[Rhodes22-list] Kedging

[Bill Effros]

Brad,

The technique is called "kedging" and can be performed with a dinghy and 
an anchor.  It works better with an anchor built for kedging because the 
pull on the anchor line is in a direction that is designed to release 
most of the anchors we tend to carry.

Bill

brad haslett wrote:

>The wind on Friday was awesome!  15-20 mph with gusts
>to 30.  I had the CoraShen indicating 9 knots when the
>max hull speed is supposed to be about 7.5.  My older
>brother was on his first sail and was as excited as a
>little kid.  We came up on a part of the river I'm
>pretty familiar with and decided to swing wide rather
>than tack because we were going fast and having too
>much fun.  THEN, I made the shortest landing in my
>career.  We went from 9 knots to 0 knots in about 10
>feet.  It wasn't a jolt, we just quit moving.  About
>two seconds later the depth alarm went off, real good
>timing.  What we had after that was a sailing
>simulator.  You could do anything you wanted with the
>sails, engine, etc. because the boat wasn't going
>anywhere.  As the sun started down we lost the wind
>and the will to solve our prediciment.  I made some
>calls on both the radio and cell-phone but couldn't
>raise anyone for help.  So, we spent the night on the
>boat.  It got down to the low 40's and I didn't find
>the blanket I knew was on the boat until the next
>morning.  Anyway, I was able to get ahold of a friend
>of mine that lives on the lake Saturday morning and he
>showed up with his pontoon boat with a 115hp engine. 
>We towed the bow, the stern, clockwise,
>counter-clockwise, but didn't move the boat.  We were
>only 5 feet from deep water but couldn't get there. 
>Finally we tied the halyard to the side rail and
>started towing from the top of the mast.  After the
>boat was heeled about 45 degrees it started floating
>and we drug it sideways to deeper water.  Hopefully
>this will be my only grounding for the season but if
>it happens again, I'll pull that solution out of the
>trick-bag first.  By 11 am Saturday we were free and
>sailed back to the dock.  I was so tired from the
>experience I didn't feel like doing any work on the
>boat.  Oh well, that's a good excuse to go back to the
>lake later in the week.
>
>Brad Haslett
>"CoraShen"
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