[Rhodes22-list] Anchoring

[Rick Lange]

Hi Roger,

We probably will meet since you can be a late arriving squeezer.  Your kind
seem to follow me around.

The MINIMUM anchor rode to water depth is 7:1.  That's when the bottom and
all night weather forecast are good.  And it doesn't matter whether the
rode comes off a toe rail chock or the bow eye, there is no way to cheat
physics in order to squeeze in.

Regards,

Rick Lange


On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 5:24 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> ________________________________
> 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
> >
> >
>