Anchor Hazard

[markc]

.... yesterday I watched a Sealine 330 pass me on his way out and I saw a nice straight bit of chain hanging off the front of the boat ...alarm bells rang and I realised that his anchor was in the water. I ran round to catch him before he went out - good job too - large pointy metal thing 2 feet beneath the surface ready to punch a hole in the boat at 25knts. The problem was that one of his crew, when departing the mooring had unwittingly stood on the 'down' footswitch, releasing the anchor. Because of the Sealine 'beak' design, you can't see the anchor from deck or flybridge level so could have caused massive damage.

My winch now isolated except when I need it!

M

 

[paulineb]

So that crew member would be an anchor spelt with a 'w' ?

Pxx

 

[tcm]

Re: Anchor precautions.

Well done for saving his boat!

For yourself, you don't need to isolate -and is not be a good idea in case you need the anchor qucikly -like when the engines fail near the coast eg in solent and you want to catch hold of seabed as soon as poss.

Normal thing is to have a shackle (or rope, but not as good) to physically tie the anchor to the boat. You have to undo it and do it each time you use/stow the anchor. Fairlines quite good about this. Naughty sealines if this isn't standard.

Note that isolating the anchor is NO GOOD and doesn't prevent anchor going down- the windlass could get loose and let the anchor go, and then ooer the anchor doesn't work upwards cos yerv turned it off...

The stage on from here is having a trip line stowed ready to tie to the anchor if you think it might foul. And some means of cutting anchor if it simply can't be raised and tide/time forbids staying.

 

[hlb]

Reminds me of going round Start Point last year in heavy overfalls and three feet of water stud on the deck. Now my anchor has a pin through it and a rope tieing it to the rail as well. Both came undone!! Worse still Tutt's refused to go on deck and sort it out. So spent the next hour coaxing the boat over the waves, without the anchor flying in the air.

No one can force me to come here-----------
----- I'm a Volunteer!!!

Haydn

 

[markc]

Re: Anchor precautions.

agreed about the lashing on etc - I have a pin and a secondary rope (Fairline). However, because the Sealine has a concealed anchor, I'm not sure how he would fix it and guess they may foolishly rely on just the winch to prevent the anchor coming loose. Howver, my reference to using the isolator was just for preventing someone standing on the switch and releasing anchor.

M

 

[tcm]

Re: Anchor precautions.

not familar with inside of pointy bit of a sealine. We have "concelaed" anchor, just use shackle+ chain from grp to the anchor chain wherever you can see it. I will have to have a look at sealines at a boat show.

 

[Col]

A friend has a f33, and he did this recently. Wasn't in the Solent was it ?

 

[markc]

Re: Anchor precautions.

I'll have a look next week when I am invited aboard for the boat saving medal ceremony (ie. a bottle of cold Stella) and report

M

 

[markc]

It was, but only happened yesterday

M

 

[KevL]

I just knew you would have to comment on a topic about chains and restraining devices ;-)

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