solent clown
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bedsheets, hee hee
Hernia anchor
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bedsheets, hee hee
ghostlymoron
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I found a 20kg Bruce in the cockpit locker of my Mirage 28. The main bower was a 10kg Bruce which held well enough for me, the monster remained in the locker as it was difficult to get out even without any chain attached.
solent clown
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I am thinking garden ornament - maybe let in to some cement to deter the scrap metal "collectors", I might even weld a chain in an arty way and attach it to the house like we are at anchor just for the night
RupertW
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I love that - but you would have to have a mechanical figure that pops out of the skylight at night to stare at the anchor every time there's a gust of wind or a car goes past.
solent clown
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that's it, it must be done. All that reminds me of Monty Python and the Crimson Permanent Assurance. Genius. See below
https://vimeo.com/111458975
Dipper
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Presumably there was an adverse tide and light winds.
lpdsn
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Deliberate joke about old sheets, guys, halyards etc.
It was RORC race where the wind died and the flood up the Channel came against us. The boat in front was being swept back by the tide. They were a couple of miles ahead when we anchored but as they got closer we could hear them discussing how we were managing to overtake. As it was growing dark we held off on the anchor light as long as we reasonably could. When it went on they were still about 200 Yds away but we still heard the penny drop.
Greenheart
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Nice story.
Assuming it's safe to do so - in clear water but not overly rough - I've often thought anchoring in very deep water must be a handy way to work the tides through a calm.
Assuming it's safe to do so - in clear water but not overly rough - I've often thought anchoring in very deep water must be a handy way to work the tides through a calm.
Neeves
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Carrying 20kg down a side deck of a yacht, big or small yacht, is a nightmare. Get rid of it before you fall overboard.
If its a Genuine bruce I'd be surprised if you do not get a few takers.
IN sand or mud - a Fortress is the answer - light and will hold and packs flat.
Otherwise anything from a 10kg - Spade, Kobra, Rocna, Supreme, Excel or a 15kg Mantus (packs flat). 6mm chain.
Interesting the numbers of people using quite small anchors on quite large boats - we need Noelex here to show them the error of their ways.
Jonathan
If its a Genuine bruce I'd be surprised if you do not get a few takers.
IN sand or mud - a Fortress is the answer - light and will hold and packs flat.
Otherwise anything from a 10kg - Spade, Kobra, Rocna, Supreme, Excel or a 15kg Mantus (packs flat). 6mm chain.
Interesting the numbers of people using quite small anchors on quite large boats - we need Noelex here to show them the error of their ways.
Jonathan
lpdsn
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It's drudgery.
Greenheart
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Better than going backward and forward adrift though?
Lodesman77
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You may possibly have missed that last one....
http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/sailing-skills/more-tips-on-using-an-anchor-33591
Greenheart
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I didn't miss it...I just asked whether using beneficial tides to make progress, while putting the brakes on to prevent drifting back during the six hours that follow, isn't better than drifting untethered and making no progress at all.
Or were you asking him?
Or were you asking him?
prv
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Perfectly standard technique. Of course only racers do it nowadays, the rest of us just put the engine on.
Interesting point about the "overly rough" - why does being anchored require the sea to be calmer? Normally we look for calm places to anchor because we're planning to cook, sleep, etc, but if you were going to be there anyway then it doesn't seem to me that calm water is a necessity. Of course if it's rough then it's probably windy and you wouldn't be wanting to kedge anyway.
Pete
Greenheart
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Good point.
I wonder what's the deepest water that any yacht has anchored in?
I believe there are some real beauties down there in the chilly darkness.
The blobfish always reminds me of various Spitting Image '80s cabinet ministers.
jwilson
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Racing anchoring: after long watch on bearing of very distant shore chimney and deciding tide more than boatspeed had crew creep up to bow and very quietly lower anchor on very very long warp, whilst spinnaker still up. Over a 30 minute period we kept spinnaker flying whilst anchored, and the other boats not yet anchored steadily fell nearly a mile astern. Eventually they twigged that although sailing at 2-3 knots the tide was more - this was long before GPS existed.
RupertW
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My understanding is that is because of the snatch loads of waves on the boat causing the anchor to drag. I've certainly seen a lot more stretch on the snubber when the wind has changed and waves start blowing into the bay. As an extreme when anchored in Tobago Keys there is nothing but a submerged reef between you and winds blowing thousands of miles. Outside the reef there are 3-5m waves rising higher to break but inside the reef there is no shelter at all from the wind so still 30 knots blowing but just angry little ripples on the water. So I'm much happier anchoring in big winds than big waves.
prv
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Fair point in shallow water, but presumably there wouldn't be a lot of snatch load traveling through 150m of warp?
Pete
RupertW
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If its a stretchy rode then I'm sure you are right but that sort of kedging tends to be at a much steeper angle than anchoring in a shallow area so any snatches will have more vertical pull so might??? have more of a chance of dislodging the anchor.