Were you in the anchorage across from the Mega Dock? I understand that it is a foul bottom in that area. Bob PDQ 36 Peace
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Okopnik Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 12:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] anchors On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 10:06:41AM -0400, Jim wrote: > Don Siddall wrote: > > The rocna held fast for 14 months in sand and ICW mud in up to 40 > > knots > > - exccept for once. In Sheepshead Bay (Brooklyn) it dragged when > > clogged with a sweater and hat. What's the probability of a hat and > > sweater being so close together? Hmmmmm. > > > I'm just curious as to why you'd put a hat and a sweater on an anchor? > ;) It makes for a great puppet show, and a surprise for those cynical Brooklynites who say they've seen everything there is to see. I'm just surprised he didn't bring up the cement overshoes, too... they were only a couple of feet away! :) I had a 75-lb. CQR drag in Charleston during a blow. It snagged on... ready for this?... another anchor, just lying free on the bottom. A week after that, I brought up _another_ anchor, also unattached to anything. If I stayed there long enough, I probably would have had to open a chandlery. :) -- OKOPNIK CONSULTING Custom Computing Solutions For Your Business Expert-led Training | Dynamic, vital websites | Custom programming 443-250-7895 http://okopnik.com _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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
