We were smashed by a storm that almost sunk us. Sailing around Lake Ontario series.

[@raymtl8892]

What a trooper Janice is. Fearless!!

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Yes she is.

[@steveglenn9217]

A loud crack usually means something has broken. Check the tabbing on your bulkheads to see if anything tore away.

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Ya. I’m guessing a bulkhead came unglued. Beneteau makes it really hard to see the substructure. They put an inner fiber glass liner under the floors. It’s not like the old boats where you can just pull the floorboards and look around.

[@AdventuresonTour]

Been boating on the Bay of Quinte for 30+years.. it amazes everytime i see a storm like this come up. For such a small body of water its crazy how fast it can turn in to a washing machine.

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Ya. That washing machine wave action is no fun. Being at anchor in that would have also been stressful. Starting to drag toward shore and trying to pull anchor in 50+ knots on a bucking bronco would have been dangerous too.

[@joebuck5900]

Nice people..nice lady Janice.Power squadron course.

[@Mark-us777]

Glad you all made it through that crazy storm

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Thanks. Us too. Not a fun way to end day 1.

[@firstlast1047]

I certainly emphasize!! When docking, side to, with two people, have lines and fenders ready. One end of line attached to mid ship cleat. Deck hand, with line jump off immediately and run line aft to shore cleat and immediately fasten. Very important: helmsman keep throttle in clutch and helm neutral to 5⁰ to dock.

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Ours water tanks and fuel and weight is all in the back so it is always our bow that will quickly blown away. Our prop walk is to port so our preferred dock tie up is to port because when I put it in reverse It pulls the stern to port. I knew with the wind blowing off the dock the importance was to have Janice secure the the bow and I can handle the stern. But with the wall of chain she couldn’t run to secure the bow. Once we had help grabbing the bow line it was easy like normal. On a unblocked dock we would have nailed it the first time. We dock without help every time. Many people call the marinas for help. We don’t. This was just a strange set up.

[@soving]

Oh man, that was intense.. thanks for posting this...although I'ma KZbin couch sailor, I can see how this vid would be good to curb weather complacency. Great vid.

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Yes. We thought we were being smart tying up to a wall where the wind was pushing us off. Seemed safer than anchoring and potentially dragging into shore. Lesson learned the wind can switch 180 degrees.

[@EnglishCoachChad]

Adventure!

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Yes. Stressful but we survived.

[@abarry9458]

You guys did amazing hope your okay ❤

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Thanks. We thought we were being smart tying to a dock vs anchoring out. Hindsight, maybe not. But who could know the wind would switch 180 degrees. Wasn’t in the forecast to go that direction

[@SVBaish]

I’m learning a lot from your channel. It’s my dream to circumnavigate the globe. Would love to meet you guys in Toronto someday.

[@Bowmans-Woods]

We plan to hit Toronto again this coming summer. Probably spend at least a week anchored in different spots around Toronto Island so reach out as summer gets closer. We are always happy to meet other boaters. We plan to be there by the Canada Day fireworks.

[@davidrockefeller2007]

I better not show this episode to my wife if I want the boat dream to continue:)

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Good call. Ha ha

[@jeffery14411]

Oak Orchard Yacht Club is our home port. Sorry that we missed you.

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Too bad. We had a nice couple of days there.

[@marceld6061]

Did you get a wind reading on that storm? Looked as bad as I remember Southern Ontario storms to be. And yes, I am very surprised that you didn't get hail!

[@Bowmans-Woods]

No I did not catch the wind strength. It was as bad as we have ever seen around here. Bad luck to be tied to a cement wall. Wood dock would have been fine.

[@johnswanson6790]

That was a borderline typhoon.

[@Bowmans-Woods]

It was not forecasted until it was close. Serious squall. Not sure what the wind got up to. Our windex always under represents the true wind, so I never checked it. I’ve been a few like this but usually I’m anchored. Never tied to a cement wall before. Probably won’t do that again.

[@jeffatkinson3288]

You had internet of the storm direction and intensity. You showed video of the storm direction and still tied up to the wrong side of the dock. SMH

[@Bowmans-Woods]

The storm came straight from the south. The direction our bow was pointing. Wind apps said wind direction was going to be from east so the wall would be protecting us. Nothing said wind would flip the other direction. SMH BACK.

[@jeffatkinson3288]

@@Bowmans-Woods you could visually see the storm direction! You F'd up! Own it!

[@livingwithMB]

When storms come thru they change direction of the wind like crazy. The wind direction can change 180 degrees multiple multiple times during the storm as well as switch right when the storm comes in. I have not seen any accurate wind reading or wind app to track the wind flow of a storm. I live on a sailboat and I live on anchor and I look at docking during a storm vs riding it out on anchor is kinda stupid because of the direction of the wind you never know 100% so being on anchor with a GREAT anchor for your boat you will be perfectly fine and not worrying about sinking ur boat from a concrete wall

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Ya. If you are sure the bottom has good holding, being at anchor does feel safer. When you see a storm and look for a place to anchor quickly and the place is new to you, you worry the bottom is a weed bed or shallow sand over rock, and if the wind switched 180 degrees, it may spin you so you now have a lee shore behind you which can also be unnerving when you anchor pops out and you quickly head toward shore with a ton of anchor and chain to retrieve on a wildly bucking bow. So nothing feels 100% safe. If you know the bottom is good, then I’d also prefer being at anchor.

[@Bowmans-Woods]

Ya. If you are sure the bottom has good holding, being at anchor does feel safer. When you see a storm and look for a place to anchor quickly and the place is new to you, you worry the bottom is a weed bed or shallow sand over rock, and if the wind switched 180 degrees, it may spin you so you now have a lee shore behind you which can also be unnerving when you anchor pops out and you quickly head toward shore with a ton of anchor and chain to retrieve on a wildly bucking bow. So nothing feels 100% safe. If you know the bottom is good, then I’d also prefer being at anchor.