[Rhodes22-list] Docking and anchor lines

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The safest and easiest thing is to keep your anchor and tackle at the bow
of the boat.  For decades, the R22 has been built so you can hang your
anchor from the bow pulpit and stow tackle in a bow locker.

It is OK to keep a light weight "lunch hook" in the cockpit that is dropped
from the cockpit for fishing or other attended activity.  But if the Coast
Guard sees you lugging your primary anchor around the boat during a safety
inspection, you're bound to get a citation.

Rick

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:53 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Hi Reid,
> I always thought that more chain was better but when it got to the
> point that I could not safely carry 15-20 ft of chain and an anchor
> around the boat we looked at the Fortress. Fortress says "We
> recommend using 6 ft (2m) of chain for every 25 ft (8m) of water
> depth. Coastal anchoring is often in under 50 ft (16m) of water
> depth, and so boaters commonly use 10-15 feet (3-5m) of chain with
> their Fortress anchors."  I think we have six feet on ours - could be
> 8. In the Chesapeake we rarely anchor in more than 6 to 10 feet of water.
>
> In any event, it has held us in a couple of mighty blows with wind
> shifts. I do take great care to make sure it is set and if there is
> room in an anchorage always use 7x scope which we will lengthen to
> 10x in a blow.
>
> Best,
> Mary Lou
>
>
>
> At 09:29 AM 4/21/2015, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >On the various boats we've had over the years, we've had chain on the
> anchor
> >that's the length of the boat and we've coupled that with a Fortress
> anchor.
> >The chain weight helps the light anchor stay put in a blow.
> >
> >We've also used the plastic length markers IIRC we got from West Marine
> that
> >tells us how much rode (including chain) we've let out.
> >
> >
> >
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