[Rhodes22-list] Anchor rode spaghetti
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watermusic38 at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 24 11:10:30 EDT 2008
Here's another just for the sake of comparison.
http://shop.hunterowners.com/detail.htm?fno=0&group=776
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We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06 "WaterMusic" (Lady in Red)
--- On Mon, 6/23/08, Tom Hogarty <tjhogarty at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Tom Hogarty <tjhogarty at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Anchor rode spaghetti
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Date: Monday, June 23, 2008, 11:43 PM
> I used an anchor bag like this for my powerboat, and plan to
> hang it from the
> stern rail of my Rhodes.
> http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/281499/377%20710/0/anchor%20bag/Primary%20Search/mode%20matchallpartial/0/0?N=377%20710&Ne=0&Ntt=anchor%20bag&Ntk=Primary%20Search&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nao=0&Ns=0&keyword=anchor%20bag&isLTokenURL=true&storeNum=88&subdeptNum=695&classNum=695
>
> Tom Hogarty
>
>
> jlock 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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