[Rhodes22-list] Hunting at anchor

[Steve]

Roger is right about this.  Where I anchor we
generally use 1 anchor.  And whatever the wind
direction is at night when we set our anchor; wind
will be from the opposite direction in the morning. 
Steve 


--- Roger Pihlaja <cen09402@centurytel.net> wrote:
> Mark,
> 
> It's always advantageous to run the anchor rode down
> thru the bow eye to
> center it on the bow & get it as low to the water as
> possible in order to
> improve the scope ratio.  That extra 18" of
> elevation between the bow eye &
> the deck cleat counts as "water depth" as far as the
> effect upon the anchor
> scope is concerned.  Whether you clip the rode onto
> the bow eye with a
> carabiner or snap shackle, use a short length of
> rope or simply run the rode
> thru the bow eye doesn't matter.  In my experience,
> the effect of doing this
> upon sailing around the anchor is minimal.  Sailing
> around the anchor is
> simply a side effect of modern designs.  It is
> harmless & you will get used
> to it in time.  But, if you really can't tolerate
> it, then use a stern
> anchor.  Nothing else will stop the boat from
> sailing around its anchor.
> But, be advised that if you anchor in amongst a
> bunch of other similar
> boats, then you had better be prepared to do
> whatever they are doing.  i.e.,
> if they are using a stern anchor, then you should as
> well or anchor
> sufficiently far away that your anchor swing radius
> does not overlap your
> neighbor's.
> 
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ellner" <ellner@pressenter.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Hunting at anchor
> 
> 
> > Mark
> > I have a large snap, 3"-4" or so. I clip that to
> the bow eye and run the
> > rode through the snap. It seems to keep the boat
> centered to the wind
> > better. Where we anchor quite often the wakes from
> the power boats come
> > from a different direction than the wind. In that
> case we anchor then
> swing
> > the bow into the wakes and drop a picnic anchor
> from the stern, this helps
> > a lot.
> > Rod
> > Toy Blew
> > Hudson, WisAt 12:51 PM 11/22/2002 -0500, Mark
> Kaynor wrote:
> > >I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to
> minimize Raven's hunting
> at
> > >anchor? I've tried leaving the centerboard up,
> down, and part way down,
> and
> > >messed with raising and lowering the rudder. None
> of these seems to make
> > >much difference. The only thing I haven't tried
> yet is tying off at the
> bow
> > >eye rather than leading the rode through the
> chocks to the cleat.
> > >
> > >Mark Kaynor
> > >
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