Anchoring for lunch.

[capnsensible]

Actually, come to think of it, why did the OP show the back of his boat in an anchor thread?

Coz that's where the sun drenched beach is.

Trusty and reliable CQR.

Cheese and tomato sandwich.

Factor 20 sun screen.

Last time I posted a picture on here of my boat at anchor was actually looking forward. To another sun drenched beach on an island off the coast of Venezuela. As one does. ?

 

[capnsensible]

Are you trying to tell us that you have dragged & need anchor advice. We can give it if you ask

I can give you a really great anchoring tip if you are interested. ?

 

[Daydream believer]

I can give you a really great anchoring tip if you are interested. ?

Really?
If it involves anything other than fenders & stepping ashore via a pontoon then I am not interested

 

[capnsensible]

Really?
If it involves anything other than fenders & stepping ashore via a pontoon then I am not interested

I don't think that qualifies as anchoring, actually. ?

But my top tip is brill.

 

[Daydream believer]

I don't think that qualifies as anchoring, actually. ?

But my top tip is brill.

OK
I will do a Cannon & Ball bit & be the fall guy for you
What is your "Top tip for anchoring" Cap'n
I warn you
It had better be good or the forum is going to tell you a thousand reasons why it is rubbish --even if it is right

 

[capnsensible]

Whenever you take a yacht through the Panama Canal from the Caribbean to the Pacific, you will be raised by three locks through a height of 85 feet.

After this, you will enter the Gatun Lakes and the canal schedule will require you to anchor overnight before the next day's transit. The seabed there is over the original flooded forest. There are lots of old tree trunks and branches everywhere ready to snag your anchor.

So top tip is to make sure you set a tripping line. ?

 

[pvb]

Whenever you take a yacht through the Panama Canal from the Caribbean to the Pacific, you will be raised by three locks through a height of 85 feet.

After this, you will enter the Gatun Lakes and the canal schedule will require you to anchor overnight before the next day's transit. The seabed there is over the original flooded forest. There are lots of old tree trunks and branches everywhere ready to snag your anchor.

So top tip is to make sure you set a tripping line. ?

A true SensibleTopTip! I'll try to remember that.

 

[capnsensible]

A true SensibleTopTip! I'll try to remember that.

Don't forget to scrub the anchor properly once you have retrieved it if you intend to continue to the Galápagos Islands. They are quite sensitive to imported bugs. ?

 

[Frogmogman]

So THAT's why they're banning anchoring at Studland..... Britain's first marine dogging site!

Sea-dogging, surely.

 

[Daydream believer]

Whenever you take a yacht through the Panama Canal from the Caribbean to the Pacific, you will be raised by three locks through a height of 85 feet.

After this, you will enter the Gatun Lakes and the canal schedule will require you to anchor overnight before the next day's transit. The seabed there is over the original flooded forest. There are lots of old tree trunks and branches everywhere ready to snag your anchor.

So top tip is to make sure you set a tripping line. ?

& there was me thinking that you were going to trip me up with something new

 

[capnsensible]

& there was me thinking that you were going to trip me up with something new

Well it's the only place Ive ever been where pilot books warn about the hazards of getting your anchor stuck in a tree...?

 

[dansaskip]

Whenever you take a yacht through the Panama Canal from the Caribbean to the Pacific, you will be raised by three locks through a height of 85 feet.

After this, you will enter the Gatun Lakes and the canal schedule will require you to anchor overnight before the next day's transit. The seabed there is over the original flooded forest. There are lots of old tree trunks and branches everywhere ready to snag your anchor.

So top tip is to make sure you set a tripping line. ?

Actually the best tip is to moor up to the great big mooring bouy provided. Saves getting your anchor wet

 

[capnsensible]

Actually the best tip is to moor up to the great big mooring bouy provided. Saves getting your anchor wet

Yeah, been on that. Depends where you are in the queue though. Next to it ....by about half a cable ....was some dredging works with a very noisy pump running all night. And a tug with a generator. Almost drowned out the dawn chorus of howler monkeys. ?

 

[Daydream believer]

here is a tip a sailor friend gave me.
To see the panama Canal - go on a cruise ship
Seems sensible to me. but the thought of a cruise ship would bore the life out of me. so i think i will leave that off the bucket list

 

[capnsensible]

here is a tip a sailor friend gave me.
To see the panama Canal - go on a cruise ship
Seems sensible to me. but the thought of a cruise ship would bore the life out of me. so i think i will leave that off the bucket list

Fascinating by yacht. But the waiting to get a slot can be long and expensive. Cruise ship is much quicker....

 

[capnsensible]

Do it in your armchair with tcm.