OOPS! WE RAN OUR SAILBOAT AGROUND - HOW WE GOT STUCK & WHAT HAPPENED NEXT! 😳 Ep-143

[@observer2172]

As posted below, using a halyard to pull sideways is the last scenario of self help. However before that you rev the engine up and turn the rudder left right to make the keel work itself out.

[@trailrunningdan]

Thanks for another great episode! Love having an insight to a sailing life and your channel is just so honest and humbling. I hope you manage to stay afloat from now and can maybe buy another avocado sometime with my donation.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

@@trailrunningdan Thankyou so Much for your support and compliments☺️ haha the avocado 🥑 part made me giggle 😂😂 cheers

[@danstevens5782]

My poor little babies.my heart goes out to them. They'll be happy in the long run. Great decision! You guys are great. STAY SAFE AND HAVE FUN!

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

@@danstevens5782 we get guilty so easy, poor little things but you’re right it’s the best thing we can do for them. Cheers ☺️

[@markusschmidt4803]

Danke!

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thanks so much ☺️🫶🏼

[@DYoung-vt8pq]

Love you kids. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Safe travels. ❤

[@musa7010]

Wow even Duffers don't get grounded in sail boats 😮

[@ylemoine1]

Ran aground in my first year with our new boat following another small sailboat into a harbour. Came to an abrupt stop, on mud thankfully, only to realize I was well outside the harbour entrance markers. I have a 39’ with 5’ draft and the sailboat I followed who had local knowledge must have drawn 4’ or less. Lesson learned was don’t fallow the crowd, be your own captain. Monkey see, monkey don’t! Glad to see it all worked out in the end.

[@thomasarpin9294]

My daughter and her friend from college came down to the boat years ago. We went out and I drifted a ground while fishing..They were in the water pulling and pushing ( both college age) my 33' power boat. We ended up sitting there for hours until the tide changed. Haha.. They still tell the story 20 years later! 😁 Love your your journeys and videos.

[@pollatso]

Beautiful clear waters & sunsets great content thank you for sharing 👍👍🙏🇬🇧

[@wavewaker2]

That’s scary,,,,how come the captain ignored the depth sensor?

[@edselgumbs5524]

Great to stumble on your channel. I was born and raised on Sint Martin. Still live here. Glad you guys loved it. Be sure to return one day 😊. Happy that you guys also didn't have too much trouble getting out of the mud 🙏

[@inndy9758]

Make sure you clean your intake filter after all the mud, silt and sand you displaced while throttling your engine to get unstuck.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thanks for the tip ❤️

[@ngreen6808]

Great epp!

[@johntaggart859]

Great to see so many of the Islands. Hope you enjoy them all, each one has its own individual personality. The lagoon looks like a safe place;ace to ride out bad weather… keep safe! ❤

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

They do hey, just a little different in one way or another. The lagoon is awesome for that, quiet a few derelict boats though to watch out for 😅 thanks John 😊

[@fredrikolsson.]

You solved the situation superbly! Great teamwork ❤ (Tasty food as always!)

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

@@fredrikolsson. Aw thanks Fred ☺️ cheers

[@143tinaed]

It's funny to watch you now, you guys have come along way since the beginning. Ed from New Jersey ❤

[@gohavefun3838]

Oops stuck in the mud, 🥂 ❤good luck!

[@barneyscott8634]

Yep been there I got out and cleaned the hull I was more worried about standing on a stingray beeping dark as well but the high tide carried us off lol

[@dbarrsail]

We’ve run aground 3-4 times in various Lake Michigan harbors - New Buffalo and Kenosha for sure, and maybe one other. It’s stressful but solvable. In one case we had people on the shore pull lines to spin the boat which freed us from the bottom. Not fun but a learning experience. Very slow in harbors or shallow areas after that. Always learning…

[@DougMcc-z3e]

I have run aground once or twice. The secret to getting off on a yacht is to get it heeled over. Had a dinghy grab our spinnaker halyard and pull us over sideways.

