Dennis;
I thought that the process on an LST was to drop the kedge anchor on the way into the shore so it was in place already when you wanted to get the h#ll out of Dodge after unloading the grunts. Charlie; My kedge anchor/lunch hook is a Fortress FX25 on 30 feet of chain on a nylon rode. And I took it out with the dinghy and dropped it on the only occasion I actually needed it. For ICW passages I keep a copy of Active Captain running on an iPad near the helm. The hazard warnings are pretty much up to date, with the latest info updated every few days. Another source is to look at the Salty Southeast Cruisers’ Net for an upcoming segment on the night before you do a passage. You can also find ACE and USCG surveys for most of the problem stretches. Rick Brass Washington, NC From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. via CnC-List Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 10:33 PM To: CnClist <CnC-List@cnc-list.com> Cc: Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List 'Kedging anchor' for ICW I'm not convinced you can throw an anchor far enough to kedge. You wouldn't have a lot of scope and you'd be pulling up rather than horizontally. I've always thought that kedging was best accomplished by hauling an anchor well away from the boat with a dinghy or floating it out on a PFD. I was on an old LST in the Navy. After we beached the ship bow first, we would lower a stern anchor down and tie it to a couple of large timbers tied between two Higgins Papa boats. (A Papa boat is the one usually shown in Marine storming the beach films where the ramp drops down and the Marines charge ashore.) The Papa boats would carry the anchor out a hundred yards or so and a bosun mate would cut the line with an axe. Then we'd pull the ship off the beach with the stern anchor. Now THAT's kedging. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 8:35 PM Charles Nelson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: I recently moved my boat from CRW to New Bern, NC via the ICW. Several times we ran aground either because skipper error or shifting shoals that are impossible to keep up with unless you sail in them often. Not surprisingly our Fortress 11 was pretty useless in grabbing the bottom when thrown as far as I could manage! They need to be dropped and then backed down on to grab the bottom--pulling them in after a toss just doesn't allow them to properly set. My crew suggested I get about a 5 lb. danforth that can be thrown pretty far but that will set better than a Fortress that tends to skip along the bottom in those circumstances. My question for the list is what 'throwable' anchor for this situation would you recommend? Charlie Nelson Water Phantom 1995 C&C 36XL/kcb See situations would you recommends? Sent from my iPadthrown _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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