Had to use Sea Anchor in Unexpected Storm Ep. 26

While anchored between Chub Cay and Bird Cay of the Berry Islands in the Bahamas, we got hit by an unexpected storm!
Filming was the last thing on our minds during the storm, besides it was dark, so here is a video of us telling the story!

Lesson learned: Always get an updated weather report. DAILY!

We were not expecting the wind to change direction till the next day and thought we were fine where we were anchored for at least one more night. The wind blew a constant 20 knots or so from the East and was causing a bit of uncomfortable fetch. Randall spent a majority of the day figuring out ways to reduce the overall swing of the boat at anchor. Just before sunset the wind started clocking around to the South causing the ocean swells to build and come rolling into our anchorage. Within 5 mins. we had no choice but to pull anchor and move away from the breaking water.

The Berry Islands are located on the edge of a large bank with very shallow water. It can be extremely hard to move from place to place depending on the depth of your keel. We draw 5' and according to our charts we were not able to move further North between Chub Cay and Bird Cay. We were also not able to stay at the Chub Cay Marina due to it being destroyed during Hurricane Matthew.

We had no choice, but to make our way into the oncoming ocean swells and wind and to spend the night out at sea. This was Kenzie's worst nightmare! The wind picked up to around 35-40 knots through the night and we had ocean waves crashing on the deck! Randall became extremely seasick and spent the whole night puking and trying his best to sleep down below. After several hrs. of motoring away from the islands and of drifting down wind, we were able to deploy our sea anchor which helped slow us down significantly!

The boat did a fantastic job handling the storm and we never once worried about it's capability in the rough waters. We were glad for our experience sailing in Oregon and for our preparations made to the boat. We spent the entire night out at sea in this horrible storm and by 4am began to make our way back to a safe anchorage. We slept most of the day and then again all night.

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MUSIC USED:
"Sunrise" By: Nicolai Heidlas

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