[Rhodes22-list] Docking and anchor lines

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Length of docklines depends on the configuration 
of where you will be tying up. If you tie up to a 
floating dock vs a fixed dock with cleats or to 
all pilings like in our current marina, your 
needs will be different. If you are putting your 
boat in a marina, check out what other people 
use. If you are just getting them for cruising , you'll need a greater variety.

In our current slip we use, I think, 2  25ft 
lines for the stern and a 25 ft and a very long 
custom line for the bow because one of the 
pilings we tie up to is some distance away.

In our bucket of lines that we use while 
cruising, we have some 20 footers, some 25 
footers and some 30 footers. We've accumulated 
them over time and used them all at one time or 
another. I think most of the lines are 3/8. Too 
small and they are hard on your hands, too big 
and they crowd the cleats on the boat.

As far as anchor rode and chain, there are some 
good articles about the kind and size of chain. I 
don't remember those details. West Advisor has 
one 
(http://www.westmarine.com/WestAdvisor/Selecting-An-Anchor-Rode) 
We've had up to 15 ft. or chain on our Danforth 
anchor but it became to heavy for me to cart 
around the boats so we now use a Fortress anchor 
and their recommended 6 ft. of chain. For the 
Chesapeake you don't really need to worry about sharp things on the bottom.

We also have a spare Danforth anchor. I believe 
one of them has has 200 ft of rode and the other 
has 250. I believe the rodes are both 3/8" line. 
We've rarely anchored in 25 feet of water on the 
Bay so that seems sufficient. There have been a 
few time when we've been anchored in  20 ft and 
I've let out extra scope in a blow so I've been 
grateful for the extra length. I installed those 
plastic anchor rode markers on both rodes so I 
always know how much I have out. I rarely use 
more that 70 or 80 ft as we usually are anchored in less than 10 ft.

Best,
Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
recycled 1998
Rock Hall, MD



At 02:12 PM 4/20/2015, you wrote:
>Hi,      Getting ready to launch and thought 
>I’d get your thoughts on size and length of 
>dock lines and chain/line for the anchor.  Be 
>sailing in the Potomac River and Chesapeake 
>Bay.  Thanks, Bob Allen, Fairfax, VA 
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