[Rhodes22-list] Anchor rode spaghetti

elle 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

elle







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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