[Rhodes22-list] Anchor rode spaghetti

[Michael D. Weisner]

Stan,

Are you listening?  I think that what these guys need is a self-storing 
anchor rode system.  Hey, they said in-mast furling couldn't be done on a 
R22.  What would we do with the anchor rode "furling" line?

BTW, I have been using the locker up front for my bow anchor and a large, 
ventilated sail sheet bag attached to the stern rail for the stern anchor 
without many problems.  It's all in the care of storing the line that 
determines how it comes out next time - figure eight flaking works in the 
sheet bag pretty well.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY


From: "Robert Skinner" <robert at squirrelhaven.com>Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 
3:41 PM
> John,
>
> Have you tried flaking the rode in the container in a figure 8 pattern?
>
> Another alternative:
>
> I saw one guy using a big spool with handles.  Set the axle crosswise
> in a container when paying out or retrieving the line.  Had a winch
> handle on one of the handle ends to retrieve.  Set the spool down in
> the container when not in use.
>
> /Robert
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> John Lock wrote:
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I hope everyone got out an celebrated Sailstice 2008 this
>> weekend!  http://www.summersailstice.com/  Not a lot of wind to work
>> with down south, but we managed to get out and weave a course amongst
>> the pontoons and jet skis anyway.
>>
>> I have 150' of double-braid and 6' of chain for both my bow and stern
>> anchors.  The bow anchor rode is stored in a Rubbermaid container
>> under the cockpit seat.  The stern anchor rode is stored in the
>> lazarette.  After about half a dozen outings, these just turn into a
>> tangled heap and I waste too much time freeing the rodes to set an 
>> anchor.
>>
>> I've tried to take some care coiling the rodes so that they will pay
>> out cleanly, but so far I haven't found the right system to avoid
>> getting a tangle that escalates the more you try to free it.  So,
>> anybody got a good storage system for anchor rodes that doesn't
>> involve a windlass?
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> John Lock
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
>> Lake Sinclair, GA
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
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> s/v "Little Dipper" & "Edith P."
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