Do not try this for Hurricane Irma! Sail away from it in advance!
How to secure your boat for a tropical storm. We film the process as we anchor and tie up in a mangrove in Martinique. Then we film as the approaching storm passes right over us with winds nearly 60 knots. We are testing both our Rocna anchor and our Fortress anchors.
All 130 half hour episodes of the Distant Shores TV show are also available on DVD and download at:
http://www.distantshores.ca/sailingdvds/catalog/
Recent episodes (shot in high definition) of this on-going television series following the Shards' global sailing adventures can be viewed on AWE TV in the USA and Caribbean. Watch it on Nautical Channel in Europe, Asia, Africa and many other countries around the world.
http://nauticalchannel.com/shows/show/distant-shores
