[Rhodes22-list] Anchor rode spaghetti

[Jack Wyman]

Yes, this is very similar to the way many glider operations store their 
200-foot tow ropes... just feed the rope (a.k.a. line) freely down into a 
bucket. Next time it's needed, it comes out snag-free.

Jack Wyman
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Bradley" <dwbrad at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Anchor rode spaghetti


> 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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