Coupla more items;
-First in time, first in right. If not sure is you are too close ask.
-Conversely do not be afraid to speak up about a boat anchoring too close after
you are set.
-Feel the road under pressure (reverse). You can feel an anchor dragging.
-plot a course out of anchorage in case of midnight exitm
-as in all things sailing if the situation (weather, other boats, holding
ground) does not feel right, change strategies during daylight instead of
during a melee in the wee hours of the morning.
David F. Risch
(401) 419-4650 cell
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Bina <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:28:51
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Stus-List Toronto to the Thousand Islands - Anchoring tips
There is a major problem with relying on most anchor alarms. If you have 100
feet of rode out and set the alarm for 100-150 feet, the alarm will give many
false positives all night long as you swing around. If you have 100 feet out
and set it to 200 feet to allow for a full circle, you may drag 100 feet
without the alarm sounding. The only anchor alarms worth a damn are ones that
allow you to draw a picture of a ring around your targeted area, and if you go
outside of that ring, it goes off, but ignores any movements within that
boundary.
There really is no substitute for waking up periodically, and making sure
everything is okay. Being abruptly woken by an alarm, real or false, is not
conducive to clear assesment of the actual situation.
A kellet adds a lot of security, and peace of mind for very minimal effort.
Bill Bina
There are a number of apps for smartphones that will alert you if you are
dragging anchor. Drag Queen wins for its name alone!
I'm a relative novice when it comes to anchoring, but I learned quickly that
its not enough to drop the hook and pay out the line. You need to set the
anchor by tying off the line and backing down fairly hard to be sure it is set.
Joel
35/3
The Office
Annapolis
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Bill Bina <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
I would suggest that if you have little or no experience anchoring, you go out
and practice a little somewhere near home when you are not tired and the sun is
shining. It isn't rocket science, but now is the time to get familiar with it,
rather than at the end of a long day in a strange harbor. Someone who has
anchored 5 or 10 times knows about 1000 times more than someone who has read
instructions. You may discover small details that only apply to YOUR equipment.
Do you need a bungee cord kept in the anchor locker to hold the lid open while
you work? Are you ready with a full bucket of water when you retrieve a chain
and anchor coated with sticky mud? I have a plastic scrub bucket with about 10
feet of line tied to the handle, so I can toss it over the side to fill it up,
and quickly refill it as needed. I also carry a kellet, and I never go to sleep
without deploying it. I also hit the MOB on my GPS precisely when the anchor
gets dropped to the bottom, and never turn it off. As the boat swings at
anchor, I can tell at a glance if I remain the same distance relative to where
the anchor lies. It slowly draws a welcome smile on the screen.
Bill Bina
On 7/25/2013 9:10 AM, Stevan Plavsa wrote:
Hi All,
This will be my first real cruise and I was hoping for some pointers from other
Lake Ontario sailors. I'm looking for tips on places to anchor along the way
and clubs to stay at, places to avoid, things to be aware of. We've only done
overnights at other clubs thus far. We do have the ports cruising guide.
A friend just loaned me a set of paper charts that will cover the entire cruise
for which I'm very grateful (lots of charts! $$$) but they are out of date, not
sure how much of a big deal that is, he didn't seem to think it was a big deal
at all.
We have two anchors, a big CQR and a smaller delta, 50 feet of chain and
another 150 of rode. Haven't ever spent a night on the hook either so any
gotchas on that topic would be handy as well. I have a few books that I've
studied so I understand these things in principle .. no better way to learn
than by doing so we're going for it. August 10 to 26 is the time we have booked
off which means that we're starting this thing during the Perseid Meteor shower
.. I really want to do on an overnight passage with my girlfriend, say from
Toronto to Cobourg or something like that so that we can enjoy the meteor
shower out on the lake. I'm a sucker for that annual meteor shower and haven't
gotten to enjoy it in years. I know enough to avoid the shipping lanes other
than that an overnight on the lake seems pretty straightforward.
Any thoughts and recommendations are much welcome.
Thanks,
Steve
Suhana, C&C 32
Toronto
_______________________________________________ This List is provided by the
C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
_______________________________________________
This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album
http://www.cncphotoalbum.com
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
--
Joel
301 541 8551
_______________________________________________
This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album
http://www.cncphotoalbum.com
[email protected]
