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Sir Gregory Hall, Esq.[_3_] · **Shake and Break Part 11 - June 2, 2015**

On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:25:47 +0700, wrote:

trim

Ah yes, the voice of experience one supposes.

Given that you mention no authority for your arguments one can only
assume that your utterances are based on your many years of
experience. Perhaps you might entertain us with a history of your
sailing experiences which provided you with all this knowledge?
Perhaps a Whitbread or two? The transatlantic? Maybe an America's Cup?
Or even a Volvo? I have a friend that participated in two of those.

But certainly if not the racing world it must have been the cruising
mode, say an Atlantic crossing or two, maybe even a circumnavigations;
both capes one would expect.

No reason to be modest. Tell us, let us in on your vast breadth of
sailing experience.

Um, in case you never noticed, anchoring is rarely needed when
crossing oceans. It's only around the edges where anchors become
necessary. The more time one spends crossing oceans, the less one
has any use for anchors.

It's coastal cruisers like myself who are the experts at anchoring.
We do those edges. We do it day in and day out and we don't get a
good night's sleep unless we learn how to do it right.

Like I said, two anchors suitable for the conditions on the bottom.
Lay them out Bahamas-style which means a 90 to 120 degree angle
described by the two nylon rodes off the bow. The only chain that
is needed is a short length of stainless steel of six to eight feet
shackled to the anchor stock.

HTH

--
Sir Gregory