80 years old, with high blood pressure for half of that, with medications, and a damned good doctor (or ohio state medical center), you can live a good life. So cheer up, much love and support, you should live to become an old man. ps - that is when you need to be really strong, for getting old is not for the faint of heart.

The kids have just watched themselves in this and loved it. Thanks again for the water and the lobster. We agree, best anchorage ever!

I'm also a younger healthy individual who can has concerningly high blood pressure readings at times. What I learned after getting a home tester and using it a ton was that a massive part of my high blood pressure was being worried I was going to have high blood pressure. It can be hard to get yourself to fully unwind before taking the pressures but at least for me the difference is an easy 20-30 points, it can be closer to 40 points if a doctor is stressing me out too. So things might not be as bad as they at first appear.

Out trick for rolly anchorages is a 10kg detachable aft anchor with 10m of 10mm chain (and 30m of rope). If the wind picks up, we mark it with a fender and just let it go. Otherwise we can switch it side to side, pull it in tighter or let it loser depending on the waves and the wind. It has saved many a nights sleep and therefore we named it Valium. 😊

There is a syndrome known as “white coat syndrome “. This happens to some that experience high blood pressure due to stress of going to the Dr office or in your case it could be just taking your no. Go back onboard your home with that lovely lass on one side of you and dog on the other, relax and take another reading. Best of luck and thanks immensely for your calming voice and your wonderful videos!

Mate I've had high blood pressure for 33 years ,I'm a hgv driver and monitored regularly the tablets work very well .I was higher than you but with tablets almost perfect take care you 3 bring great pleasure to me at night parked in truck before sleep overtakes me .Great videos thanks .

In order of importance So glad you have had others tell you that controlling high blood pressure with meds need not change your life. Just showed this video to a size 6 mid 50's lady who looks 20 years younger and has the same issue. She leads an active life and although she is (sadly) not into sailing watched the video when I pointed out your medical condition, avidly, nooding and a with a smile of recognition, as to your shock on realising you have a potential life changing condition. "The meds will hopefully restore your confidence", was her response. Please keep us updated. YES, we'd like a specific video on the rolling issue. Take care.

Hi Dom, great video as always. Yes, I would be interested in a video of tips to reduce rolling when at anchor. Hope things sort themselves out te your health issue. Thanks Ann

Yup, 160 over 100 is not good, but Hank doesn’t care one bit..he still loves ya!

Greetings from the mooring trots off Lilliput, Poole Harbour, yes please to the counter rolling tricks and treats; these stink-pots going past at 10kts do generate some wobbles. Also, Dom, best of British sorting the BP jobbie. Well done indeed to the 3 of you!

Hi Dom and Carly, thank you for yet another beautiful gem of an anchorage. Ive had high blood pressure for nearly 30yrs now no issues just meds. Try not talking whilst taking your pressure and keep your arm flatter. Also when you worry it always reads higher than it is.

Dom, I too have high blood pressure, so I know the drill and the worry, #1 you didn't seem to follow the rules of BP taking, on the second reading. feet flat on the floor, back supported, no talking , no looking at the meter while it is working, no coffee or tea for at least 1/2 hour before, rest for at least 5 minutes.....also the wrist model is cheaper that the cuff type but they are not very accurate. Now for the good news eating less salt helps, the medications work really well, I run at 124 over 74 , resting heart rate below 60 bpm and I was born in the 1950s so I'm quite a bit older than you. Don't give up hope, good you caught it early. Cheers and big hug for Carly and Hank

Dom , high blood pressure is not a problem it’s easy to treat. The problem is if you don’t know you have high blood pressure. I’m from a family with hypertension and have been treated for 12 years, my pressures are normal.

..... when you go to see the Doc, they do not do the test right away in my experience. There is always a bit of a chat and then the cuff goes on. Consequently when I go to use the one at the drugstore I sit and relax and also control my breathing cause in the Doc's office one is relaxed. I also do it three times in succession. You'll get this sorted .... love that you introduced 6 to lobster that couldn't be fresher .... thx for the share .. as always .. never stop dreaming, just dream bigger .. have fun be safe, save our oceans ....

Hi Dom. sorry to hear about your health worries. My husband has high blood pressure and has to take his readings at home. His instructions from the doc are to wait 2 hours after a meal before taking a reading. Just thought I would mention this in case….As always thank you for sharing your adventures with us, to the 3 of you, safe passage, sunny skies and good winds. Take care

Love it when another channel we watch appears it like those cameos like when Peter Griffin appears in American Dad it’s just awsome 😂👍🏼

A North Westerly in Ansteys gave us our worst night at sea. Bullets of wind came down producing a near 90 degree pendulum all night and 2 others boats dragged anchor. Glad you two had a better night there than we did!

