Charles T. Low wrote:
I'm a little late getting to this.
never too late for an anchoring discussion
....

I also disagree with using two anchors. That will reduce swing considerably,
but can leave you (so I am told) with quite a mess when you wake up and find
yourself facing the other way.

I think this problem is a bit over stated. I've double anchored a
number of times and never had a serious problem. And I rig a bridle
on my cat, so I have 4 lines from the bows to get dangled. A few
times its taken 10 minutes or so to unravel, but its never been more
serious than that.

Two things help in my situation. First, I always clear it out as soon
as possible. Obviously, if you let it go for a dozen tide or wind
shifts, you could have a mess, but one twist isn't a problem. Also,
my secondary anchor is light, a Fortress FX23, which is about 14
pounds, with maybe 20 feet of chain. This is easy to "man-handle" to
unwind it.



Read Hinz's book, The Complete Book of Anchoring and Mooring. It covers all
these points and much more in considerable detail.

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Charles T. Low
www.boatdocking.com

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"richard" wrote in message
ups.com...

a couple of years ago I asked for suggestions to improve my anchoring
skills and this group came though. I now anchhor much more and with
much more confidence. but I have a question. When I am at anchor with
my 25 foot power boat (four winns) with not a deep Vee, I tend to swing
at anchor more than anyone else around me. This weekend for example, I
was anchored in Cuttyhunk and as some of you may know, there is not a
lot of room. I thought about a second anchor in the stern but decided
(thankfully) not as the wind did change 180 degrees in the night and I
would have been the only one not moving. Does anyone have any
suggestions how to keep a boat like mine from swinging to much? Someone
suggested a bucket on a roap behind the boat( a sea anchor, I
believe)Any other thoughts
again thanks as always.
By the way, we left Boston on Thursday after work and spent the night
in Scituate, on Friday we went though the Cape Cod Canal and Buzzards
bay, lunched in New Bedford and spent the night in Cuttyhunk. Saturday,
we went to Vineyard sound, Woods Hole, Red Brook Harbor and Pocaset,
spend the night in Onset (where I worked as a drummer in a blues
band)Sunday we went back though the Canal and stayed in Duxbury. Monday
we got up early to go home to Boston only to find that the weather was
too rough for us. We headed back to Plymouth, thinking that if we get
straned there, there is busses and trains to Boston. went to an
internet cafe and check out several weather sites and decided to
continue home late evening when the wather was better. It was a
bueatiful ride home. thank godness for electronics and back ups and
general smarts and good luck. we made it home very safely.