claymore
Well-known member
Claymore returns to the fold from the pleasantest of summer cruises, spent in admirable company with following breezes most of the time - more of which later.
During the cruise we were privileged to observe a new anchoring technique and I would like to share this with you and commend its value to you.
Basically you come steaming in to a fairly small anchorage - making sure that you push in between the other two boats who are so obviously on their way into the same place.
At no less than 5 knots you let go the anchor and make sure that an unspecified amount of chain rattles down over the bow roller.
you then snag the chain on a foredeck cleat and go below - presumably to put on the kettle, start making a meal or whatever else you feel like doing.
The boat comes to the end of its tether rather violently dipping the bow down and then raising it up sharply - this obviously is to do with digging the anchor in well, and then eventually swings round head to wind/tide.
Once you have done what ever it was that necessitated the dash for the companionway - you come up and hoist a black ball then retire below for a while. It certainly seems a much quicker method than all that interminable circling around looking for a place to park, checking the depth, checking the range, checking that you are not drifting once you've measured out the 3 to 1 depth/chain length, got a gentle bit of sternway on and all that other faff that I ws taught to do.
OK so it didn't quite work and he spent the next hour rattling chain and attempting the world water reversingspeed record but I think that he was just a perfectionist. He did tell the skipper of the Artful Dodger that he ws an instructor so it must be RYA approved this method....
<hr width=100% size=1><font color=purple>regards
Claymore<font color=purple>
/forums/images/icons/smile.gif
During the cruise we were privileged to observe a new anchoring technique and I would like to share this with you and commend its value to you.
Basically you come steaming in to a fairly small anchorage - making sure that you push in between the other two boats who are so obviously on their way into the same place.
At no less than 5 knots you let go the anchor and make sure that an unspecified amount of chain rattles down over the bow roller.
you then snag the chain on a foredeck cleat and go below - presumably to put on the kettle, start making a meal or whatever else you feel like doing.
The boat comes to the end of its tether rather violently dipping the bow down and then raising it up sharply - this obviously is to do with digging the anchor in well, and then eventually swings round head to wind/tide.
Once you have done what ever it was that necessitated the dash for the companionway - you come up and hoist a black ball then retire below for a while. It certainly seems a much quicker method than all that interminable circling around looking for a place to park, checking the depth, checking the range, checking that you are not drifting once you've measured out the 3 to 1 depth/chain length, got a gentle bit of sternway on and all that other faff that I ws taught to do.
OK so it didn't quite work and he spent the next hour rattling chain and attempting the world water reversingspeed record but I think that he was just a perfectionist. He did tell the skipper of the Artful Dodger that he ws an instructor so it must be RYA approved this method....
<hr width=100% size=1><font color=purple>regards
Claymore<font color=purple>
/forums/images/icons/smile.gif
