Fascadale
Well-known member
Hypothetically,
At low tide a yacht anchors in 7 metres of water where the tidal range is 1 metre. The bottom is sandy. The yacht anchors in the middle of the anchorage with plenty of swinging room and no other vessels present. Shallow reefs extend to a distance from the shore that prevents the use of lines ashore.
The anchorage is sheltered all round by low lying land offering protection from the seas but not from the wind.
The wind is forecast to blow from between the NW and SW at around 40kts (F8) gusting higher. This is in a part of the world where the forecast can be unreliable, particularly regarding wind strength.
The heavy displacement long fin keeled 35ft yacht is equipped with a 16kg Manson Supreme on 50 metres of chain and 30 metres of multi plait, a 15kg Fisherman’s anchor on 10 m of chain and 40 m of multi plait, a 24lbs CQR on 10 m of chain and 40 m of multi plait and a 10 kg Bruce.
What would be the recommended anchoring strategy in this situation?
I’m thinking about Vathi, Ithaca earlier this year when a friend who was on a boat that survived the storm told me that other yachts were reported wind speeds of over 100kts
Thanks
At low tide a yacht anchors in 7 metres of water where the tidal range is 1 metre. The bottom is sandy. The yacht anchors in the middle of the anchorage with plenty of swinging room and no other vessels present. Shallow reefs extend to a distance from the shore that prevents the use of lines ashore.
The anchorage is sheltered all round by low lying land offering protection from the seas but not from the wind.
The wind is forecast to blow from between the NW and SW at around 40kts (F8) gusting higher. This is in a part of the world where the forecast can be unreliable, particularly regarding wind strength.
The heavy displacement long fin keeled 35ft yacht is equipped with a 16kg Manson Supreme on 50 metres of chain and 30 metres of multi plait, a 15kg Fisherman’s anchor on 10 m of chain and 40 m of multi plait, a 24lbs CQR on 10 m of chain and 40 m of multi plait and a 10 kg Bruce.
What would be the recommended anchoring strategy in this situation?
I’m thinking about Vathi, Ithaca earlier this year when a friend who was on a boat that survived the storm told me that other yachts were reported wind speeds of over 100kts
Thanks