REPLACING ANCHOR CHAIN - DON'T make the same SILLY MISTAKE we did! - Ep 182

[@SailingJura]

Not only did you swap chains while anchored, you end for end'd your new chain while anchored. Good work!

[@brianfields4479]

Success in the end, that's what's important, well done.

[@rundown48]

yep... definitely one of my fav top five sailing channels and part of my Sunday morning lineup .. best wishes and .................................cheers

[@SailingJibsea]

Wow, thanks!

[@RichardSwinton]

its comforting to know u guys are out there helping Lauren. Worry about her sometimes

[@firepuncher1]

Excellent work. FYI, the chain is what always holds you in place ❤️🇨🇦🖖🏻

[@SpencerPhotography]

This channel is fast becoming one of my favorite sailing channels!!

[@simontheyers801]

They are humble.. which is honest...beautiful....

[@fk8marko774]

Travis, one thing I did notice that was crucial in your install was that you had chain between then swivel and the anchor, amazing my man. Not that you wouldn't have known not to do that but still lol, another job well done, every time you do something it lets us all learn from your, lets call them trials and tribulations hahaha, new chain looks mighty nice

[@kylewippel6492]

You guys are soooo inspirational!!! You've helped inspire a group of Toronto best friends to try and follow in your footsteps! Can't wait to see you out there, and give you guys the proper thank-you that you deserve! Go Canada!!!!

[@SailingJibsea]

So awesome. hope to see you out there one day!

[@haraldwithtwoehs]

"Whoops, that's backwards!" is far too common in my life. Also my shins cried out in sympathy when you kneeled across the anchor roller - ouch!

[@david.seholm]

Great episode. Love the DIY wins and fails!

[@donaldhoudek2889]

At least I am not the only one who has those "You have got to be kidding me moments" like the reversed chain thing. I have had my share of them. Great video!

[@SailingJibsea]

Most definitely not! We know exactly how you feel 🤣😅

[@JohnPaul-ts8dq]

Practice makes perfect. Good job, well done. 😎

[@rainfinger]

Travis, great job!

[@petegraham1458]

The Gypsy got a workout!

[@TammyBillings-qt1ve]

Great video guys. Both of you are so dosn to earth

[@SailingJibsea]

💕

[@davidnichols147]

Nice!

[@paulklebaum1682]

Lol a number of people would not have admitted to the error! ❤

[@HopeOfJoe]

Nicely done guys ‼️ 👍🏻 We're thinking of going ss chain. Since you both research everything, your thoughts are appreciated. Looks like it was a beautiful day for the task. See you next time.✨ 🌊 💨 ⛵️ 🏝️ 👙 🌞 ✨

[@edmacedo2694]

I saw it happening when you did that... LOL Sometimes you're just to damned close to it to see the error....

[@svZia-Switch51]

New bling!

[@chrissterba501]

Always love to watch the adventures and also learn as I can through your videos. May I ask, for your particular boat, what type of chain did you go with (now that you two have sailed for some time)? It looked like you now have 200ish ft of chain. Just curious on the size (thickness?) of the chain and type of chain that you decided was right bang for the buck? Best of luck and happiness on your new 2024 season of adventures!

[@SailingJibsea]

We had 300’ of chain but decided we only needed 210’ this time around. Kept the same size chain of 8mm as that’s what our windlass is sized for, otherwise we would have upgraded to 10mm

[@CarlSmithAviationBroker]

Just a thought - If I were considering stealing a dinghy, I'd much prefer one that's secured with something I can more easily cut through with a common hacksaw blade (that I can hide in my waistband). Something like chainlinks. If your dink is protected by a hefty piece of covered lifeline cable, I'd be a bloody mess by the time I got even part way through that! Bonus: that'll treat all my equipment much nicer, too!

[@SailingJibsea]

It really only deters the honest thieves. If someone really wants to steal a dinghy, doesn’t matter how it’s secured. Have seen this first hand

[@jimjames5416]

I suppose just switching out the colored wire ties to the correct ones would have been easier, but an undesirable waste of plastic....?

