[Rhodes22-list] Anchoring -- It's Not Just Me

[Bill Effros]

Thanks, Dave,

No apologies needed.

It's a difficult thing to learn because we all tend not to practice 
anchoring, and much of what we read in the commercial press was written 
by people without as much experience in anchoring as they have in other 
things.

I knew next to nothing when I started practicing, and then I found that 
many things I had read did not work out the same way in practice.

The bottom line for me is that Fortress Anchors are great for R-22s.  If 
you learn how to set them properly they simply won't let go until you 
are almost directly above them, and then they release.  If you dispense 
with the chain rode they are much easier to handle, and in fact set 
better.  Because you can easily disassemble them, you can carry multiple 
anchors for use in extreme conditions.  I use a small anchor deployed 
from the stern and moved to the bow most of the time.  The anchor will 
not release in any winds I ever expect to encounter.  If winds are too 
great for this anchor I would be more inclined to heave-to in any case.

This summer I plan to get back to multiple anchoring.  There are 
fireworks at a nearby amusement park on the water every Wednesday and 
Friday and I plan to go down to watch them regularly and experiment with 
anchoring techniques.  The hardest part of anchor testing is what to do 
while you are waiting to see if the anchor holds.  How long do you wait?

More to come on this topic.

Bill Effros





DCLewis1 at aol.com wrote:
> Bill,
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> I saw the article to.  I recall that I was one of the doubters. My  apologies.
>  
> Dave
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