The 7 Anchoring Mistakes That Put Sailboats On The Beach

The 7 Anchoring Mistakes That Put Sailboats On The Beach In August 2022, a storm hit Corsica and put 48 boats on the beaches in a single day. Most weren’t beaten by the storm. They were beaten by a mistake made hours earlier, when the anchor went down. This video covers the seven anchoring mistakes behind real groundings: short scope, the catenary myth, skipping the snubber, the wrong anchor for the bottom, ignoring the wind shift, weak links, and leaving the boat. It finishes with the five-minute routine that prevents almost all of them.