[Rhodes22-list] Ground Tackle

[Bill Effros]

Doug,

Find out what other people do where you will be sailing.  Michael and I drop anchors in currents.  More chain helps.  Talk to, and watch power boaters.  They are much less tradition bound with regard to anchoring, and some of their techniques seem to work just fine.  They don't have a heave-to option, and they don't have a keel, so they tend to anchor more than we have to in sail boats.  What they do is interesting.

The Rhodes-22 at anchor has many characteristics of power boats at anchor.  My vinyl clad anchors are the easiest to deploy, and retrieve and I use no chain at all when I use them.  I usually use them for lunch hooks when I really don't care if the boat drifts a few feet this way or that.  They don't get dirty.  Kids can deploy and retrieve them without hurting either themselves or the boat.  I often stern anchor with them when I'm single-handing.  Looks goofy.  Works fine.  Effortless.

There's no magic here.  Whatever works for you in your setting.  Setting multiple anchors still seems to me the best way to go, rather than relying on a single all purpose maximum strength solution.

Bill Effros


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Doug Mistler 
To: 'The Rhodes 22 mail list' 
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 1:01 PM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Ground Tackle


Bill,

And I thought that I was being conservative with only two anchors.  I will
take my hat off to your 6 or 7 aboard!  

Do I understand you correctly that my planned 15' of 1/4" chain may be too
light in weight to function optimally if I get an aluminum Fortress anchor
and that I should go for the full 22 feet?  The ability to disassemble the
Fortress is attractive.
 
I was thinking of the Fortress as the eventual primary anchor and adding a
kedge anchor as an emergency backup.

Fair winds!
--Doug



-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Effros
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 9:51 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Ground Tackle

Doug,

I have 6 or 7 anchors on board at all times.  I think they are important to
have.  You never expect to need them, so you better have them on board when
the unexpected happens.

I like Danforths.  I live near Michael, where the rule of thumb is 1 ft. of
chain for every foot of boat length.  With 22 feet of chain, the lightest
Danforth won't sail.  I like the light Fortress anchors, and have 2 of them.
You can disassemble them when not in use.

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