[Rhodes22-list] Anchor rode spaghetti

[Bill Effros]

John,

Flake, don't coil.

Doesn't seem like it should work, but it does.

Think about the windlass.  It doesn't coil, either.

Don't get fussy.  Have a large enough container.  Let the rode fall 
where it may.  Don't twist it.

When it comes time to deploy again, it will just let out, and you'll 
start to say "How does it do that?"

Bill Effros



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
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> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
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