Over the years, I've had a number of unexpected anchoring opportunities. Once
was maneuvering under power very close to shore and catching a line in the prop.
Another time I had an engine overheat when the rig was half dismantled. This
taught me to always have an anchor ready, especially when launching a boat and
then driving it to a different marina.

When doing dinghy rescue work I used an anchor on occasion when righting a boat
or pulling someone out with a lee shore, thought this was part of the normal
routine, not really an "emergency."



"Donal" wrote in message
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"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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"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?

I've never been in a situation where the anchor could have averted a
difficult situation. 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. If we had deployed the anchor, we would have become a hazard to
other boats.


Regards


Donal
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