"Donal" wrote

If you obeyed the Coll Regs, then you shouldn't need an " emergency"
brake!!

That's just plain dumb, Donut.

How many times have you deployed an anchor as the result of an emergency?

Me? never, but we were talking about Joe.



I've never been in a situation where the anchor could have averted a
difficult situation.

I'm glad for you. Really. But that doesn't mean it won't happen. Do you
know what the Boy Scout motto is?


The closest that I came was on a friend's boat when
the engine overheated in Portsmouth Harbour. We had the main up in a
couple
of seconds.

What if there hadn't been any wind? with strong cross current? What if you
were like bob**** and didn't know how to sail?


If we had deployed the anchor, we would have become a hazard to
other boats.


more so than normal?


Scotty









Regards


Donal
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