[Rhodes22-list] Deploying anchor from cockpit

[Tom Van Heule]

I squat like I was back in india up there....   Definitely have to be
limber enough, but this is my exercise lol.   Lots of balance hahaha.

Else I do hang over also, but one of my bolts on the pulpit came loose , so
I don't want to climb on it too hard.

I store the anchor as described above, with the rhode and such going into
the vberth.

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020, 3:30 PM Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:

> For many years the GBI factory standard anchor has been a fluke design of
> about 15 pounds that hangs by its stock from a bracket attached to the bow
> pulpit.  The anchor shank is shackled to the hull.
>
> Mine is rubber coated in case it needs to be brought aboard, but I've never
> had to.  I've beat into 5 foot waves and the anchor never budged in its
> bracket.
>
> I've also dropped my anchor facing 3-5 foot waves by kneeling or sitting in
> the bow pulpit to keep from falling over.  Everything is right there in
> easy reach--the anchor, the rode locker and the bow cleat.  Reaching over
> the pulpit while kneeling or sitting with the rail supporting your armpit
> gives you all the leverage needed to easily lower or raise the anchor in a
> rolling sea.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick Lange
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 3:49 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
> > >
> >
>