[Rhodes22-list] Anchor rode spaghetti

[John Lock]

Hi folks,

I hope everyone got out an celebrated Sailstice 2008 this 
weekend!  http://www.summersailstice.com/  Not a lot of wind to work 
with down south, but we managed to get out and weave a course amongst 
the pontoons and jet skis anyway.

I have 150' of double-braid and 6' of chain for both my bow and stern 
anchors.  The bow anchor rode is stored in a Rubbermaid container 
under the cockpit seat.  The stern anchor rode is stored in the 
lazarette.  After about half a dozen outings, these just turn into a 
tangled heap and I waste too much time freeing the rodes to set an anchor.

I've tried to take some care coiling the rodes so that they will pay 
out cleanly, but so far I haven't found the right system to avoid 
getting a tangle that escalates the more you try to free it.  So, 
anybody got a good storage system for anchor rodes that doesn't 
involve a windlass?

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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