[Rhodes22-list] Anchor rode spaghetti

[Tom Hogarty]

I used an anchor bag like this for my powerboat, and plan to hang it from the
stern rail of my Rhodes.
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/producte/10001/-1/10001/281499/377%20710/0/anchor%20bag/Primary%20Search/mode%20matchallpartial/0/0?N=377%20710&Ne=0&Ntt=anchor%20bag&Ntk=Primary%20Search&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nao=0&Ns=0&keyword=anchor%20bag&isLTokenURL=true&storeNum=88&subdeptNum=695&classNum=695

Tom Hogarty


jlock 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
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> __________________________________________________
> To subscribe/unsubscribe or for help with using the mailing list go to
> http://www.rhodes22.org/list
> __________________________________________________
> 
> 

-- 
View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Anchor-rode-spaghetti-tp18071799p18083180.html
Sent from the Rhodes 22 mailing list archive at Nabble.com.