[@First-gd7ci]

My sailboat has a draft of 8’3”! I guess not going there!😂😂

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

😅

[@engineeringconsulting5534]

Jason and Janaye, Hopefully the kitties will grow their fur back soon. As for running around; well never. That is, since I was sailing around the Florida Keys...ha... Three times there. The sand shifts so much around the keys that if you are going through a channel the chances are that if you have a deep draft then you will run around. Once, I had to be pulled off by a power boat, as the wind and current were pushing the boat more into the shallow. Thank y'all for sharing. Cheers! Blue Skies and Fair Winds. Faithfully, James

[@davehayes8812]

Yeah, we've run aground, many times, often ending up sitting waiting for the next high tide :)

[@irishcat5414]

I'm very much a cat person and feel for your two kitty's and their care takers. I have run aground before and it was a bit frighting for sure. Keep the smiles on and much love to all.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Yeah very nerve wracking and of course a bit of a hit to the ego 😂 But aslong as no damage is done it's all a learning experience I guess hey 😅 Thanks so much ❤️

[@philb5503]

I never ran hard aground but I did clean the bottom of the boat on the sandbar I’ve been navigating around for 30 years. Lifted the outdrive and powered off before we got stuck. It happens.

[@johntucker2986]

Thanks for letting us share in this "unfolding joutney". I love St. Martin. Visited there twice and would love to be in your shoes....tieing up the dingy to go explore.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Yeah cool spot hey, we haven’t seen much on land yet, only been around the coastline but it’s one of those places in the Caribbean that has everything you need alongside some nicer water etc could easily get stuck there hah

[@craiglewis6821]

OMG, what an episode! I couldn't believe you guys got grounded. Got out pretty fast though! The kitties looked so bad after their ordeal. Glad all is well now. Regards from Arizona.

[@edvanloon]

well done didnt lose your cool

[@richardsteele-gray7473]

Had to put our kittie Sadie down yesterday, feline leukemia and apparently no cure :( Take care of them, tough when they sick x

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

I’m so sorry Richard 😔🥺 thinking of you and sending you lots of love! She’s in a better place now and I believe all our pets will be waiting for us on the other side, you’ll meet again ❤️ x

[@peternelson9259]

Sorry, man, that's rough. I always say that grief is the price we pay for all the love they gave us. It's a high price, for sure.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

@@peternelson9259 awww 🥺🥹 so true! They give us so much love but it makes it all the more hard when they leave us

[@lotusdolphin]

I’m so incredibly sorry for your loss. That is so tough! Sadie🥰❤ will be waiting for you when it’s your time

[@johnwalker6711]

Sorry to hear about Sadie guys never easy to lose part of your family

[@DanielTiffany-o8i]

I like you two. 👍

[@engineeringconsulting5534]

Jason and Janaye, I have to share this one.. My really memorable encounter was sailing back into Treasure Island Marina, at Plantation Key, Florida.. At the time it had a very narrow channel into the harbor; and the channel was marked by 1 inch pvc pipe. I'm a hard core sailor and have ran the engine only one time, ever. However, this one afternoon on the way in, I ran around. I got into the water and was walking the anchor out to winch us back into the channel when I stepped on a sea urchin. Let me tell you how painful that was... I sprang up to lift my foot up, because it burned like hell; just to come down with my other foot onto another sea urchin. One sea urchin for each foot. Well, of course I sprang up off of that foot to come down onto another sea urchin. Stick three. One sea urchin in one foot and two in the other. When we got to the dock, the owner of the marina told me to soak my feet in lemon juice with meat tenderizer. It really worked. The pain went away and it drew out the spines. A day later, I felt something in my boot so I took off my boot and sock to find a two inch spine in my sock....so weird.. I apologize for the long ramble..ha.. Cheers! Faithfully, James

[@JuniorBoodram]

Be safe nice place

[@rdembow]

Sailors must likely will run aground many times, it’s just the way it is when your traveling or home waters. You got out of that one.