Yes pls Dom, any help reducing the roll would be welcomed! For reducing the blood pressure, try a glass of beetroot juice in the morning. It defo helped with mine!

Groovy video as always. Heroes saving the teenage boys. I have high blood pressure too. It's pretty easy to handle with simple medicine and diet. Eating lots of beets and drinking water both help to lower blood pressure. Stay safe and stay groovy.

HI, ANOTHER GREAT video , copper tops are always highly strung , try and relax a bit , but having to do a Hank on only two legs and diving for ones dinner lobsters . You all have done and given so much fun to all your followers . Take care and carry calmly on . 😉❤👍👍👍👍

Hi Dom, another great video, thank you. Re your BP, don't let it worry you too much. I am 77 and my BP is often over 160! I am on medication, but the reading (when I take it is always higher than it sould be. My pulse rate, however is nearly always about 60 beats per minute, unless I've just got home from my 3-mile walk, haha. Hopefully your doctor will prescribe something to lower it. Take care. Geoff

Dom, as someone has said, you need to wait a while after food, caffeine/sugary drink, exercise etc. I think you should also be sat still, arm laid out before you and no talking etc.

Yes, please do show how you help reduce the swell 😁 Hope you get the blood pressure down, reminds me I should probably check mine!!!

Sorry to hear you're going through high BP problems too ... A recent bout of high BP (206/136) killed my plans to set off and sail solo around the UK in June/July/August of this year. Whilst it is now finally starting to settle down, it has taken a lot of experimentation with drugs as I had some nasty adverse effects from the preferred ones (Ramipril and Candesartan both resulted in severe insomnia) :(. I hope you get this sorted soon! At least you have Carly there to look after you (you lucky lucky man!) :). Loving the videos and the anchorage guide!!

My blood pressure is similar to yours. I'm three score years and ten and have just come back from Cowes week. You'll live.

An old trick is to have a small sail rigged on the back stay to keep you head to wind. We ought to try our hanked on storm sail some time.

High blood pressure is a serious issue that you definitely want to treat. But having it myself I can say that, at least for me, it is easily and well controlled with medication. Various meds have various side-effects, the first one I took caused me to have a mild asthma like cough, so let your doctor know if you have anything weird, but even so it been easy to treat. Best of luck!

Wishing you the best Dom. Great episode

What a coincidence. Saw the Doc last week, high blood pressure. Start monitoring as well. Fingers crossed.

Its hard to get an accurate measurement with the wrist BP devices. They're good for measuring change, but the measurement can vary wildly between attempts. Perhaps take a set over 10 mins and use the average. My other half has hypertension, and we found an upper arm machine in a Lloyds chemist. Still reads differently to the ones the docs use, but its more consistent.

Lovely video, as usual. Hope you manage to get your BP under control. Ive had it for a few years now and still with us.

Some of us seem to hold over from our food, a lot of purines from things such as lamb, pork, beef and shellfish - like lobster. Purines are responsible for adding too much Uric acid to those bodies who are not equipped to handle the overdose. With too much Uric acid comes high blood pressure. And that is worth looking at in your case.

Wow! Stunning anchorage! And crackin video as always. High blood pressure isn't anything to worry about... Don't take chemicals or poisons like pharmaceuticals to sort it. Easily controlled naturally... Check out the DASH diet. Reduce your sodium intake, increase your potassium intake. Sleep deprivation is normally a big factor... I've heard you say you're a night owl! I'm the same, but a better sleeping pattern maybe!? I'd say reduce your stress levels, but we live on a boat! Theres no reducing stress with the life we live lol Take care and God bless 💙🦴💜

Mads is a true genius! No doubt about that.

Great vid. And the best of luck with the scan and health investigation. I hope they find a cause that’s easy to tackle.

Hi Dom - another great video! Yes please to a video on tips to reduce rolling at anchor.

Another great video, thank you. Very sorry to hear about your BP Dom, I really hope it is manageable and does not impact on your sailing adventures. It would be good to have a video on your experience of reducing swell. Mad's Sail Life is another great channel and the technology he has tried and reciewed is a fantastic resource for other sailors. Best of luck 🤞

🤞bp gets sorted. A fab video will definitely add this spot to our list. Yes please to swell tactics.

Love to see your ideas for less roll at anchor. I have just made a bridle to experiment but not tested it yet. Can always make another one. Nothing as cheap as old rope !. Saw you all in Poole earlier in the year. I was the twit waving at you. Carly waved back. Great vids by the way - I have been sailing for 40 years and I learn loads. Not live aboard though - too old - I need to go back to my scratcher at home every now and then. Keep up the good work - it’s much appreciated and quality entertainment. David

Great show. My wife and I would love to see your experiments on suppressing a rolly anchorage. Thank u so much. Please keep up the great work

Yeah - give us that video. Really interessted! Great video by the way!

