[Rhodes22-list] Anchor rode spaghetti

[Robert Skinner]

John,

Have you tried flaking the rode in the container in a figure 8 pattern?

Another alternative:

I saw one guy using a big spool with handles.  Set the axle crosswise 
in a container when paying out or retrieving the line.  Had a winch 
handle on one of the handle ends to retrieve.  Set the spool down in 
the container when not in use.

/Robert
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John Lock 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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Robert Skinner  "Squirrel Haven" 
Gorham, Maine         04038-1331
s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."