Anchoring(Have'nt Got a Clue)

[Tugw]

Re: Anchoring(Have\'nt Got a Clue)

I think you right,Good advice indeed,I think ill look at a new anchor once i get the hang of it,But if the old one ive got works OK then maybe i wont /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[DAKA]

Re: Anchoring(Have\'nt Got a Clue)

Now you are an expert on anchoring you best run another post on how to recover it /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif


I usually lift all the chain leaving the anchor stuck 15 mins before I am due to depart

Rising tides, waves, wash then do the job of freeing it for me.

I doubt this is the correct method so best wait for others to advise /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

servicing the windlass before you need it can be useful.

 

[Richard10002]

Re: Anchoring(Have\'nt Got a Clue)

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Now you are an expert on anchoring you best run another post on how to recover it /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif


I usually lift all the chain leaving the anchor stuck 15 mins before I am due to depart

Rising tides, waves, wash then do the job of freeing it for me.

I doubt this is the correct method so best wait for others to advise /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

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That seems to be the recommended way to recover an anchor that is deeply embedded and the windlass cant pull it out.

What kind of anchor have you got - my plough just comes up with the windlass, no matter how deep it's been buried.

 

[DAKA]

Re: Anchoring(Have\'nt Got a Clue)

Current boat has a delta (plough type) and isnt normally a problem unless I have been in deep water and the windlass gets warm after recovering 65 m of chain especially if still warm from numerous moves ( not 100% happy with first spot or some plonker has come too close).

last boat had Danforth ? (fortress type), once enbedded in sticky mud it didnt want to come up so I always lifted the chain and then started to get ready to leave, it solved the problem and I have stuck with the habit.

 

[Richard10002]

Re: Anchoring(Have\'nt Got a Clue)

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What are we talking about here. Stopping for lunch on a calm day. Or trying to stay put in a F8 /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

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To put things in perspective:

Over the past few days, (probably because of this thread), i have consciously noticed that there is a reasonable amount of tension on our anchor cable at around 9 or 10 knots, (top end of a F3), and a lot of tension once it gets above about 12 knots. At 15kts+, the chain is stretching fairly taught, (possibly not straight to the anchor, but not far off).

There's a whole variety of boats in this anchorage, and all seem to be doing the same thing, so I dont think the reaction is specific to a Moody 44.

So ... I might suggest that we are talking about staying put in anything F3 and above.