How many engine hours per year?

[jrudge]

Blimey J, do you mean that you stayed up there on watch all night?

R.

yes.

It was the day that Mallorca had a mini Tsunami. The wind was I guess 45 knots.

We didn't drag. Everyone around us dragged. And then we dragged!

There were no waves as the bay provided shelter ( Ibiza- Cala Portinatx - nowhere else to go) and was why i chose it in the first place.

The night was pitch black. Nil vision. Only the torch lit thing up. Moonless night and no background lighting.

Re anchored once. No good. Did it again. Was swinging close to a rib on a bouy ( so it had no swing). My view at that point was it was like a fender and so be it. In the end we did hit but it didnt do anything.

About 2 pm the next day I moved it.

Asked for a berth in San Antonio. Called a few times, said will call. Headed off in the other direction and they called me, 180 turn and a good nights sleep ( for about E250!)

I dont recommend moving a boat in a relatively crowded anchorage under torch light in a gale!

Nearly all boats dragged and there was a lot of shouting. As far as I know no one hit anyone else which was quite extraordinary.

So sadly yes I was up from about 2am.

 

[Hurricane]

yes.

It was the day that Mallorca had a mini Tsunami. The wind was I guess 45 knots.

We didn't drag. Everyone around us dragged. And then we dragged!

There were no waves as the bay provided shelter ( Ibiza- Cala Portinatx - nowhere else to go) and was why i chose it in the first place.

The night was pitch black. Nil vision. Only the torch lit thing up. Moonless night and no background lighting.

Re anchored once. No good. Did it again. Was swinging close to a rib on a bouy ( so it had no swing). My view at that point was it was like a fender and so be it. In the end we did hit but it didnt do anything.

About 2 pm the next day I moved it.

Asked for a berth in San Antonio. Called a few times, said will call. Headed off in the other direction and they called me, 180 turn and a good nights sleep ( for about E250!)

I dont recommend moving a boat in a relatively crowded anchorage under torch light in a gale!

Nearly all boats dragged and there was a lot of shouting. As far as I know no one hit anyone else which was quite extraordinary.

So sadly yes I was up from about 2am.

Portinatx isn't the easiest of places to anchor without being close to other boats or on deep water.
Well done.
That is the problem with Ibiza - difficult to find somewhere safe if it gets nasty.

 

[NGM]

yes.

It was the day that Mallorca had a mini Tsunami. The wind was I guess 45 knots.

We didn't drag. Everyone around us dragged. And then we dragged!

There were no waves as the bay provided shelter ( Ibiza- Cala Portinatx - nowhere else to go) and was why i chose it in the first place.

The night was pitch black. Nil vision. Only the torch lit thing up. Moonless night and no background lighting.

Re anchored once. No good. Did it again. Was swinging close to a rib on a bouy ( so it had no swing). My view at that point was it was like a fender and so be it. In the end we did hit but it didnt do anything.

About 2 pm the next day I moved it.

Asked for a berth in San Antonio. Called a few times, said will call. Headed off in the other direction and they called me, 180 turn and a good nights sleep ( for about E250!)

I dont recommend moving a boat in a relatively crowded anchorage under torch light in a gale!

Nearly all boats dragged and there was a lot of shouting. As far as I know no one hit anyone else which was quite extraordinary.

So sadly yes I was up from about 2am.

I remember that night very well. I was up all night too. We were on a bouy in Andratx, it held us but we were spinning around like crazy. I remember desperately wishing we had a place in the marina until the next morning when I found out that 4 boats had broken free from the visitors berths !

 

[MapisM]

yes.

Wow. I understand that staying on the f/b gave you better control of the situation and allowed you to react faster if needed, but I would have rather stayed inside anyway.
In fact, that's what I did in a similar occasion, while anchored in the anse de la Garoupe, near Antibes.
A westerly F9 was predicted for that night, and it was impossible to find a berth anywhere.
Besides, many boats had the same idea of staying in that spot, which is one of the best in that area because it's very well sheltered from the waves coming from NW/W/SW, even if the coast profile is lowish and doesn't protect much from wind.
Luckily, the 10x or so length of chain and the heavy anchor did their job, but it was impressive to watch on the plotter the boat track constantly and rapidly swinging along a very wide arc.
A 30+m Baglietto anchored not far from us, which deployed two anchors, in the morning had dragged offshore by at least 100m.
Luckily, no other boats were anchored right on her stern...