[Rhodes22-list] anchoring

Mon Sep 15 09:08:23 EDT 2008

elle,

Broad Creek in New Bern, where Blackbeard is located, is the best hurricane
hole for miles around.   When a surge is expected and boats must leave their
docks, everybody around there seems to head for Broad Creek.   It's about 15
feet of water, then 10' of mud/muck bottom river bottom and then hard clay
underneath, according to borings made for the seawall engineering design at
our club.

If a storm passes close by, the wind direction can shift greatly during the
storm.  This adds a different challenge to anchoring.  Some anchors are very
good at setting, like Delta plow, others are very good at holding in mud,
like the Fortress with the 45 degree fluke settings.  But, if broken loose
during a storm while the wind direction is changing, a Fortress will more
easily drag and is more difficult to reset.

Different people do different things.  One popular anchoring technique is
the Bahamian, using two anchors at 45-180 angles.  Other experienced storm
survivors here have used two anchors in series to cope with our special
bottom conditions.  Usually, coming from the direction of the boat, the
first anchor is a Delta plow type with the usual nylon rode and chain.
Then, they add about 30' of stainless cable and attach a Fortress or
Danforth type.  The idea is the Delta plow will quickly reset if the
direction changes and slow down dragging long enough for the Fortress to
also reset, dig in and hold on hard.   A friend with a Gulfstar 37 has used
this technique for ten years with great success in Broad Creek.  His boat is
heavy and I know he uses large sizes (not sure how large), but I think the
same technique would work for a 3000# R22 with smaller ground tackle. 

Fortunately for Raven, two days before Hannah arrived I just hauled her
home.  This is a wonderful advantage of a trailerable.  But it think it's
always a good idea to be prepared for whatever the wind gods send us.

May all your storms go the other way,

PT

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of elle
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 8:21 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] anchoring

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#a181565
18
> 
> 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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