Why We Dragged & What We Learned | Atticus Live

Never miss a live stream! Text ATTICUS to 43506 to receive a text notification every time we go live! In last week's episode, we dragged anchor in Isla Mujeres, Mexico. We wanted to talk about what anchoring techniques and equipment we had aboard Atticus at the time and discuss what Lessons we learned from the experience. Figuring out how to anchor is an intimidating topic for new cruisers. We've collaborated with Trio Travels, Zingaro, Sailing Uma, White Spot Pirates, Venture Lives, MJ Sailing and Follow the Boat to talk about dragging experience so that you guys can learn from our mistakes! We also have a technician from Mantus Marine and Fortress Marine Anchors joining us to chime in on the discussion. Everyone Drags: 4:10 Follow The Boat: 4:55 S/V Zingaro: 7:18 Anchoring Equipment & Technique on Atticus When we Dragged: 12:26 Oversizing Your Primary Anchor: 17:12 Anchor Sizing Charts for Cruisers: 19:00 Setting our Anchor at 4:1 Scope: 22:245 Weight/Length of Anchor Chain: 23:55 Oversizing our primary anchor: Mantis Marine’s Opinion: 27:02 Venture Lives: 29:40 Atticus Chugs: 35:13 What we would have done differently when Anchoring In Isla Mujeres: 36:54 Anchoring Technique: Understand the Bottom when you’re anchoring: 37:02 White Spot Pirates: 41:55 Anchoring Technique: Stay on the boat in questionable weather and holding: 44:28 Our Anchors on Atticus: 46:57 Fortress Utility Anchor 47:55 Sailing Uma: 50:43 Anchoring Technique: consider using 2 anchors: 52:51 Bahamian Anchoring: 56:15 Anchors in Series: 58:20 High Test 1/4" all Chain Primary Anchor Rode: 58:41 Trio Travels: 1:02 MJ Sailing 1:05 Jordan’s Mantus Marine Swivel Rant: 1:25 Did you like this video? Please don’t forget to give it a thumbs up, it helps us out a lot! Want to get to know us better? Hop over to our Patreon Page for a Behind the Scenes peek into our everyday life! https://www.patreon.com/ProjectAtticus For daily updates check us out on facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/TheProjectAt... To learn more about us and our adventure head over to our website: https://www.ProjectAtticus.com To get more engagement for your live streams, check out our texting service: https://txtsignal.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sailrite https://www.Sailrite.com Super Sailmakers https://www.SuperSailmakers.com Sleep on Latex https://www.SleepOnLatex.com Silent Wind https://www.SilentWindGenerator.com Monitor Windvane https://www.SelfSteer.com Mantus Marine https://www.mantusmarine.com/