"Doug Kanter" wrote

... the requirement to have an anchor
aboard is not Federal. Many states have placed their own requirement
for
an anchor, and generally the CG will include the anchor as required in
those
states.


Well, then people without anchors should be tried on the spot

Oh, I agree with you in principle (we might negotiate the nightcrawler
thing). I've been teaching in the CG Aux for several years, and we always
have to take time to clearly explain this irony. My personal opinion is
that only a fool would be afloat without an anchor, even on a pole raft.
But that is the law, odd as it seems.