[Rhodes22-list] Deploying anchor from cockpit

[Tom Van Heule]

Hahahah

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020, 2:49 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> Different strokes…
>
> Personally, I never ’slowly lower’ my anchor.  I do slowly let out the
> rode after the anchor is on the bottom, to avoid creating a pile of rode on
> top of the anchor.
>
> I can’t quite figure out how or why one sits in or on the bow pulpit.
>
> Having spent 4 years in the Coast Guard (albeit almost 50 years ago), I
> can say that it was my experience that coasties are just people like
> everyone else, and there are probably a few marionettes among them.  It’s
> not really their job to keep fools off the water.  Good thing too, since
> that would destroy the pleasure boating industry.
>
> —Peter
>
> > On Nov 2, 2020, at 3:15 PM, Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > According to
> https://www.boaterexam.com/navigationrules/anchoring-tips.aspx
> >
> >
> >   - Slowly lower the anchor *from the bow*, rather than the stern, to
> >   avoid capsizing or swamping.
> >
> > There are no marianettes in the CG, just dedicated public servants
> keeping
> > us safe or keeping fools off the water.
> >
> > If you have an R22, you have invested in a secure and comfortable
> anchoring
> > platform--a wide, flat unobstructed bow deck with a bow pulpit you can
> > easily sit in.  Use it!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rick Lange
> >
>