BruceDanforth
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In my travels so far I've rarely seen anyone else anchoring other than me in either deep or shallow water so perhaps being able to take the ground is irrelevant as most people seem to go to marinas these days.
Why so few bilge keel yachts?
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sailorman
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Dockhead
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Well, you don't sail our waters then. Anchoring is the default overnight stay for us. Marinas once a week to top off fresh water supplies and provisions. We just put on board 100 metres of 12mm chain, so we can do this in deep water, as well as shallow.
P.S. we can't take the ground.
BruceDanforth
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I prefer to anchor myself for various reasons involving peace and quiet and being a tightwad but up here in the North East there aren't that many marinas. I'll probably get a slightly bigger bit of chain when this one goes rusty but I'm only 22 ft and don't want to haul 100m by hand.
BillAU
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G'day Ed,
In the area I plan on spending "most" of my time sailing, or motoring here in Australia, marinas are few and far between, but there are lots of reefs, uninhabited Islands and quite a few rivers, so I will prepare the boat I end-up with to be self sustained and ready for any emergency (to the best of my ability)
Over the years there have been many people who had treated the Australian outback and our vast coastline, as if they were driving through England or Europe, or sailing the Med, only to pay with their lives. (I know from experience the Med can be no walk in the park on a bad day but there are a lot of ports/harbours/bays you can bolt for if needed and help is usually close to hand) The Australian outback does not have a gas-station or a road house every 25 or 50 miles, far from it, and our Northern coastline does not have lots of marinas or harbours but, there are lots of isolated bays and beaches...That's about all there is. If you have a problem in the Australian outback, or our Northern coast...And quite a few place along our West, South West, North West and Far North East coast, you will, most times, be on your own! So you had better have the boat and yourself prepared for any foreseeable emergency...To the best of your ability.
The boat I finally end-up with does not have to sail at 10 knots plus, had I wanted a fast boat, I would be looking at a fast power cruiser with twin engines, turbo diesels or, (last resort) twin engine petrol guzzlers, capable of pushing the boat along at 25 plus knots.
Like I've said before, decisions decisions, just pray I make the right one.
Cheers
Bill AU
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