[Rhodes22-list] Anchoring

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

Hi Rick,

Boy, for somebody you've never met, you make a lot of assumptions about me and my boat.  First of all, my boat hook is always stored in a pair of Beckson Clipper Clips on the back wall of the cockpit just below the lazarette hatch.  I can easily find it in the dark.  Second, I always sleep with my camping headlight within easy reach.  Third, I always set a GPS anchor watch.  So, I would be awakened re a dragging anchor long before any of the boats around me noticed.  Actually, after many years of cruising, you get sensitive to the boat's motions and what a dragging anchor feels like.  The chances are, I'd be up on deck checking things out anyway.  I always take a couple of visual bearings on landmarks on shore to quickly detect if my boat has moved.  Fourth, the anchor rode is the only line extending out from the bow.  Even without my headlight, I could easily find it in the dark.  Just sweep the boat hook in front of the bow and it is bound to run into the anchor rode.

Look, this thread is really getting tiresome.  Anchor your boat however you please.  I'm just glad I don't have to deal with you in person.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium


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From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2023 12:09 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Anchoring

Yelling comes from boats downwind you are dragging toward just because you
wanted to squeeze in by putting out too little rode.  And you're taking
forever to find your boat hook in the dark and rain, and to fish for the
rode you can't see underwater.

What's this about bringing the anchor aboard?  I'd rather walk into a
Japanese home with my shoes on!  The anchor is to be kept outboard hanging
from its bow rail bracket.  When just relocating in an anchorage, I also
leave the mucky chain dangling outboard from the hanging anchor.

Regards,

Rick Lange


On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 5:23 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Rick,
>
> What yelling?  You start the engine.  While it’s warming up, you walk to
> the bow, and snag the anchor rode downstream of the carabiner with a boat
> hook. You motor slowly forward while pulling in the anchor rode hand over
> hand over the railing.  Note that you haven’t touched the bow cleat or the
> carabiner.  When the anchor is aboard, you go and redeploy.  No muss, no
> fuss.  I am just claiming that my technique makes it less likely the anchor
> is going to drag.  Often, your suggested options of going someplace else or
> going to shore are not available.  The Rhodes 22 has the advantage of
> shallow draft and can often be anchored in a corner of the harbor where the
> big boats can’t go.  We all have a vision of being alone in a pristine
> anchorage.  But, that’s often not the reality.  Have you actually done much
> anchoring out?  What do you propose to do if you’re not willing to anchor
> in close quarters?  Remember, there are no slips available and it’s too
> late to go somewhere else.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>