[@derekp6636]

seems like it, saltwater corrosion will leave a rough edge unfortunately

[@SailingwithThomas]

It was so sharp edges on it so it just ate up the ropes and knots in record speed.... When using stainless shackles on this it wear them down hence this is not aloud at many mooring fields. But here everyone do it so then I have to do it as well..... Thank you for watching 🙏 cheers 🍻

[@robinbradley5958]

love your videos.....why did you pick a 55 ft boat? Im looking at buying a 44 ft boat for a round the world trip and Im wondering is it too bog!

[@SailingwithThomas]

Hi there and thank you for your question! I have lots of arguments for why I chose a 55 however it comes with a price. Handling and sailing is no stress its the running costs that's crazy. The running costs on a 45 footer is 50% of a 55. So you can easily find strong arguments to stay below 45 feet as well. All the best and cheers 🍻

[@7drobin]

The list of cruiser fouling on mooring is long. Some with deep impact and loses. Ask Nanji! Avoid, unless maintained by sailing clubs as in Denmark, Sueden and here in my home country, by local clubs! I am a daysailer (due to impending and omni present marital threats), but whenever I am allowed to venture, I trust my oversize thingy, nothing else....

[@SailingwithThomas]

True words however sometimes you are forced to take a mooring because its a national park. Eg Bonaire its only marina or a mooring. No anchoring.... Im defiantly not a big fan hence the fact I use anchor alarm more than on anchor! Cheers 🍻

[@mausplan3890]

yawn

[@SailingwithThomas]

yeah!! Cheers!