Another great video. Yes please, we would be interested in hearing about your trials of swell bridles etc. Hope you get your blood pressure issue sorted soon.

Awesome movie as all the previous ones. And yes I'm looking forward to a movie detailing your swell bridle. In a week time I'll be in Croatia for a 2 week charter. Hope to soon (1-2 years maybe?) follow your path and Mads's and the rest of the gang. Hope to meet you some day in a gulf or marina. Good luck with your adventures, fair winds and following seas!

Another great video - thank you. We also really appreciate your anchorage resource on your website. Hope your blood pressure gets sorted. Yes please for a video on the bridle. All the best.

Well you really packed it all into those 11 minutes, very well done folks, once again. btw....without wishing to be alarmist does scuba or free diving put extra strain on the heart????

Lovely video as always. Bringing the snubber line around to rotate the bow into the swell is my routine on my HC 38. Also living with high BP and now 70, it’s in my genes. Address it but don’t let it stress you out. BP varies hugely around 24 hours. In the heat of Malta, it sometimes plunges to 100/70 and I feel dizzy.

Hey guys, really enjoy your videos. I've been living with high BP for 35 years, it is easily managed and not much of a game changer

Great video guys 🤩, 🙋‍♀️ yes please for a video on rolling, i anchored at Cawsand in plymouth and on both occasions it was protected but 🤢, didn't know if I had done anything wrong but any tips and help with combating rolliness would be greatly appreciated. Hope your blood pressure calms down 😊

As usual we loved your video. I'm one of those who discovered I had high blood pressure when I was in my early thirties. It was a shock at the time but thirty years later I can say that whilst it's a bit of nuisance visiting the doctors twice a year and remembering to take the tablets every day it's not been a problem at all. Sailing can definitely continue!

Great video, best of luck with your health. Reg

So sorry about the BP. 162 over 106 in particular isn’t wonderful news, but it can be treated. Life can go on and some foodstuffs can help. Interested in the Rainman. I presume you have a 12v electric model? And success with a bridle to control rocking would definitely be interesting. This is usually use to prevent yaw with a ‘flopper stopper’ for rolling, so learning what you have done that works would be really good. Finally, might be worth having more than 6x anchor scope to help with ‘bad ones’. 7x is not unusual, and 10x can be good in heavy winds

Chin up Dom. Worrying about high blood pressure tends to put your blood pressure up! I have it, it's workable. I think you do yoga, apparently Planks are good for lowering it,

Great video thank for sharing hope you get sorted soon keep safe 👍

Sorry about health concerns - I am sure it can be managed by lifestyle and modest medication. Love your channel and lifestyle. All the best

Awesome again

I have just started watching your videos and am delighted! I really enjoy your mannerisms, descriptions, and attitude. I really don't know how else to communicate with you at this point, but am wondering if you are interested in the Pacific Northwest cruising waters, the Puget Sound. We have a boat in Washington State and may be interested in sharing.

So great full for Cadoha!!!! please get on a bicycle 10 to 30 miles a day immediately to try and fix that blood pressure!

The quality of your videos is really improving.

Hi Dom and Carly. Great video as always, your video editing skills are amazing! Please post sailing tips videos for fellow sailors. Would be much appreciated Xx

Omg that’s high, Good luck identifying the cause and managing it.

I would love to see a video about a swell bridle, thank you for offering it. Is it like a kedge anchor? Looking forward to learning more

Sorry to hear about your health worries, hope they can be sorted. Isn’t Hank just living the best life! What a lucky doggo he is!

Brilliant video

A year ago I would have loved to have a 160 over 106 BP result....DO NOT FRET N WORRY TOO MUCH! Great you are tracking your BP to get it sorted! It will take a while to find the best treatments but you will be fine....for me its exercise, Amlodapine and Hydralizine....dont worry, yet dont ignore it either! Hello Hank!

Hey Dom! Sorry to hear about your blood pressure result. But, as I understand it, it's perfectly treatable and manageable. Wishing you all the best!

Yes please for more info on the swell bridle :-)

What a lovely anchorage to add to your fantastic web page. Sadly for us the sun has set a little too far in the west to be making passages down south which is one of the reasons we enjoy your videos so much. But if you ever decide to explore the shallows, low horizons, stunning sunsets and sunrises of the East Coast we have some glorious anchorages to recommend! Don't be fretting too much over the BP, you've caught it early enough in your young life to get it sorted out.

The right blood pressure meds have helped me a great deal. It took a while to adjust, buy now I'm constantly in the acceptable range. Nice video, btw.

