NIGHTMARE AT SEA!!! (everything goes wrong) Ep. 119

We're so glad you two are OK. How frightening. Hopefully George realizes everything he did was the problem here.

Wow! Im so happy that all of you are ok! You did an amazing job how you handled the situation!

I'm so glad that everyone involved is ok! The grace and forbearance with which you've presented this story is impressive, revealing why your followers love to share this journey with you! Great job. xoxo

Wow. Sounds pretty scary. Thanks for sharing. It’s great to learn from other people’s experiences. Keep up the good work.

I’m a SLV-addict waiting for my weekly fix. Where is it, or is it cold turkey for a whole week? 🤪😉

Loving your videos - this was a tough one!!! - one thing, I've been supporting since August and was really hoping I would have had my supporters pack by christmas - can't remember exactly what, 2 coolers and some other stuff - any idea when it may be sent?

hey R&E off Topic but no SLV for Patreons this week? been hitting refresh for the last 24 hours on Patreon here and nothing :( was hoping for a Christmas SLV ep.

Great work team. This what you have been training for. I think that was your mini olympics and gold medals all round.

Hey guys...Just placed a pledge can u make sure you give a big fella a good size shirt like 3xl :) or 2 be cool love you guys x

Ela, I think you earned your 4th stripe. Big kudu's to Riley for leadership and glad that you have new days ahead. I made it through my "fouled anchor chain" too.

Jeez!! And phew... great team effort. I guess err it's not all smooth sailing then..? Glad you're all ok. Sorry to miss you in Brisbane, hope you're enjoying Australia. Happy Xmas!

Thinking you need to buy 2 more anchors. In heavy weather, you can use one to provide extra holding power, and reduce the rode required. And have a 3rd as a spare, when someone fouls one of the 2 deployed. In a cat you should have plenty of storage space.

Good job and well done to you on La Vagabonde. Glad you're safe and only wounded as bad as you were. Not that ANY wound is ok but your's seem to be manageable with what you had on hand. Isn't there someway to tell from looking at how a anchor line leaves a boat where it is approximately? It seems to me if a anchor line is straight off the stern of a boat that another boat would be smart to avoid that area or isn't that how it works? As you can tell I am not a sailor by my questions.

Wow...so glad you & LaVagabonde are safe & unharmed! What a crazy situation! Great video, thank you for sharing & explaining so well what happened. Much love to you! ❤️

Glad everyone is ok, that's the main thing. It is always the unexpected that gets you into the worst trouble and it is what happens the fastest too it seems. I agree with the others that cutting your anchor chain would have been the wisest thing to do because then at one boat is free and can maneuver to hopefully help the other. Having two boats in trouble is NOT what you want to have going on especially when conditions are getting worse.

Glad everyone is all safe and sound! Were you able to recover all your anchor chain and anchors, or did you have to cut them free?

Glad everyone is safe God bless.....

You're all safe so that's the most important thing and well done to the crew! 👊🏻🤓👍🏻

With how dangerous the situation could have been. That you are such good souls and we’re so easy to offer forgiveness and help someone who put you in this position speaks volumes for your characters. Cheers to you both.

“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt.

WOW! There I was logging in to hopefully see some blue sky sailing and we get full on drama. So glad all four of you are OK and thanks for sharing. Your not only inspirational but educational which is why we all luv ya! Thanks so much x

I'm glad your scary adventure ended with no one too seriously hurt. You guys make an amazing team and we can all learn from your example. I would not have had the courage to jump in the water under those conditions. That must have been intense. As an engineer I can't help but think the whole anchoring problem needs a high tech solution. I've read about the pros and cons of anchor buoys and could see where they are of debatable merit. How about a fully robotic anchor? I'd want it to have a personality, maybe model it after Marvin the Depressed android from the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy :) as Elana is deploying the anchor you hear in the background "oh sure, I get to be dragged along the bottom while you two frolic around up in the sun and wind ..."

hind site is 20/20 but if you'd cut your anchor you would have been free to try and tow the other boat to safety. You might not have had powerful enough engines to move both of you but you might have been able to tie the dingy's up to his boat to use for additional thrust. Still in all, great job by everyone on la Vaga.

Glad you got through this. Amazing how it can all go tits up with one small and easy mistake you have no control over. Dawned on me today, how few markers you see for anchors. A low cost divers reel, plus a small buoy would be an easy to manage, way to do it. If it helped to prevent the same, worth it. xx

Glad everyone was OK.

