Ep78 | Sun, Sailing and a very Stuck Anchor!

[@scottmcdonald3019]

Great lesson in freeing an anchor. Thank you

[@Eddie-jr6bs]

Awsome anchor trick and device; hadn’t ever seen that one. Nice boat; that’s the right tool for the job for sure. Great video presentation and narration. Always love the shoreside tours. Beautiful.

[@SVImpavidus]

Have done the same with a big 5 ton shackle, works a treat. Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid.

[@DDixon3121]

Splendid video! Thank you!

[@helmshardover]

Great video and demonstration of anchor recovery. I've not seen the Ultra Ring before. Beautiful yacht by the way! Subscribed.

[@hoalewally]

Love the hottie bow shots! Showing how love gets better with time and trust. You guys rock (not just the 'cause the anchor!)

[@ultramarine9942]

Perfect Steve, I see the Ultra Ring did an excellent job! Enjoy Montenegro :)

[@svfairisle]

Yes, saved the day!

[@FXPL9277]

That's a neat trick! I'll look for the tool, so I don't have to dive everytime.

[@nickwilkinson2501]

another beauty of a film. What team work and coolness personified to get that anchor free!!! xx

[@carltondodd953]

Outstanding joyous couple, articulate and alluring videos. Subscribed.

[@SailingOfka]

Great episode.

[@dc1544]

its amazing the love you both have for what you do and for each other. inspiring for sure.

[@thepigwillfly5869]

Great video. Makes me think I need one of those ultra-rings, good job getting unstuck. Brits do love their curry. 😆

[@hughburgess4168]

Fascinated by the stuck anchor. I got my anchor stuck at Colintraive on the Eastern Kyle of Bute, in similar circumstances, arriving in the dark. It was my second summer boating and I was under time pressure to get going. It took two hours and eventually I freed in by keeping constant pressure, slowly increasing. The the bow went down towards the water….but suddenly it released and the bow sprung a way up into the air! Was fascinated by your ring! Loved the camera work, looking up at the tops of the trees. And the Blue Caves! Thank you, ⛵️

[@yvonnekneeshaw2784]

Best channel ☺️ enjoyed your walk in forest hand in hand. Always learn something about the places u travel 🇨🇦❤️

[@mymobile5014]

That ring just paid for itself, nice one!

[@svfairisle]

I did panic for a minute thinking we would miss curry night! I hadn’t used the Ultra Ring to free an anchor before, I knew the theory but it’s good to know it works in practice.

[@ben8mag]

I’m sorry I stop commenting on your videos. But I love your picture and videos. I ‘m sorry I like watching you sail without music. But I like hearing the sounds of the waves and wind. ❤️

[@svfairisle]

I left the opening sequence music free just for you!

[@ben8mag]

@@svfairisle I love you ❤️

[@avidviewer1]

As wonderful, fascinating and entertaining as ever. Thank you so much!

[@573998]

I live in Belgrade Serbia and love going to Bar Montenegro

[@geniexmay562]

Montenegro is definitely added to the must visit list!!

[@brianbuchanan2414]

Well done. Very enjoyable video, content, and editing "

[@dougsrepair1060]

We like your sense of adventure.

[@keithbrandon8540]

Loved our time in Montenegro. Also seeing again through your eyes means a return visit is a must. Stunning video. Cool calm and confident(?) dealing with the stuck anchor, shows good equipment with know how is important. See you in the next one 👍

[@terrymanthorpe1454]

, I can’t sail as sea sick but love your channel, thank you 🙏 love seeing your Beautiful wife , sorry Steve

[@patadanut71]

Frumos, imi place.

[@svfairisle]

Mulțumiri

[@123boat]

Another fantastic entertaining video. We certainly loved Montenegro when we went there a few years ago. It’ll be very sad for me when you eventually leave the Med. I’ve traveled a huge amount around it and it’s great to see my favourite channel revisiting the places I’ve been to and loved😀👍

[@johnlees1176]

I think I’ve just gotta hate you both, but only because of weather. Let me explain. I bought a 38’ yacht back in April. The weather was kind & I spent the summer sailing with my sons, my grandkids, my good lady & even friends. With all that experience under my belt September felt like a good time to go solo here on the west coast of Scotland. Then October Etc etc etc. Since then it’s been pants, capped off by today. I arrived in Largs last nite to utter calm & the promise of 9-18kts of breeze on & off throughout the day. I slept well after preparing “Liv of Nyhavn” for 2 good days. 05:30 brought stiff breezes, 06:40 brought 35kts of wind, bettered by 08:30 when the whirligig at the top of my mast became a blur while registering 40kts. Having done all the jobs I can between sideways rain I popped down below for tea & a biscuit & the final nail in my coffin - you guys straddling your stern, basking in sunlight. Give me a break 🤭 On second thoughts, thank you - I’m sure I’ll feel better tomorrow. Cheers for listening. Really love the vids. JohnL

[@judyaslett6209]

Haha love your story. We would rather be in sunshine but in awe of you who sail in the north! Scotland is beautiful but. Well. You said it…..

