"Gordon Wedman" writes:


This ambling is all fine until you try anchoring by yourself in a crowded
anchorage with 20+ knots of wind.



There is more time than you think, even in 20+. I've picked up
moorings single handed in that much wind - you just have to put the
boat in the right place and be ready. Anchoring is more forgiving.
And in bad conditions, you have picked a spot with enough room I hope.

(Caveat - I'm a sailer. I have no knowledge of how power boats behave
under those conditions. On the other hand, it appears that these days
every power boat more than 15 feet long has a power windlass
controlled from the helm :-)
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