[Rhodes22-list] Cowl Vent

[John Lock]

It seems like everything I've read about deploying  Danforth or  
Fortress style anchors advises against "heaving" the anchor out.   
Apparently this increases the likelihood of fouling the rode or  
otherwise interfering with the proper set of that type anchor.  You're  
supposed to lower it over the side and let it drop straight down then  
back down and set it.

Cheers!
John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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On Jun 28, 2009, at 20:35, Rick wrote:
>
> That seems like a lot of tricky threading of rode while making your  
> way
> forward.  Then you're going to toss the anchor?  Do you time the  
> toss when a
> wave is heaving the boat, or on the drop?  And when you're heaving,  
> how do
> you keep the rode, with wind blowing and the waves rolling, from  
> hanging up
> on something, like a winch, pulling the boat into a broach?