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A scare in the night and lots of storms at anchor #sailing #longdistancecruise #boatlife
April 10, 2026 · 17 min · 2K views · Portimão
Crew member in red jacket manages lines during storm
What this video covers
Suria, a Lagoon 410 S2, spends several storm-battered weeks at anchor in Portimão, Portugal, waiting for a weather window to the Canary Islands.▶ 5:42 The port engine's starter motor burns out immediately after the boat is relaunched on Christmas Eve; Dirk replaces it with a spare the next morning, anchoring on one engine in the meantime.▶ 0:24 A broken kitchen faucet cartridge costs €6 at a hardware store.▶ 2:13 The toilet pump fails and requires an ordered replacement part.▶ 7:43 The diesel heater breaks down, and the replacement part costs more than a new Chinese unit, which Dirk orders instead.▶ 14:30 The most serious incident comes at 3 a.m. when upstream reservoir releases send a surge of debris — long branches and tree trunks — down the river, piling up on the anchor chain and rudders under enormous load; Dirk and Rigi spend an hour clearing it with boathooks before re-anchoring in a less current-exposed spot.▶ 14:30 A separate storm brings nearly 50 knots, a dragging neighbor on a collision course stopped only by fenders, and anchor watches with 80 meters of chain fully deployed.▶ 11:53 Swell blocks watermaker runs, forcing marina water runs by dinghy with jerry cans — chlorinated water kept out of the watermaker membrane.▶ 12:56
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