[Rhodes22-list] Anchor Line Question?????

[Leland]

Mary Lou,

On our one and only overnighter to Lake Ogleton in Annapolis we anchored at
night.  We knew it was shallow but thought it was probably four or five feet
deep.  When we woke up in the morning in two foot of water our 50' of line
was almost horizontal.  It did its job though.

Lee



Mary Lou Troy-2 wrote:
> 
> Lee, a few comments on your comments
> 
> At 04:21 PM 4/7/2009, you wrote:
>>2.  I have way too much anchor rope rode and it will just get in the way. 
I
>>have 200' which, with a 7:1 scope, should be enough for anywhere around
the
>>Chesapeake except the deepest areas of the shipping channel, which is
>>probably not a wise place to set anchor.
> 
> Except Shaw Bay one of the most popular anchorages on the Wye River.
> 
> 
>>If I'm anchoring overnight it's likely that I'll be in 10' of water or
less,
>>which would require about 70' of rope rode.
> 
> 10 feet of water would require 84' of rode (including any chain you 
> may have). You need to add the height from the water line to the deck 
> to your depth for the purposes of determining scope. If a strong wind 
> comes up or if the wind changes direction it is nice to have some 
> extra to increase the scope. We've used this tactic many times when 
> the wind has increased or changed direction after we set the anchor. 
> We hate reanchoring in the dark unless it's absolutely necessary.
> 
> 
> ML 
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