Anchoring mishap - beware nylon rode

[Krusty]

I also use nylon (after the chain) in my anchor rodes, but it is 16mm octo-plait, and always sinks in still water. However, in a tidestream, a wind from astern can drive the boat ahead until the angle of the rode is shallow enough for it to catch behind the keel.
I use a galvanised shackle, almost 1kg, with a loop of line attached, as a weight. After anchoring, I pass the loop round the rode and then the shackle, then the same again, and pull the shackle to tighten the hitch on the rode; then pay out another 5 metres.
The hitch never slips, and the rode never fouls the keel.

 

[starboard]

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This is real fred drift, but as a non motor boater I thought they looked great! The only trouble would be how much bouncing the passengers would put up with.

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Gunfleet....yes thats the problem, the boat will take anything but the deciding factor is the passengers. Into a head sea about F5-6 can be the limit at 30kts, however once the sea abaft the beam she can run along at 30kts all day in as big a sea as you like. Very rae to make any one sick but down below she is fitted out like an airliner!

Paul.

 

[GMac]

All nylon and Polyester sink be they 3 strand or octiplat.

Floating anchor warps are nasty nasty nasty.