[@GlennShareeFletcher]

My wife and I once were high and dry with crabs walking around the yacht in Nara Inlet in the Whitsundays as I didn't realise that the newly installed depth sounder was still in demo mode when we set off. That was 25 years ago and I'm still hearing about it

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Oh my lord 😅

[@DavidHaney1]

❤ GR8 VID ~ LOVED IT ❤

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Cheers ☺️❤️

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Hi Andy, Melissa the man for your historian to learn about is Captain Thomas Cochrane... Inspirational RN man of Nelsons fleet. Then you have Cook and Darwins journey on the Beagle ...

[@paulreynolds2898]

That worked x

[@lotusdolphin]

Hello lovies!! I have never seen a cat spayed like that. Used to be a vet, tech in another lifetime. That was definitely a first for me. They will feel good in the long run poor little Nala drunker than a skunk. Bless her. I thought you did brilliantly getting off that bar. Love to you both Fairwinds at your back. From LIZ in California.⛵️💞🩵😎🤘🏻🇺🇸

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Yeah bit of a different way of doing it hey. It actually less invasive as it's only a few stitches in the side rather than cutting them all the way along the private parts. I first noticed they did it like that in tunisia and places with a lot of strays as then they could trap, neuter and release pretty much right after and just use dissolvable stitches. This was a french vet who did this and we were pretty happy with that as it meant we didn't have to go back which always stresses them out and is pretty hard from a boat 😅 hahah She was like she was drunk 🙈 Thanks so much Liz ❤️

[@lotusdolphin]

@@LeadingtheEscapade hi sweetie! Bloody brilliant ! Not fantastic and so smart for sailors, especially. Glad you were able to get off at that bar relatively easy However I didn’t like you hanging at the top in the next video, swinging around on the top of the mast made me very nervous and then you let go. Holy smokes almost had a heart attack. Jason is a legend for getting everything done beautifully! Love to you both. Stay safe out there fair winds at your back. Cheers from LIZ🐚🐚🤘🏻😎⛵️🐬

[@richiereid100]

Great escape from the sandbank guys! Such a great team effort 👏 Never run aground before because I don’t own a boat but hit a sandbank super hard as a surfer hundreds of times. Safe sailing and keep up the great work 🤙

[@richiereid100]

Wishing the girls a speedy recovery 🐾❤🐾❤️

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thanks Richie 😆 oh wow that would not be fun 😅 that’s gotta hurt, cheers 🫶🏼

[@JohnHollands]

On my wedding day my mates took me sailing (oN my boat) to keep me occupied. One of the few times we ran aground. Stressful much? It was the sandbar off Balmoral, heading to Spit Bridge.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

@@JohnHollands omg no way!!! Not good timing hey 😅

[@DannyChiaravalle]

If you have time ,have dinner at Skip Jacks it’s a great restaurant.

[@alexs3447]

Good job getting unstuck.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

@@alexs3447 Thankyou 😅☺️

[@islandguy5]

If you sail enough, you will get stuck in the mud. At least it wasn’t a coral reef. 20 years ago we were doing the same thing down the Caribbean, but we were not young. There was no way to make money like there is today we had fun.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

@@islandguy5 so true hey, it’s bound to happen eventually, certainly much more likely in the Caribbean than the med too 😅 so glad it wasn’t coral! Yeah we’re so lucky these days so many people can work remotely and with Starlink it’s even more doable now ☺️

[@dennispatrick4999]

Thank goodness it was mud/sand. Jadon needs to pretend he's playing Aussie Football Rules and elbow the sailor out of his way!! 😂😊😅😮

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

🤣🤣🤣 I know! Thank god!!!

[@garyevans5905]

Next time you run aground. Push the boom out and heel the boat over to reduce the Draft. Be off the sandbank easily.

