[Rhodes22-list] Anchor rode spaghetti

[David Bradley]

I've had better luck just piling the rode into the crate.  The loops
of a coil get tangled.

Dave


On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 8:25 AM, John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:
> 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
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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