[Rhodes22-list] Re: mooring

[Bill Effros]

David,

Always go with local knowledge--it's not always right, but usually errs 
in the direction of overkill.  Do whatever everyone else does, and it 
will almost surely be fine.

Not only does my anchor weigh 300 pounds, but it also has an enormous 
chain that makes the tackle much heavier to handle than it probably 
should be.  (BTW the chain never has a catenary curve--it's got to 
weight 75-100 lbs.)  It also requires costly servicing, and periodic 
replacement; and is difficult to unwrap when it wraps around the shank 
of the mushroom anchor.  (Which it has done and caused the boat to lift 
the anchor out of the mud and move it to shallower water.)

Still, I stick with the crowd, and do what everyone else does.  You 
should, too.  (As I remember it, I wound up with 300 lbs. because that 
was what the guy had, and he made me a deal to install it for the same 
price as a smaller anchor he would have had to buy.)

Bill Effros



dckelly1 at optonline.net wrote:

>Bill,
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>That night testing your mooring sounds like no fun at all, but once you were in it, you had to ride it out, of course.  This will be our first year with our Rhodes and we will be Long Island Sound sailors also.  Seymour's in Northport requires a minimum 150 pound mooring for a 20 - 24 foot boat.  I see that you are using 300 pounds.  It seems to me that displacement is more pertinent than length with regard to mooring size.  Should I go up to a 300? 
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>David 
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