[@markbuskens6070]

Oh brother 😮

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

I've seen people do that in bad situations where they're really stuck. We watched a bunch of people do it in croatia where they went through a shallow pass definitely not deep enough for sailboats, I believe it was a charter . But luckily we weren't really badly stuck. I think it would be hard for us to do it with just two of us though

[@paulreynolds2898]

Enjoyed you succeeded and worked really well together. The video quality is great at 1440p, I am not sure if this can be higher ? maybe you could let me know what you record in ? Take care, Paul 🏝

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thanks Paul ☺️ oh that’s good to hear! We always render our edits in 4K (2160p) so you should be able to watch in that aslong as you internet allows you. Just click on the setting button on our video, then quality and scroll up to 2160 ☺️ pretty much all our footage is filmed in 4K 😁 cheers

[@paulreynolds2898]

@@LeadingtheEscapade I'm going to give that a go and let you know how that goes, best of

[@peternelson9259]

If and when my wife and I are in that situation you can be sure we'll be pretty short with each other. Either you edited out those bits, or you guys are remarkably calm in a crisis, and compassionate with each other. Nice example.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Please do ☺️

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

@peternelson9259 hahah nothing edited here but don’t you worry sometimes I’m screaming at Jase for bossing me around 🤣 or we both lose our cool hhahaha happens with us all at some point don’t worry

[@Stephan_01]

♥️♥️🥰🥰

[@DanielTiffany-o8i]

😆

[@offpro]

Too bad you skipped Barbuda. It may have been my favorit when crusing last year...

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

@@offpro yeah we really wanted to go there but hopefully on our way back north after hurricane season we’ll stop in for a few days ☺️

[@adrianbanks2089]

I Was on a Ship in 1965 That Ran Aground in Benghazi North Africa ! 5 Days to Get Free ? Great as a 20 Year old ?😊

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Oh wow no way!! We were very lucky we were hustling stuck in a bit of mud so no damage done, just a bit of anti/foul 😅 that would’ve been crazy!!

[@CameronWalker-o3p]

You where travelling a bit quick after seeing old mate run aground, ah who cares, all in a days fun hey. Dont feel bad about running aground, ive got a mate we call sandbank frank, thats hard to top.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

@@CameronWalker-o3p yeah we def weren’t going fast but i think we had a false sense of security following another boat that had passed the guy who was grounded, clearly had a shallower draft than us 🙈 hahahah omg best name 😂😂

[@hotwirelessproducts5814]

Oh yes, we ran aground after leaving a boatyard (getting a new engine) and were in a long canal to get to open water. Bumped several times and then were hard aground behind a lock. Anchored there for a few weeks(!) waiting for rains and for the lock masters to open the lock and let water in. What an experience! You guys did well! Cheers!

[@thomasthornton5737]

😀😀👍👍❤❤

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

🫶🏼❤️☺️

[@Lazz2112]

Comment for algo

[@seawench555]

🤣😁😂don't blame another grounded boat, for ur stuff up Jason, u shold have simply waited, and hit reverse before u even got close. Argh the life hey😂

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

@@seawench555 haha in our defence the boat had been grounded for a little while and we were following the path of another boat that had just passed them. It’s hard to wait as there’s a whole line of boats coming through from the bridge opening time so we can’t all pile up and wait unfortunately as it’s such a small channel. But I think groundings happen there pretty regularly, as you can see 🤣😂😅

[@seawench555]

@@LeadingtheEscapade yeah, I just wanted to give u a laugh!!! Be safe as always our Aussie legends🇦🇺

[@MikeGibson-l5e]

I feel that vet kinda screwed up with your kitty

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Yeah it wasn’t the nicest thing to hear but I guess they were honest atleast 😬

[@earlstarboard4818]

Not good seamanship. Interesting that she called out the depth and he ran the boat into the sand at full speed. (3000 rpm).

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

He was actually in reverse which is the engine revving sound you could hear as the depth had dipped super quickly, but you couldn’t see exactly what was happening behind the camera, the guy next to us who had ran aground kind of cut us off and pushed us out of the way as he came unstuck, as I guess he was in a panic to get out, so we were trying to avoid him at the same time. Def weren’t going 3000RPM though, we’ve never done that with our boat 😅