This is one of my local beaches and have anchored here several times, the sandy beach to the right is called red gate beach,glad you enjoyed it 😊

I would really like to learn more about your strategies to reduce rolling and swinging. Thank you

Dom and Carly. You are so good at your camera work and editing. I really enjoy your videos. Very interesting to hear about these anchorages. I am thinking of going to Babbacombe later this week from Dartmouth in my HR34, Kanda Spirit, so we may pass by you if you ride out the storm at Anstey on Wednesday. Wave heights predicted to be over 5m off the Lizard! Very good that you have found out about your BP and are getting it looked into. Every 6 months I take 3 readings in the morning and 3 in the evening for 2 weeks and average them all. The 3rd reading is usually lowest and mornings are higher than evenings which I think is common. I can share a spreadsheet which does all the calcs for you. The GP loves it. BW John

Sailed past you today on our way from Plymouth to Brixham. Both motor sailing.

Sorry to hear about your BP, hope it gets under control asap. However you did what many many people/men won't and went to the Doctors. I know that this can be difficult for some people (myself included) but generally things don't just get better without some intervention. Wishing you all the best..

We have a roughly metre square of 9mm plywood on Amanita that we hang over the side with a weight under it, about 1.5 metres down. This damps the rolling considerably. Its hung on the tops'l halyard and held out about 6 foot by the boat hook. Better would probably be one each side but it is starting to be a lot of gear to carry and handle. Keep up the good work! M

i would certainly like to see your anti-rolling ideas. 1 channel i watched decades ago :-) used buckets of water on a pole over the side. you can also try old pieces of sail cloth.

You should try a flopper stopper,my one I made from a plastic barrel lid with a bridle attached to three points put some lead weight on one side hang it from the end of the boom or pole it stops a lot of the rolling ❤

Video on swell bridles would be great. So it's surprising what can make your blood pressure go up, it's not so much about the environment you're in more what youre doing- even sitting up having your arm bent rather than lying down and rubbing hank talking to carly can change it, next time try lying flat on your back (or semirecumbant - a bit propped up) and doing literally nothing for 5 minutes before hand and doing it. All in all though taking a Ramipril a morning/cutting down on salt isn't the worst thing in the world. Good Luck! Lovely video! And a fantastic anchorage.

Hi, I’m really interested in your techniques for combating swell which is a thing that drives me nuts, I’m always up for learning new ( to me) stuff so hope you do make a video on this subject, cheers & fair winds 0:16

I do miss tides. 😀 Sent you a PM. Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid. xx

No doubt you should put all cards on the table - being it swell dampening or blood pressure dampening, as well as the deeper story.

Have been following for a while - great vid and yes would love to know how to reduce the rolling :)

yes please a vid on countering rolling❤

A swell vid would be really interesting 👍. Just PM'd you re BP. Thanks gor another great episode. All the best, get well soon.😊

Sending best wishes for your health

Chin up Dom! Don't stress over it .. just let the doctors handle it.

Al the best ❤

It’s called katabatic winds where they accelerate down the hills, lulworth cover is bad for it!

Hi Dom follow up on the BP problem ....and check your diet v genetics. Lost my nephew at 34 none smoker, just married to arterial heart disease like you he was fit active and built like a basketball player 6'4". but the docs didnt check his BP and blood chemistry. Along with long QT syndrome its one of the more common problems. Hydration and if needs be meds will help tou get things back in balance... Meantime ditch the salt and sugar and easy on the pop.😉 Good Sleep is also important. 👍🏼

Welcome to katabatic winds !

I developed hip at your age,and it took several years to solve, eventually it was my adrenal gland’s,that were causing it hope this may help, love your series great videos

Yes, do the vid on tide bridle.

Please make a video about reducing rolling on anchor

Hi both really enjoy the videos and would welcome a video on rolling anchorages. We're currently rolling on a pontoon birthday in treguier brittany! Awful weather Kim and Alan Into the Blue

High BP ... meds will almost certainly sort it. Ramipril can cause a tickly cough after a while but there are plenty of alternatives. Make sure you get them to put you on a decent Statin 🙂 sooooooo many health benefits

best of luck with your bp dom....never had lobster what???? here in new york we used to have many lobsters in long island sound as of like 10 years ago they are gone...

Blood pressure? Lisinopril and / or Bystolic. With a Physicians guidance of course.

I don't often comment, but don't put too much faith in to the results that the wrist bp machine is giving you. They rarely ever come close to my correct blood pressure. Also blood pressure meds are not a problem. Hoping for the best for you.

I live with same Bp readings at 56 iv tried meds with no change

Hi Dom. I could see your dissapointment regarding your blood pressure reading. Dont worry, I had higher numbers than you have here and thanks to a bit of medication and some supplements I take, it's now well under controll and it will be for you too mate. don't be downhearted........ and its really good you have found out now rather than later. If you want to know what helped me, do get back to me.

Meeting your name sake who's that ripped,would give me high blood pressure too - Keep well and thanks for another great video.!