Anchoring - who is responsible?

GHA

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But but but that is what one poster has been drumming on about..."get a smaller anchor and lighter chain.
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That's Internet chat rooms for you😉
Sailing round the anchorage in the gusts p!&&ing everyone off dragging a skinny chain desperate to find a little crack in a rock to get jammed in. Not a common viewpoint. 😁
Perhaps one should be more charitable this time of year but sod it, it's the idea that's daft not the poster. 🎅
There goes the thread 😆
 

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My problem with charter boat anchoring , as per post#1, is not so much the quality of gear but the shortage of chain and the lack of length markers, so we all end up huddled in the shallow bits
 

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My problem with charter boat anchoring , as per post#1, is not so much the quality of gear but the shortage of chain and the lack of length markers, so we all end up huddled in the shallow bits
I've seen a few of the expressions when the guy at the front watches the anchor chain and all dissappear into the deep....
 
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How many of you have been hit by some one swinging into you in the night?

I have been in many times in anchorages in the med which have been packed extremely tightly. Also at night the wind is often very changeable.
The dance and how the different boats drift around each other is absolutely fascinating to watch - much more so than a classical ballet such as Swan Lake.
 

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How many of you have been hit by some one swinging into you in the night?

I have been in many times in anchorages in the med which have been packed extremely tightly. Also at night the wind is often very changeable.
The dance and how the different boats drift around each other is absolutely fascinating to watch - much more so than a classical ballet such as Swan Lake.
Absolutely.....all boats weathercock....just not at the same time. And let’s not forget those who also set a stern anchor so they keep their stern to the beach
 
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Whom to avoid anchoring near to? That brings up the ensign theory:
  • Not near a French ensign. Enough said.
  • At least several hundred yards from an Irish ensign - they'll invite themselves aboard and then eat and drink all of your provisions and never reciprocate and then bang on and on about how shyte you and your boat are.
  • Red duster - the first thing they'll ask is wadda you want.
  • Seth Efricans - too much smoke from their daily braai (bbq)
  • Septics - too loud
  • .....
 

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Whom to avoid anchoring near to? That brings up the ensign theory:
  • Not near a French ensign. Enough said.
  • At least several hundred yards from an Irish ensign - they'll invite themselves aboard and then eat and drink all of your provisions and never reciprocate and then bang on and on about how shyte you and your boat are.
  • Red duster - the first thing they'll ask is wadda you want.
  • Seth Efricans - too much smoke from their daily braai (bbq)
  • Septics - too loud
  • .....
Do you have any friends?
 

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How many of you have been hit by some one swinging into you in the night?

I have been in many times in anchorages in the med which have been packed extremely tightly. Also at night the wind is often very changeable.
The dance and how the different boats drift around each other is absolutely fascinating to watch - much more so than a classical ballet such as Swan Lake.
We had a pyjama party in Newtown creek a couple of years ago. It was that DF 40🤣 We didn’t actually make contact, but we both sat on the facing amas, close enough to offer drinks. There was an odd eddy in the tide, we were on opposite sides of the circle.
 
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