casey koogler wrote: > Arild, > > Could you explain the placement of the second rode line? Did you create a > bridle or spring line? I envision the rode going from the bow to the anchor > to side cleat or from one side of the bow to the other. > > Casey REPLY The ring on the anchor was large enough to allow me to shackle a second anchor rode to the anchor. Anchor was a 50 pound danforth set into mud. I hung the anchor below my dinghy using a loop of rope. then rowed the anchor out to a position approximately midships and abeam of my boat. I cut th eloop to release the anchor. This eliminated the risk of capsizing the dinghy while wrestling a heavy anchor over the side.
Both anchor rodes stayed fastened to the boat. When I got back on the boat I then pulled in the anchor rode until it pulled the end of the boat away from the concrete wall. Repeat for other end of boat. readjusted as required. I had spring lines from inboard sides to the wall. I did not use short springs on this occasion and did no tuse the mid ships cleats. In this situation I only used the bow and stern cleats. It gave me more freedom of movement up and down. My boat was round bilged and in 3 foot beam waves rolled almost 30 degrees. I ended up holding myself off the wall by about 6 - 7 feet. She still rolled but didn't hit the wall. The boat was my full time home so I had no place else to go. I have also used this double rode to single anchor arrangement to position the hull at a specific angle to incoming waves that were not in line with the wind. Works better with longer than normal line - maybe 200 - 300 feet of rode would do it. regards Arild _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
