On Thu, 07 May 2015 11:01:03 -0600, slide wrote:

On 5/5/2015 4:24 PM, Flying Pig wrote:

Hi, Paul,

No, and we have a biologist with CDC in the family who tells us we
needn't treat it - but it won't hurt if you do - but we put 3 capfuls
(about a tablespoon) of Clorox down a 195G tank, and 2 the 120G.

However, we do scrub the decks and let a great amount of water flow by
before putting up our little dam.

Today, we had a real frog-strangler. The water was running so hard that
the 1.5" pipe couldn't take it fast enough, and the floaty on the deck
key was floating above the torrent. Filled the big tank and the gravity
50G (meaning it filled via the head created in the fill pipe to the main
tank under it) in no time. Watching to know when to shut it off had the
50G tank filling from a 3/8" pipe in about 15 minutes.

Thank you Lord!

We have a 44,000 boat. One rule of thumb would have us have not less
than 88#. The factory anchor was a 45# CQR, vastly ill-chosen for real
cruising; a dayhop in the Virgins (where she started life), maybe.

As to what we DO have, we like to sleep at night. We may, but have yet
to, drag. But I'm certain in any situation I can imagine, it will
outperform our prior primary anchor, a 55# delta. We HAVE dragged with
that on a few occasions...

L8R

Skip


I never felt ok about doing this given the bird s**t I had to rinse off
of the decks and the often serious diseases carried in that stuff. I
kept a tarp to deploy in cases of rain instead of bare decks. Even so I
did the Clorox trick as well.

A clean tarp is a much better idea. I would hesitate to drink water
gathered off the decks even when Cloroxed but it sure could be used
safely for bathing, laundry, etc. I suspect most of the water Skippy
collects is used for bathing, cleaning and laundry. I have found that
one conceited woman with long hair can use 25-50 gallons of water a
day.

My last boat was a 42' 35k lb displacement so a bit smaller than yours
but I suspect a good deal less windage.

No kidding!!! I've seen photos of Skippy's "Flying Pig" and the poor
boat has more crap hanging all over it, high and low, making windage
that's unacceptable to any real sailor.

I had no issues with a 35#
Danforth with an all chain rode except in oysters where nothing holds
anyway. I suppose heavier has no issues except you need to winch.

All chain rode is unnecessary, destructive of the environment,
prohibitively expensive and it causes undue stress on the deck
hardware, deck and boat in general. It is also too heavy and
doesn't take long to rust. Responsible and wise sailors use a
combination of chain and nylon rode.

I had a winch but didn't use it all too often.

If you need a winch, then either your boat is too large
or your body too weak.

--
Sir Gregory