Why can't people anchor?

[Hipchick]

About 20 plus knots of wind in the anchorage today. Just been watching the yacht behind us who must have sailed a couple of miles whilst I've been watching. Shows the difference between a heavy boat on chain - us, and a lighter boat on rode -him. First he sails one way, gets to the end of his tether then tacks gracefully back the other way. Must move 50 metres each time. Glad we're not next to him.
A trawler just arrived, dropped anchor without slowing down, went right over the rope then yanked to a halt swinging off wildly. He's now doing the crazy dance with the yacht.

 

[dratsea]

There are some anchorages with good holding and no-one else to drag into you:



Anyone recognize it?

 

[sailaboutvic]

There are some anchorages with good holding and no-one else to drag into you:

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Anyone recognize it?

OH yes I do , it's it's it's , just hit a blank spot

 

[dratsea]

Keep going in that direction, a few more blank spots to hit!

 

[RichardS]

There are some anchorages with good holding and no-one else to drag into you:

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Anyone recognize it?

If the holding is that good why are you so far out? It doesn't look like a shallow shelving shoreline.

Richard

 

[ribrage]

If the holding is that good why are you so far out? It doesn't look like a shallow shelving shoreline.

Richard

He wasn't an hour ago - the pictures are for the MCA lost property office ;-)

 

[dratsea]

Richard,

Further in there are monsters that eat anchors, they are especially fond of Rocnas!

 

[affinite]

OH yes I do , it's it's it's , just hit a blank spot

Pitcairn ?

 

[dratsea]

Affinite

Pitcairn ?

Close (that is the Antarctic in the distant background), but yes we did get to Pitcairn and ashore:



Another clue (in the foreground):



Need the last?

(Not in Solent)

 

[RichardS]

Richard,

Further in there are monsters that eat anchors, they are especially fond of Rocnas!

Do they actually eat the Rocnas or just bend the shanks? If the latter, that might explain a lot!

Richard

 

[Neeves]

its the aquatic Moai that eat the anchors.

Jonathan

 

[sailaboutvic]

its the aquatic Moai that eat the anchors.

Jonathan

I think we are safe Richard , not seen any of them for a while now .

 

[dratsea]

Too true Neeves, these are the ones lifted from the bay by the Japanese after they were washed out by a tsunami:

 

[Neeves]

We live and learn - I had always thought these were the terrestrial ones and were, all 15?, as the original owners had left them. I had not known they had had a marine life.

Thanks for correcting my inadequate knowledge.

Fascinating place (and not much shelter) and certainly not many other yachts (other than 3 very sorry ones on the hard)

Jonathan

 

[RichardS]

I didn't even know what a Moai was, terrestrial or marine!

But I guessed they must have big teeth. Like those damned fish in the Bahamas which nip you on the bum when you sit in the shallows. No idea what they are but bum-biting fish are not my idea of fun.

Richard