[@johnlees1176]

Sympathy accepted, but only because you’re good guys. There’s one bright spot on the horizon, which my earlier bitterness held back, we’re off to Columbia & Costa Rica in 3 weeks. In the 2 months we’re away I managed to squeeze in a charter from Cartegena to Panama. Life’s actually not too shabby after all. Take good care & a happy New Year to you both. JohnL

[@graham2342]

What you missed, is when you leave the cave heading back towards Mamula, the cliff formations to Starboard look exactly like rocky giant faces, that protect the caves. I think there are three of them in line. If you are still in Kotor Bay I will keep an eye open for you. Happy Sailing.

[@MaShcode]

We’ve had some unseasonably warm and dry conditions here in the northeast as well. Not complaining. Been a gorgeous autumn, née Indian Summer. Curry weather! Partial to a vindaloo but can never find a willing teammate. 😊

[@tedvz]

I love how quiet your electric dinghy motor is. Do you have a video highlighting your dinghy configuration? I might be overlooking it as I can through your previous videos.

[@svfairisle]

There’s reviews of the dinghy and outboard in the equipment tests playlist. Link here…kzbin.info/aero/PLcLafZ9XxrBTFF_ZGEHu8ayNf7tFBfA2W

[@JayPerrypersonal]

Steve, you didn’t want to try your mini dive bottle device to go down and release the anchor then? Definitely a benefit of a full scuba set onboard.

[@svfairisle]

If the anchor ring hadn’t worked I would have done that next. It’s a little deep for me to be honest, but using the chain to go up & down slowly I would have given it a go to at least know what was holding it and advise a proper dive team what they were up against If I couldn’t budge it.

[@billhanna8838]

Lost a brand new 60Ib angker off white Island , NZ , Volcanic rock , The Ultra ring looks a good purchase .

[@judyaslett6209]

Oh dear that does not sound good. Lost for ever?

[@ultramarine9942]

Bill, sorry to hear that :( Let us know, if you need help with the right size choice for your new anchor. We have a Live Chat option on our website, there you can discuss more with our sailing experts :) Have a nice day! Karolina from Ultra Marine Europe

[@billhanna8838]

@@judyaslett6209 Yes in 60 ft of water , Jammed in a crevasse , Dived on it , Had a big motor boat with a chain around the fluke pull like the dickens but she wasn't going any were , We had a 'Sunderland flying boats' windless on my yacht , Slow but immensely powerful , It had the bow inches from water when the shackle on the angker let go , A hell of a fright .

[@judyaslett6209]

@@billhanna8838 That’s horrible. Hope you have a better time now

[@InArcadiaSum]

I have in the past had a spare rope attached to the crown of the anchor, and run so as to lay alongside the anchor rope or chain i.e. as a sort of "twin". If the anchor is stuck, the anchor line can be slackened off, and the anchor can often be pulled out by the crown with the rope, either on the capstan or by hand. If necessary, the rope can be attached to a buff, the anchor rope slackened, and the vessel steamed up to pick up the buff, which changes the pulling angle. It's worked for me on any anchor which can have a line attached to the crown.

[@svfairisle]

Yes extra lines and trip buoys are another way, but they are a easy to tangle and can be more trouble than they’re worth I’ve found

[@waterboy8999]

@@svfairisle like many things but proper deployment is the way to do it, I always use my tripping line, what I like most is knowing where the anchor is and much less chance of someone dropping theirs on top.

[@svfairisle]

@@waterboy8999 Well all I can say is you're probably sailing somewhere sensible with good sailors. Try that in the Med when the charter fleets are out and they'll be coming along with a boat hook pulling you anchor buoy up thinking it's a mooring buoy! Make's no difference if you write 'do not lift' all over it and have big crosses on there either!

[@waterboy8999]

@@svfairisle haha! There's always that right enough, Scottish North West, I did have a big Moody take his prop right over the buoy in Tobermory one day, thankfully my suspended piece of lead saved the day.......

[@bertkelly7650]

Underwater drone...cool! Maybe use that to see how to un lodge the anchor?

[@justinlloyd9044]

Great film guys, love the content you put out. I've been following you since the start, definitely my favourite sailing channel!

[@1962gms]

Great save using the Ultra ring. Did you consider sending the submarine down to see what the problem was before attempting to pull back? It might have given you a good perspective on what would be possible. Montenegro does look lovely ⛵️

[@svfairisle]

Yes, just explained on a previous Q

[@returner323617]

Interesting. Wondering if your marine drone might have been an option for at least eyeballing the obstruction..?

[@johnmajewski1065]

Nice video interesting the use of the Anchor Ring, learn something every time... Q, Why did you not use the sub to find out why the anchor was stuck hard?

[@svfairisle]

We actually did use the sub, the video was getting long so we didn’t show it. We couldn’t get a clear shot though as the run off sediment in the fjord makes the water a bit murky and at 17m it was difficult to see. I could get the sub down and see the bottom but it was difficult to find the anchor and I was worried about wrapping the subs cable around the chain and getting that stuck down there too. I tried following the chain down but it’s quite trick, kept managing it to about 15m then overshooting the chain (turning risked wrapping the cable around it) Thinking about it what I should have done is have a loop of line tied to the sub and put that around the chain to guide me down. I could even use the bait release on the sub to let go the line once I was down there and wanted to come back up.

