How not to go sailing on your first day out... - Sail Mermaid S1 E13

Docking fails. Docking disaster single handed. It was the 1.st of December 2017 when I left Valencia, Spain heading south for the Spanish Africa coast. First stop on the way was Denia, about 40 Nm from Valencia. The weather forecasts for the day was pretty chill, and in the Marina in Valencia it was just a little breeze, but all that changed once I was out of the Marina. Winds and waves increased thru out the day and when I entered the Marina in Denia it gusted up to 36 knots and the average was well above 30 knots of wind. It was very difficult to controle the boat as the wind was more powerful than the engine from some angles. I believed the Marina VHF channel was displayed at the entrance to the marina, but it was not. (Yes, I was new to the Mediterranean sailing scene) and I didn't have a marina guide onboard. I ended up smasing hard against the petrol quay where I spent 2 nights before I continued. Boat docking failed, or at least it wasn’t pretty. Please do give the video a thumbs up if you like it, comments are always welcome and don't forget to subscribe if you are new to my channel. If you would like to support my productions you may want to head over to my Patreon page and see what extras I offer https://www.patreon.com/Sailmermaid http://www.sailmermaid.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/symermaid/ Minds: https://www.minds.com/SailMermaid Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sailmermaid/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sail_mermaid Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/SailMermaid Soundtracks: "Sail Mermaid" Written and performed by Jemma Louise All others delivered by www.epidemicsound.com