[Rhodes22-list] anchoring

[elle]

Well; what a coincidence.....anchoring is on my mind.

It seems that when Hanna was deciding where to rest her head, we decided to anchor the boats (mine & my neighbor's ) in the creek...which is a well-protected hurrricane hole.

The favored anchoring scheme is two anchors each set at about 45 deg off the bow. I have the (way too light) Danforth-style which comes with the boat & another  21lb Danforth, 200' of rode & @ 8-10' of chain.

Problem 1....how to anchor from the bow as the furling mechanism is in the way if we go out straight from the bow cleat....or have massive chafing if we run the rode outside of the bow pulpit...boat will then not be head-to-wind.....

Problem 2...this creek has a thick layer of detritus..mainly leaves...coating the bottom....the heavy Danforth would not set w/all the junk, so a new anchor is in my future.

Anyone have any suggestions? I am looking at a Delta as the CQR (my first choice) is 'way too much $$$$$.

We ended up securing one end of the boat to a forward piling and the other to a tree on shore.


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 Sun, 9/14/08, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:

> From: Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] anchoring
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008, 6:27 PM
> Paul,
> 
> We must have beaten this topic to death several times in
> the past.  A quick 
> check of the nabble archives under "anchor
> locker" yielded:
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/anchor-locker---dumb-questions-to18156518.html#a18156518
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/Anchor-rode-spaghetti-to18071799.html#a18144554
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/Anchor-rode-spaghetti-to18135271.html#a18135271
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/New-Guy-Bill-D.-tp7060395p7069009.html
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/Anchoring---Again-to5113633.html#a5113633
> 
> http://www.nabble.com/Go-To-Anchor-to2383036.html#a2383036
> 
> You get the idea.  Most of us seem to use a Rubbermaid
> basket in the laz or 
> under a cockpit seat for the stern anchor, although I
> prefer a bag hung on 
> the stern rail.  I still use the forward locker for my bow
> anchor rode 
> storage.  I cleat it to the central foredeck cleat and pass
> it through my 
> bow chocks.
> 
> Mike
> s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
>        Nissequogue River, NY
> 
> From: "Paul Krawitz"
> <krawitzmail-rhodes22 at yahoo.com>Sent: Sunday,
> September 
> 14, 2008 5:53 PM
> > How do you guys anchor?
> >
> > The forepeak (tiny bow storage area) is an 
> impractical way to store
> > rode and the opening is to small for my big hands to
> get in there.
> >
> > I've resorted to storing the rode below the
> cockpit benches, in a
> > Rubbermaid container, and walking it forward and
> attaching it to the
> > Danforth anchor handing from the bow pulpit when I
> need to.
> >
> > Where do you cleat it? The central bow cleat?
> >
> > I'm hoping someone has a better suggestion.
> >
> > Paul K
> > "Clarity"
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