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

Interesting "ring thing". We use a tripping line on a float for anchorages that are reported to have foul bottoms or rock. Was that one marked as rocky in the charts or pilotage? The blue caves looked lovely and I can only imagine that in real life they looked even better.

[@svfairisle]

No we were just very unlucky I think, whole bottom charted as mud. You’re okay with the trip buoy where you are, in the Med the charter fleets pick them up thinking they’re mooring buoys no matter what you write on them!

[@Lightw81]

@@svfairisle 😅

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

@@svfairisle - They will be surprised when our anchor buoy fails to hold them. 😄Yes - most of the people around here are owners rather than charterers and have more wits than the people you describe (You are not the first person to mention it to us either)

[@MrJudgementday99]

We were surprised you didn’t send the submarine down on the anchor

[@svfairisle]

We did

[@1rafcrafnant]

Hi, could you please identify the maker/brand of your anchor recovery ring? Great video!

[@judyaslett6209]

It’s the ultra anchor ring

[@en8581]

I have some vague recollection you have a hookah or scuba. If so, would your next step have been (assuming ring did not work) to dive down to it? Thanks!

[@judyaslett6209]

yes. it was quite deep so that may not have worked for us.

[@TheRitzStudios]

Nice video's Question: what is the big roll on your front deck? Just curious

[@svfairisle]

Just a roll of rode. Fair Isle was set up for high latitude sailing & often tied fore and aft into fjords. We keep it because it’s always useful to have a good length of rode and the only way to keep it and be able to instantly use it is to have it on a roll

[@Outrageousconduct]

Terrific a fair isle video production we it keep hurricane Nicole away ?? Update Video didn't keep Nicole away but still a fantastic fair isle production

[@usabayermicha6178]

very nice footage on your walk. What kind of camera system were you using when walking through the trees?

[@svfairisle]

It was just an Insta 360onex2

[@russellneville7145]

Hay guys, love your life & how you live it. Just thinking, would it not be a good idea to put your submarine in the water. Mostly just for a look at how it's stuck?

[@judyaslett6209]

We will have a longer video showing how we did just that! More difficult than it looks though at that depth 😮

[@johnsmith4066]

The tip of the Ultra anchor looks bent. This will seriously effect the performance.

[@ultramarine9942]

Hello John, the tip of the anchor is not bent but curved and it actually improves the quality of anchor fast setting :)

[@svfairisle]

If you have a look at the 'Which Anchor' video we made a couple of years ago you'll see a close up of the tip of the anchor. It quite cleverly has a downward bend at the tip which is also lead weighted so it's always the first point of contact and helps the anchor dig in really quickly. You'ld have to really go some to bend the Ultra I think, of course it's always possible if you start bulldozering it around with a 26 ton boat, that's a lot of inertia to stop suddenly which is why we did thing slowly and then just applied pressure, never yank! The tech expert at Ketten Welder (the people who make our chain) tells a story of a very big motor boat who got his Ultra anchor stuck and decided to use the weight of the boat (30 tons) to yank it out, he ended up ripping the bow off the front of the boat! Anchor & chain were fine!!

[@darz3]

Would the ring serve as a chum/angel too for short rode anchoring ?

[@judyaslett6209]

yes could do

[@svfairisle]

It is meant for use as both, we actually showed it in a video while we were in Venice, useful for the shallow lagoon areas with not much swinging room. Have a look here, ably 8 mins in… kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3WQnaSKerWmp5Y

[@jsvno]

"It must be something on the top" - well usually it is a view and a downhill offered...

[@nederlander66]

ik word coach

[@emilioplentz]

Which brand is your anchor ring ? Thanks

[@svfairisle]

It’s made by Ultra Marine, they call it the Ultra Ring. It has several uses, freeing anchors, a kellet / chum but it also makes a very good dumb bell for working out!

[@ultramarine9942]

Hi Emilio, check our website out. You can find more information regarding the Ultra Marine Ring there. And, let us know, if you need any help or would like to discuss more with us. Our sailing experts are always happy to help, via the LIVE Chat on our web for example :) Karolina from Ultra Marine Europe

[@bigguy467]

Great Video. I would have liked a minute of slow panning with the camera at the top of the mountain (with music) to get a nice 60 seconds of relaxing view of the bay and mountains.

[@judyaslett6209]

Will do that! Great views

[@bigguy467]

@@judyaslett6209 Thanks! Nothing better than a great and relaxing view of surrounding mountains and bay below !

[@marienvanderdeijl8913]

Why didn’t you check out the anchor with your submarine drone?

[@svfairisle]

I did, bad visibility meant I couldn't find it.

[@thomasthornton5737]

😀👍👍👍❤

[@atxsailor452]

Need to get an Ultra Ring here! Don’t think I could afford loosing our 62kg Ultra Anchor!!!

[@ultramarine9942]

Agreed! Definitely go for the 15kg Ultra Anchor Ring for your 62kg Ultra Anchor :)