[Rhodes22-list] mushrooms

[Robert Skinner]

Thanks for the reply, Peter.

I've seen fishermen use a small plastic-covered
mushroom.  Your suggestion to use one as a
weight on a rode had not occurred to me, and is
interesting.  How do you think it compares with
a 6# folding grapnel for general utility?

/Robert
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Peter Thorn wrote:
> Robert,
> 
> A 10# mushroom makes a good lunch hook for a mud bottom and, if the weather
> gets rough, with a shackle, it can also make a pretty good kellet for a more
> serious anchor.
> 
> PT
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Robert Skinner
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 10:18 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] anchoring - weight and size of mushroom ?
> 
> Thanks for the reply, Mike.  I agree with you.
> 
> As the anchoring discussion related primarily to what
> anchor(s) one keeps aboard and how to set it/them, I
> wondered how/whether Bill carried his mushroom?  Or
> has this thread meandered out of the universe of
> discourse?  That's OK, too, ...
> 
> IMHO, a mushroom is not the kind of anchor one keeps
> aboard a sailboat, but Bill may have a different
> opinion.  For me, a mushroom is only for use as a
> (semi)permanent mooring.
> 
> A helical screw mooring is favored by the harbor master
> in Portland, ME.
> 
> /Robert
> 
> michael meltzer wrote:
>> Please see your harbor master, they set the weight for the local
> conditions
>> of the mooring, around me it 11 pound per foot, rounded up, i.e. 300
> pound.
>> This is a case where bigger is better.
>>
>> -mjm
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Robert Skinner
>> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 10:20 PM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] anchoring - weight and size of mushroom ?
>>
>> Bill Effros wrote:
>>> Peter,
>>>
>>> I am not messing around, and I am a storm anchorer.  I feel my boat is 
>>> much safer on its anchor than it is on land, and I keep my boat on the 
>>> water throughout hurricane season.  We have hurricanes here, too, and my 
>>> boat has weathered many without incident...
>> Bill,
>>
>> Perhaps I missed something in an earlier post.  If so, please forgive the 
>> request - but please do provide the specs of the mushroom anchor that you
>> keep 
>> aboard your Rhodes -- weight and dimensions.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> /Robert
>>
>>
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