"DSK" wrote in message ...

Aren't shoal draft boats great?


Jeff Morris wrote:
This day its was even sweeter than normal because we were along up this little cove,
while
300 boats were anchored out - It was a NY Yacht Club Rendezvous on the same day JFK
Jr's
plane went down, so many didn't go over to the Vineyard. Here's a pic from our boat:

http://www.sv-loki.com/Along_the_Way/Hadley.jpg

Whew, what a crowd. How many boats ran agound trying to come in near you?


Three or four boats started to come in, then backed out slowly. There's about 5-6 feet
right in the middle, but with no room to swing. I think when they saw my second anchor
sitting on a mud flat they got the hint. With a 3 foot draft we had about 50 feet to
swing around - just enough.


Thanks for the further info. I dunno about "negative scope" but it sounds like your
friend is
seriously into ground tackle. I'm a little surprised that he was willing to trust an
experimental anchor though.

The ground tackle was one set of gear that they kept when they upgraded to a larger boat.
They had a lot of faith, based on probably haveing anchored with them several hundred to a
thousand times already. By now, I'd guess they've anchored maybe 5000 nights somewhere on
the East Coast. They are the ones that started me thinking about "lighter is better" -
they still don't have a power windlass.

....

I am thinking seriously about replacing our plow with a spade, but I also want to put a
bruce
anchor on there. We need a double bow roller to replace the current single, also we
*really*
need a windlass.

I've also considered the Spade. And I love my power windlass - with it we end up in the
best spot, not the first spot.


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-jeff www.sv-loki.com
If you can't say something nice, say something surrealistic. -Zippy