The Strudwick Family wrote: > Taking this thread off track a bit can any one tell me how to size an > anchor for use on this type of trip i.e. inland tidal waterways. If > you look up any of the tables they make the assumption that you want > to ride out a force 7 gale and the beam of the boat is around a third > of the length. > > Both these assumptions do not apply I certainly don't intend to go > out in a force seven gale and the beam > of the boat is around a sixth of the length. The deployment and > recovery of a 33lb anchor with 26 ft of half inch chain from the back > of a narrowboat also seems a little problematic. > > Anyone any ideas what size I need for a 60ft boat?
I just bought Uxbridge Boat Centre's standard kit - a 56lb "compact" anchofr with a heavy box of chain + warp, which I've not measured. Mike Stevens nb Felis Catus III - currently at Harlow web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk No man is an island. So is Man. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
