Okay, the season 'tis about to start and I'll probably be doing a bunch of anchoring with the new boat.
This time around I'm blessed with a great electric windless and an all chain rode. This is a new set-up for me and I've got a concern about what to do once I get a good set on the hook. Every other boat I've had was a normal rope rode with about 8' of chain which was simply a question of tying off the line to a bow cleat once the hook was set. With this new-to-me setup I recognize that 1) I obviously can't tie off the chain around a cleat, and 2) I've read plenty of horror stories of windlasses being torn off their mounting if the chain stays on the windless. So what's the procedure to "tie off" a chain rode? Any help is appreciated! Thanks, Steve Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V
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