In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Captain Beeky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >On 18, Jul 2006, at 11:09, michael askin wrote: > >> Humber Rescue came out very quickly for us - no more than 20 minutes, >> and of >> course you do have an anchor don't you? > >Two in fact ! I'm convinced the 25 kg one would look very nice on the >estuary bed complete with it's 5m of chain, 20m of warp and a nice red >tee stud on the other end while 20T of narrowboat shoots off towards >Ilfracombe at 12+ kph.
Mine's bigger than yours :-) 10 m of chain and 50 m of warp. Same nice red t-stud. I've also got a baby grapnel anchor which a pillock at a marina (now defunct) in Stourport sold me. It weighs about 2 kg and was sold as suitable for a 52 ft narrowboat on the Severn. That was just before our first descent to Gloucester on a biggish tide when I was young(er) and innocent(ish). In the event of engine failure on the salty Severn, I had contemplated whether a mud weight on a long rope might be safer to deploy. The theory in my mind being that it wouldn't snatch, but would keep the boat pointing into the flow and slow it down a bit. Not sure about the theory. I think one might want a weak link in case it did snag on the wreck of another boat... Wassail! -- Martin E Phillips http://www.g4cio.demon.co.uk Homebrewing, black pudding, boats, morris dancing, ham radio and more! The Gloucester-Sharpness canal web page http://www.glos-sharpness.org.uk 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/