[@SailingJibsea]

We had chain that wasn’t a multiple of 25 so we had an off amount at the end which wouldn’t have been a direct switch of colours. Would have had to remeasure it all

[@freedomwanderer91]

Want a workout? Buy a boat.......lol... Great job guys.

[@Minuend]

It certainly helps to fill a day to have to redo the project. I often wonder what we'd fill our time with without the costs of our silly mistakes. Even when there's time to do it right there's always enough time to fix it. G'head, be human.

[@eddieohearn17]

As I was watching, I was wondering what the anchor winless is and did you bother to purchase a small section of chain and tested this is always a very, very, very good idea. and the reason I say that is because I worked in a repair yard and people made a lot of mistakes ordering 300 feet of chain only to discover it did not work in their windless, even if the size was the same

[@SailingJibsea]

yes it was the opening of the video, we brought our windlass to the marine store to check and then actually brought a small piece of the chain back with us to test it with the windlass re-installed to ensure no skips. Would totally suck to buy that much chain and not have it work!

[@eddieohearn17]

@@SailingJibsea most people don’t do what you did and they find himself stuck with 300 feet of chain that they have to give away because they can’t return it.

[@BernardBoelenHurlet]

Question : why did you dump your old chain overboard ? You are next to a marina who can recycle it, or it may be use by someone else ! Did you check it out before your dump it ? I understand the concept of électrolyse and that in time “ Years” the chain will be completely dissolve but… if you want to do so I think it will be more wise to do so not where you did it but rather to deeper weather, out or reach by other boats anchors.

[@SailingJibsea]

If you watched the full episode, you would have seen we sunk it with an end attached to a buoy for the person who was coming to pick up the chain like an hour later… Nonetheless, of course we wouldn’t sink anything in the anchorage

[@barefootbilly]

I really enjoy your channel and discovered you guys because you came through my town on the Erie Canal. I do have one question, why didn't you just replace the Zipties with the proper color? Keep on keepin' on!

[@SailingJibsea]

awesome! . We liked to start our first marker at 50' and then continue onwards with 25' increments until the tail end which ended at an off number (Because we bought an off number of chain) so we couldn't just switch the colours without it being off

[@stevemarshall8268]

What did you paint the locker with? Epoxy based? It's on my to-do for Spring

[@SailingJibsea]

It was a hard bilge paint but just a quick fix and will probably redo it with an epoxy-based, unless this ends up really holding up

[@simontheyers801]

You could have switched the tags... instead of...h😂😂😂😂😂

[@SailingJibsea]

No we couldn’t because we had an off amount of chain

[@michaelsleater5865]

Between the legs shot, also known as "the old balls and chain" shot.

[@SailingJibsea]

🤣

[@joemckibben7757]

Couldn’t you have just swapped out the colored markers?

[@SailingJibsea]

It was an off length of chain so the tail end wasn’t exactly the same. We would have had to remeasured

[@vraymond108]

I thought we only did dumb stuff like that. Fortunately we never film or document it so we are the only ones who know what happened. And we are not telling nobody😊😅😂

[@paulgerich]

What size rocna anchor do you use?

[@SailingJibsea]

25kg

[@jamescarid3448]

Curious how much the new chain cost and where it was shipped from. Great vids, cheers.

[@SailingJibsea]

chain was bought instore. It's about $6-7/foot and reason why it took 2 days was because the stock was over in their store on the dutch side and they brought it to the French side for us to pick up

[@CTChipmunk]

it's not done right till it's done at least 2-3 times.

[@SailingJibsea]

Sounds about right!

[@SoItGoesCAL34]

Sorry, but I couldn't finish this video. What's the big deal? What was wrong with taking 20 minutes to dinghy home? What's the hurry? Such drama. "We are not anchored right now." It was one of those flat calm days in SXM. A good principle is KISS.

[@SailingJibsea]

It wasn’t “drama” except stating what it was and merely bringing our viewers along with exactly what’s happening in the moment. If there was real ‘drama’ or a sense of worry or hurry, you would have heard a much different tone

[@smulismuli7976]

Aren't you both Canadian...why are you talking about feets

[@SailingJibsea]

Canadians refer to different things in either metric or imperial. It’s weird. Plus when you travel the world, you pick up on different things and just say what we feel at the moment