[Rhodes22-list] Deploying anchor from cockpit

[Tom Van Heule]

I have two copies of the chapman. Most recent is 67th ed.

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020, 1:58 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> My copy of Chapman, “Piloting and Seamanship, 67th edition”, ISBN
> 978-1-58816-961-7, Hearst Books, New York, (2013), p341 gives several
> examples of scenarios wherein anchoring with a stern anchor is
> appropriate.  Chapman is sort of the bible of all things nautical.  All of
> the stern anchoring scenarios have a common need to reduce or limit the
> amount of swinging at anchor.  Examples include anchoring in a narrow
> river, anchoring under the shelter of a windward bank, anchoring near a
> busy channel (especially if there is large commercial ship traffic), and
> anchoring nearby some other boat that is also using a bow and stern
> anchor.  Another example is the use of a stern anchor to help keep the boat
> from being pinned against a dock by wind or current.
>
> While the comments about the nonstreamlined stern shape, wave action,
> possibility of down by the stern fore/aft trim are all things which the
> boater should consider, the fact remains there are many routine situations
> wherein the use of a stern anchor is an essential tool which all boaters
> should have in their bag of tricks.  I have used a stern anchor many times
> over the years.
>
> Here on the Great Lakes, we must have more reasonable US Coast Guard
> officers.  Neither I or any of my boating friends have ever reported
> getting stopped, much less cited, for the sort of scenarios described below.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V dynamic Equilibrium
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> From: JeffSmith<mailto:jeffsmithphoto at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Deploying anchor from cockpit
>
> According to <https://www.uscgboating.org/images/420.PDF>.
>
> "Do not anchor from the stern!!
> Anchoring by the stern has      caused many boats –     small boats
> especially  – to
> capsize and     sink .  The     reason  is that the     transom is
> usually squared off
> and has less    freeboard       than    the bow.        In addition, the
>       stern
> may     be carrying the added weight of a motor, fuel tank, or gear
>  brought
> on board .        In a strong current,   the force of the        water can
> pull the stern
> under. Anchoring at the stern also makes the boat vulnerable to
> swamping        by wave action."
>
> Deploying the anchor from the cockpit and and leading the rhode forward to
> the bow is not "anchoring from the stern" in MHO.  A USCG member who cites
> a
> boater for this is probably either a martinet or trying to make his ticket
> quota.
>
> While onboard I have often turned my various boats around on my mooring or
> anchors to get more breeze in the cockpit and cabin - or to add shade to
> the
> cockpit. Never had a problem or a ticket.
>
>
>
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> Jeff Smith
> 2009 R22 #101 RADIANT
> Atlantic Highlands Municpal Harbor
> Atlantic Highlands, NJ
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