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As we sail around the San Blas islands on our lagoon 450, we hang out with Brian, Kazza and Sierra fro SV Delos, and also Plucky from Sailing into Freedom. But as we are anchored we find a boat that has run aground so we leap into action! SV Parlay is a h...

After reaching the Balearics, we enjoy some fun at anchorage, a huge thunderstorm! Which is a great opportunity to gather some fresh water for our tanks and deal with a dragging boat before collision! And don't forget of course we go exploring and have a f...

Cupcakes with a side of drama! In this episode, Mike's birthday fun continues -- but some high winds create quite a not-so-fun surprise. We aren't thrilled to see someone directly upwind from us dragging anchor fast. Come hang with us as we cook, eat, hang...

On this episode of Sailing on a Whim, we learn why examining your engine on a regular basis is very important and why you do not turn off your anchor alarm, even if it is going off frequently due to crazy wind changes because you might just start dragging ...

Welcome Taylor to the crew! SCREAMING and a loud CRASH from our neighbors boats smashing together interrupts our welcome breakfast. I run outside to see what's going on to find 3 boats being smashed together by the wind and currents. A boat has broken l...

Episode #189 - Remembering The Importance of Scope and Learning the Systems Hello Friends, On this episode we start our day by being blown offshore from the anchorage and have to haul in all the gear and haul up and beat back into the wind to re-anchor....

This episode we experience a boat collision between our sailing buddies on Yacht Wolfhound and another sailboat in the anchorage. We welcome Erica's papa, Jacques, aboard for a week and after a long but good sail to some isolated islands, we awake to find...

We dragged a Rocna anchor in near gale winds over three days at anchor. 00:00 Intro to we dragged a Rocna anchor (in gale winds) 00:49 Light breeze turns to near gale winds, this is what happened... 04:06 Day 3 - we explain how we dragged a Rocna anchor ...

Our FIRST NIGHT in Carriacou had serious DRAMA and NOT a lot of SLEEP. It was a rainy and stormy passage, followed by a squall-filled night at anchor in Tyrell Bay. Things got dicey when the boats around us started dragging anchor! Later we get to do so...

We waited and waited at Cape Lookout for Hurricane Eta to blow itself out down south, but eventually the storm headed straight for us. Boats (including us on Clarity) dragging anchor in 70 knot winds was no fun. But we did meet a new friend while waiting: ...

In episode 79, we head to Stuart Island to anchor in Prevost Harbor. It's our first time anchoring overnight. We still are looking for the leak on our charter boat (a Meridian 411 yacht), but managed to explore Stuart Island and Reid Harbor. This is day tw...

The last thing you need is engine failure in a storm when you are sailing through pirate waters to Turtle Island. Nothing will stop you from seeing those turtles, but when a second squall blows through and your sailboat ends up dragging anchor in 2m of wat...