Capt. JG wrote:
Mooron is an angry guy with no social skills or life. He just can't stand it
when confronted by someone who actually sails.

Whatever. Nonetheless, he's right. What he says is a perfectly viable
technique. It WILL work, has worked and isn't difficult to do.

Really, Jon, I can't see why you'd bother disputing it. It may not be
in your particular technique inventory, it might not be in your books,
but all that proves is that both are incomplete.

I remember reading a translation of the account of the first transit of
Magellan Straits. They did this all the time including cutting anchors
free whan there wasn't time to retrieve them.

PDW