Well done guys 👌🏽 Impressive! Glad you are safe!! Hope to see you around the canaries

The astronaut community has a saying, "No situation can be so bad that it can't get a little worse." Space and ocean are not too dissimilar. We in the flying community say keep flying all the way to the ground and don't stop flying until it's parked. If you can walk away from it, cheers. If you can use it again, all the better. Great resource work, everyone involved deserves a toast. I'll drink to that! See you next week.

That was scary and emotional to watch, never mind live through!! Riles, you scared the crap out of me when you were under that boat! There has to be an extra intangible pressure that comes with being Captain in a situation like that Elayna, bloody impressive!!! It's clear too just how much you guys love each other, even when all hell breaks loose. Amazing episode....

A lot to learn from this situation, thanks for sharing and for the videos as always :)

Glad you are all safe, takes a lot to go under a pitching boat at sea, well done. never seen Elayna look so worried, but she did a great job handling the cat.

Wow! I’ve only been under a cat once to clear a prop in conditions that weren’t as crazy as those. Never a bouncing motor boat. Must have been crazy. Glad everyone is ok!

That was scary to watch,let alone be in it,you were lucky it wasn't a total disaster, lessons learned, like keep away from props in windy conditions...... lucky it wasn't sharp. keep safe,God bless.

Elayna you are a star!! Can totally identify with how you must have been feeling during the situation but you did great! And Riles what a cool dude, impressive character :)

All well and it could of been a lot worse ,message to all never underestimate anything or anyone .Water/wind is the ruler

Glad you two are ok! I can only imagine how stressful it must have been, but you guys handled it like champs!

hey guys ,love your journeys!!!are you still in Greece?What's your next stop?Would love to come and meet you.Hope you visit Athens and we have the chance.

Just wondering ...could u have let go of your anchor line and attached a line from the back of la vagabonde to the front of george's boat and towed him very slowly back up the wind? forgive me if this is totally unrealistic with the v small engine on the outremer ....

Amazing to see how well Elayna handled all that pressure.. Good on you guys! Awesome video as per usual!

Well done Riles! And Elayna and Daniel and Kayla too!!! Stressful stuff man. Thank goodness you guys are ok. I know you’ve learned from this and that knowledge will serve you well in the future. That said... Next episode, I hope will be filled with rainbows, sunsets and dolphins and even a palagic on your line. Wind at your backs! P& L Matt

Hey Guys..... glad your OK.... I know these are a few weeks behind so this your adrenaline levels have returned to normal by now but still..... I work in the tugboat industry and while I don't work at sea I have heard enough stories to know that emergency drills can never be taken for granted so when something happens everyone knows what to do and you have a better chance of getting out of it and it sounds like you were well prepared... you never really know what you are made of until you have weathered a few emergencies and know how you will react... from what I saw you all did very well, I was on a maintenance voyage on one of our tugs a few years ago and it is amazing how fast things can go from perfectly fine to HOLY CRAP we're all gonna die... it's only because of the skippers experience and quick thinking that we got out of it with no damage or injuries.... it's all good though Riley, the girl's love scars :-)

Wow, so glad you guys struggled thru and made it safely with only minor injuries! Well done!!! Now enjoy that beer

"Superb" handling maties ;) I loved how Riley dropped the drama and made this more into a "lessons learned" episonde, ( You guys had me worried from the previous video's preview!) ... I'm so relieved, Happy sailing!!

Congratulations team for a job well done. Eye opening how terribly wrong things can go - fast, and yet through no fault of your own. Strangely a little bit proud of how Elayna stood up under pressure - not because I didn't think she would but because I am not sure she did. Well done!

Wowzer...

Scary stuff. Well done guys. Glad you and LaV are ok xx

I myself have taken to a life raft during the fastnet. So I know what the fear is like, when it engulfs you. I'm sure Elayna and the other people on board were scared s.........s. The other thing that needs to mentioned is salvage. I think a lot of country's don't have a coast guard that claims salvage but some do. If you had towed the power boat back to port, you could legally claimed salvage under world wide maritime law. The other thing is that it wasn't that rough or windy. You wait until you get to the North Atlantic on your way to Arctic. My best advice, take two experienced big guys with you. LOL

Great video, Glad you guys are ok! And, it's helpful to learn that sailing isn't all dolphins and rainbows.

I know its easy to give advice in a nice warm flat in England. I would like to discus the course of actions you could have taken. In hind sight the best solution would have been to cut your anchor. I don't know if Riley could contact La Vagabonde from the power boat. Once the anchor rope at the bitter end is cut you would have had full control of La Vagabonde. I know Riley is very fit. You could have try to haul up the anchor chain in the power boats aft cockpit. Even if you had got as much chain as you could. You then could have tried to tow the power boat. Calling out the coast guard is a very serious thing to do and should only be done if your lives are in danger.

