[Rhodes22-list] Anchoring
Mary Lou Troy
mtroy at atlanticbb.net
Sun Jul 3 10:31:20 EDT 2016
There was a lengthy discussion of this years ago.
Rik Sandberg offered a unique solution and copied
a lot of the responses. It's on the owners' site
here: http://www.rhodes22.org/blew_skies/anchorcp.html
We always sailed double handed so our solutions
were different and usually involved me going to
the bow. In all our years of sailing Fretless, we
rarely if ever encountered a situation where it
wasn't safe for me to go to the bow. Because we
kept the anchor in the lazarette, if we were in a
situation where it could become dicey, we always
checked that it was free of encumbrances so we
could get to it quickly and for really dicey
situations, we would have it in the cockpit ready
to go. From there we could have it deployed in 30
seconds from the bow. Maybe not enough in Rick's
scenario but enough in every situation we
encountered (very few rocks or even rock jetties on the Chesapeake.)
Best,
Mary Lou
formerly R22 Fretless
now Rosborough rf246 Tara
(in Oriental, NC, soon to be Rock Hall, MD)
At 10:03 AM 7/3/2016, you wrote:
>Graham, thanks for the excellent
>elaboration. Sounds just right for a nice
>day. And Rick, I totally agree that if you are
>anchoring in rough conditions, you need the bow
>into the wind from the get-go, assuming you have
>an able crew member to man the helm or deploy
>the anchor. Hopefully that is a rare
>circumstance for all of us, but "Be Prepared"
>was the motto in scouts and still today, It
>reminds me that I should spend some time this
>summer practicing anchoring
Dave B > On Jul 2,
>2016, at 8:24 PM, Graham Stewart
><gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote: > > I always like
>to drop the anchor from the cockpit. If it is a
>day with light > wind I leave the stern to the
>wind to get the breeze - but not overnight. If >
>I am staying overnight or if the wind is
>stronger I take the line to the > stern and tie
>it off and feed the remaining line to the bow
>and tie it off > there as well. Once the anchor
>is set I release the line from the stern and >
>let the wind bring me about. It is a one person
>job to set the anchor when > it is deployed off
>the stern and there are no concerns about
>fouling the > line in the prop. Even when
>sailing with my wife she is often busy and
>this > arrangement allows me to manage easily on
>my own. On those rare emergency > situations do
>as Ric suggests. In a strong wind it is
>astonishing how much > force can build on the
>anchor line and you will not be able to hold
>it. > > > Graham Stewart > Agile. R22, 1976 >
>Kingston Ontario Canada > > > > -----Original
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>Thanks Dave and Rick, > > I think you both have
>valid points. How about a compromise? I have
>been > thinking about this since I sail solo
>often. What about storing the anchor > as Dave
>describes, but run the rode up through the
>anchor roller (I'm > assuming) with the bitter
>end run back to the cockpit. The anchor could
>be > deployed from the cockpit and secured after
>an appropriate length of rode > has been
>deployed for the conditions. On the minus side
>there would be 2 > additional lines (actually 1
>looped) on deck. And this arrangement would >
>not work well with the lazarette with a
>modification therefore the anchor > and rode
>would need to be stowed under a seat and lines
>would be an issue. > On the plus side is the
>ability to safely deploy the anchor from the >
>cockpit. Comments? > > Thanks, > > Jerry (who
>just returned from a morning solo sail) > > On
>Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Rick
><sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote: > >>
>Dave, >> >> That may work fine on a calm day in
>a sheltered harbor. But when the >> wind and
>waves are up and you need to keep yourself off
>the rocks, >> "walking" the bitter end of your
>anchor line could easily pull you >
>overboard. >> >> For safety's sake, always
>launch your anchor from the bow with the >>
>bitter end already tied off. The R22 has a very
>nice arrangement >> designed with a comfortable
>bow pulpit. Practicing every anchor drop >> the
>safe way will assure you of doing it right when
>under challenge. >> >> Rick >> >> On Sat, Jul 2,
>2016 at 7:00 AM, David Bradley
><dwbrad at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Jerry.
>Regarding your anchoring question... I keep a
>Fortress >>> anchor on its rode in a plastic
>crate in the laz as our primary >>> anchor and
>drop from the stern then walk it to the bow.
>It's faster >>> and easier and safer >> I >>>
>think than dropping from the bow and no need to
>store damp rode in >>> the cabin. I keep a
>Nicro solar powered vent in the forward deck >>>
>port which keeps humidity from building up in
>the vee berth. >>> >>> I seem to recall some
>back and forth on this which you can search
>if >>> interested. I believe this was the
>Effros method. >>> >>> For those interested,
>Bill Effros has a new (in 2012) R22, is
>still >>> out and about in LIS, and still taking
>on the man. (I'm glad to >>> have him >> for
>a >>> friend.) >>> >>> Dave B >>> s/v Sea
>Cloud >>> Greenwich Cove, CT >>> >>
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