[Rhodes22-list] anchoring

[Rick Lange]

Mary Lou,

Let me point out that when both the rigging and motor fail, you'll have to
use your anchor to keep off the rocks.  Unfortunately, an anchor kept in
the cockpit won't do the job.

An anchor deployed from the stern will result in a very wet wait for help
(and for most boats other than the R22, a sinking.)  The alternative is
risking injury or going overboard attempting to carry an anchor, chain and
rode forward in rough seas.

So the anchor and rode locker on the R22 is in the right place.  I store
20' of chain and 200' of rode in the locker with room to spare.

My peeve is the size of the access hole.  On the best of days, I can just
fit my hand through.  So that's not something I want to attempt rolling
around on the bow deck due to rough seas.

To solve the problem, I thread a 1/4 inch nylon line through an eye inside
the cap.  I tie one end of the line to the bitter end of the rode and the
other end of the line to the anchor end of the chain.  Pulling off the cap
pulls up the rode and chain so they can both be attached before pulling
the rest of the tackle onto the deck.

Rick

> You've discovered my biggest pet peeve about the R22 - lack of a
> workable scheme for anchor storage. There are lots of ideas in the
> archives. Here's what we do.
>
> We keep the rode, chain and anchor in a mesh bag in the lazarette.
> The mesh bag is made for rode storage and has handles for carrying
> and a grommet for you to thread the bitter end through.
> (http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detail.htm?fno=400&group=776  I think
> West has them too) The rode is very carefully flaked back in the bag
> after each use so it is ready to go. Because we usually anchor in
> shallow water, we have bundled the rode in 50 ft increments with
> velcro ties - the first 50 or 70 ft are flaked loosely, the rest
> bundled. We also have the rode marked with vinyl markers available
> from various marine supply stores so we know how much we have out.
>
> We always sail double handed so its easy for one of us to walk the
> bag forward, secure the bitter end to the bow cleat and deploy the
> anchor. We leave the bag on the foredeck while anchored and retrieve
> the line back into the bag and walk it back when we are done.
>
> Single handed we would probably cleat to a stern cleat, deploy the
> anchor from the stern and then walk the rode forward to cleat from
> the stern after the anchor was secure. In that case, we'd probably
> leave the bitter end secured from the stern cleat, the mesh bag in
> the cockpit and just walk a length of rode forward to secure from the bow.
>
> We've put a Nicro solar fan vent in the opening to the anchor rode
> tray and leave the rode tray home.
>
> Best,
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
>
> At 05:53 PM 9/14/2008, you wrote:
>>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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