[Rhodes22-list] Anchors

[Bill Effros]

Slim,

Rummy doesn't know me.

Of course I store anchors under the seat. (As well as on the bow and in 
the Laz.)

I can get to the ones under the seat fastest.

I have a long line flaked in a Rubbermaid 11 gallon under the port 
seat.  The line has a snap shackle on the end.  There is no chain on 
this line.  On top of the line are 3 anchors:  a Fortress, in parts, 
inside a nylon bag designed for the purpose; and 2 folding grapnels of 
different weights--either 1 1/2 and 3 lbs. or 3 lbs. and 5 lbs. -- I'm 
experimenting this summer.

I can snap on and deploy either of the grapnels in less than a minute.  
The Fortress takes 3-5 minutes to assemble and deploy.  I can teach crew 
to assemble as we approach an anchoring spot.

The Rubbermaid is deployed toward the bow under the seat where it cannot 
escape from under the seat without first being slid sternward.  It never 
escapes when heeling.  The anchors cannot jump over the lip the 
Rubbermaid and under the lip of the seat at the same time.  There are no 
exposed anchor tines.

I use these anchors most because they are most accessible.  I anchor 
from the stern most of the time because I am lazy.

Bill Effros


R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:

>Slimmy,
>I don't know of anyone who stores an anchor under the seat. If that sucker  
>ever got loose, you'd punch a hole through the hull under the lee seat. I keep 
>a  small mushroom anchor in a basket, along with the rode and a few other  
>miscellaneous parts, next to the gas tank in the lazzerette.
>I keep the anchor rode in a basket under the port seat. It rarely comes out  
>by accident.
>I have an unofficial way to tell how deep I am........I tell by the knots  in 
>the rode..........and they weren't put there on porpoise.
>You guys have to feel for me. I woke this morning to discover that the heat  
>pump (A/C to all your northerners) took a dive overnight. It will be two days  
>before the repair guy can come out and who knows how long before it's 
>repaired.  92 degrees is not nice without A/C. Guess I'll just have to tough it out 
>and  drink more cooling liquids.
> 
>Rummy
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