Great video! I'm surprised with all the action and adrenaline running you managed to grab the camera! Love watching you/yours. Thanks for the chain lesson Riley. Also, I made contact with your mate Jack. Gonna try and make it down there for his class. Thanks for the contact info. Be safe. And if you guys don't put out another video before Christmas, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Riley is OK.

I have been in rough water with a 47' boat just inches from my head. So glad R

Fantastic that you are safe and brilliant teamwork by all on board. I hope the other skipper realises what you did for him, plus hopefully he had a learning experience too. Did the super yacht offer any assistance to stop you guys getting dragged out to sea. Mighty effort by the rescue boat too. Bringing two boats back in those conditions.

My thoughts go out to you, I can totally relate! Calm heads prevailed, congratulations on persevering. It's a testament to your skills and trust for each other. We do, salvage and service runs in the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River. Like many marine environments, weather intensifies quickly creating dangerous conditions out of nowhere. Add to that the many islands, traffic and strong currents and away we go. Anchoring tends to be overlooked so I welcome your hints of future discussion. Old school anchors dont perform like the newer designs (easy web search) and we always urge people to oversize.

I was wondering how you were going to explain it all in the video. Amazing job guys! Even though I knew it all turned out alright for the most part, My heart was stunk (no pun intended.. unless someone found that funny, then in that case pun definitely intended) for the better part of the episode. Not to make light of anything glad you’re all safe now! Love you guys

Glad you guys are safe and great job staying cool under pressure. Wasn't following why that super yacht couldn't have assisted you when things first started to go wrong? I'm sure that yacht had the more than enough power to tow both vessels and the crew , especially a licensed captain, should have been trained to do so. Waiting 90 minutes for the CG and then eventually that fishing vessel to assist must have seemed like an eternity. Hope you gave the crew of the fishing boat a few cold ones for a job well done 👍That wind also looked very strong and persistent. Not the kind of place I'd want to do much sailing in.

We are going to have a rope to the front of our anchor, with a buoy and our boat name on it so that others and us know where the anchor is set. We are hoping that it will avoid what has happened to you. It's also great to have two of you that can take control. Cheers Mike & Candy

Great to see everyone worked well together.

Wow, good save. Karma was good on that one!

I could not believe those waves when you were out to sea! Y'all did a fantastic job, calm under pressure. I know why now I love you & will continue wishing you good voyage, good health & a steady wind. Whew! I glad that vid is in the box. Really, really a great job; not sure many could do as well but I am sure all of your sea-worthy followers would do as well! Luv ya'! God speed.

Wow! And thats how you do that! agreed with your summary guys, really could have not done more, you were vigilant to everything. but sometimes Sheet happens, its how you deal with it and in this case everyone and the boat lives for another sail. Love this Story R&E cheers Steve

Glad it all worked out. But ALWAYS REMEMBER Riley... cuts heal, bones mend and chicks dig scars. Your both legends

My heart was in my throat just watching this...I can’t imagine how scary it must have been in real life. So glad you’re all safe and snuggly back home

I'm glad your all safe.

Whew.... the fatigue of stress over time.... I'm a pilot. Stuff happens quickly. You can't pull over and take a break. Glad all is well guys...

Really glad it worked out. These things do happen, even when you are well set up, someone can come and spoil the party. The thing that struck me is how useful it is to have 2 competent people on your boat. I was really impressed when you took delivery that you both learnt to handler her and that paid off here. You were well enough crewed to lend the other vessel your skipper, diver and general fixer. Well done you both. The other boat was probably saved by your skill and actions, and good that you were aware how to save yourselves even though it didn't come to that.

Outstanding seamanship you two. Just brilliant when you could have cut your anchor rope and saved your boat. I wouldn't have either - well done.

I'm not too manly to admit it, but I almost started crying here! ... A couple of hindsight queries if ya don't mind. A) Was there any thought to letting his ground tackle out to the max to see if he could hold ya both or that would have likely ripped off his prop shaft? B) Did you have an anchor buoy to mark where you were set? This could have prevented him from being an idiot.... Of course, you should never anchor upwind of anyone in those conditions and it looked like there was space... I am SO happy it turned out well and I sure hope they cleaned the heck out of those prop cuts!

hard to watch guys but you did some strong work there. I'm a boatie too and there are always times where it goes pear shaped and then it is up to your training, skills and attitude to come out of it. You did well. Also highlights how critical it is for people other than the captain to be able to confidently and competently take control of your vessel when needed. Nice work there Elayna!

Excellent job, all of you! S**t happens and everything turned out well in the end. 👏 More scary with the suspected pirates in the middle of the Pacific though ☠️ brrr