[Rhodes22-list] Anchor Line Question?????

[Mary Lou Troy]

Sounds like plenty to me. Where are you likely to want to anchor? How 
deep is it? 25x7=175. Gives you enough for 22 ft of water at 7:1 
scope. I think our main anchor rode is 200 and we've only ever maxed 
it out once. That one time I wished I had a bit more as we were 
anchored in 25 ft or water in Shaw Bay on the Wye River which is 
notoriously bad holding - I suspect in part because people never have 
enough scope as you don't have to put out that much rode almost 
anywhere else on the Chesapeake. I think our #2 anchor has 175 ft but 
I'm not sure.

Having said I'm not sure I went and checked our equipment list in the 
front of our log book and it says 250 ft main rode and 200 ft 
secondary. I may have to confirm that - it doesn't sound right to me. 
I must be getting old - I can't remember if I know something or not. 
I know we switched rodes and chains around when we switched anchors 
to the Fortress but now I don't know if I verified the length of the 
rode then or not. Another project.

On the Fortress website is a chart of the loads generated by 
sailboats of various lengths in various strength winds. It is all 
hypothetical but not as much as you might suspect. 
http://www.fortressanchors.com/safe_anchoring.html


Best,
Mary Lou


At 01:41 PM 4/7/2009, you wrote:
>I need to replace my very aged anchor line before RumRunner gets splashed  in
>the next couple of weeks. I have the standard GB anchor hanging off the bow
>with six feet of chain. Is 3/8" line, 3,700 lb tensile strength 
>strong enough.
>  I'm thinking of getting 150 feet which is more than enough for my inland
>lake  sailing.
>
>Rummy
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