[Rhodes22-list] Docking and anchor lines

Tue Apr 21 14:14:18 EDT 2015

Hi Rick,
Not sure why you think its necessary to keep an anchor on the bow. 
Many small boats are not set up for it and I've never seen anchor 
stowage as part of a safety inspection checklist. Yes you have to 
have an anchor, but how you handle it is up to you. I'd be happy to 
see something to the contrary but in 30 years of paying attention to 
boating safety requirements, I've never seen a requirement that a 
boat have an anchor at the bow. Even on the bow, unless you have an 
electric windlass, you still have to go forward to launch it. We had 
the anchor on the bow on our Com-Pac 16 and I don't think that I 
anchored faster or more safely because of it.

On the Rhodes, with our anchor in a mesh bag made for the purpose, 
rode properly flaked, with the bitter end accessible, I can have the 
anchor deployed in less than 45 seconds if I hustle. Only had to do 
it once at that speed (engine died in Kent Narrows with the strong 
current carrying us back toward the bridge) but was glad that we were 
well-practiced in anchoring by the time it happened. Note that our 
solution works for us because we've thought it through and because we 
sail with the two of us on board. And I don't have to "lug it 
around." I've been known to carry it forward in a leisurely manner in 
a quiet anchorage but usually I put it on the cabin top, go forward, 
secure the bitter end and deploy the anchor. Simple and Quick.

The Rhodes "anchor locker" has never appealed to me. It's cumbersome 
at best and a bunch of Chesapeake mud soaked rode resting in the open 
locker in the bow is an invitation to mold and mildew. I would love 
it if the R22 came with a proper anchor locker, but it doesn't  and 
I'm satisfied with our compromise.

Best,
Mary Lou
1991 R22 Freltess
Recycled 1998
Rock Hall, MD

At 01:32 PM 4/21/2015, you wrote:
>The safest and easiest thing is to keep your anchor and tackle at the bow
>of the boat.  For decades, the R22 has been built so you can hang your
>anchor from the bow pulpit and stow tackle in a bow locker.
>
>It is OK to keep a light weight "lunch hook" in the cockpit that is dropped
>from the cockpit for fishing or other attended activity.  But if the Coast
>Guard sees you lugging your primary anchor around the boat during a safety
>inspection, you're bound to get a citation.
>
>Rick
>
>On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:53 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
>rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Reid,
> > I always thought that more chain was better but when it got to the
> > point that I could not safely carry 15-20 ft of chain and an anchor
> > around the boat we looked at the Fortress. Fortress says "We
> > recommend using 6 ft (2m) of chain for every 25 ft (8m) of water
> > depth. Coastal anchoring is often in under 50 ft (16m) of water
> > depth, and so boaters commonly use 10-15 feet (3-5m) of chain with
> > their Fortress anchors."  I think we have six feet on ours - could be
> > 8. In the Chesapeake we rarely anchor in more than 6 to 10 feet of water.
> >
> > In any event, it has held us in a couple of mighty blows with wind
> > shifts. I do take great care to make sure it is set and if there is
> > room in an anchorage always use 7x scope which we will lengthen to
> > 10x in a blow.
> >
> > Best,
> > Mary Lou
> >
> >
> >
> > At 09:29 AM 4/21/2015, you wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >On the various boats we've had over the years, we've had chain on the
> > anchor
> > >that's the length of the boat and we've coupled that with a Fortress
> > anchor.
> > >The chain weight helps the light anchor stay put in a blow.
> > >
> > >We've also used the plastic length markers IIRC we got from West Marine
> > that
> > >tells us how much rode (including chain) we've let out.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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