"Wayne.B" wrote


Hopefully you back down on it with the engine at some point. That is
the acid test for me and I highly recommend it. Take a shore sight on
something to verify that you are not moving even an inch, then go to
sleep.


Nope. Interesting how people's environment effects their perspective. What
is it you have Wayne, 6-71's? People have been anchoring under sail for a
lot longer than there have been engines. I'm not going to start the engine,
warm it up barely, and the run it up to near full power just to set an
anchor. 15 hp in reverse isn't going to put a lot more strain on it than my
heaving. With the line in your hands, you can also sense a lot about the
bottom, is the anchor just holding in weed, is it hooked on a stone. When
each jerk get's firmer and firmer, you know it's going down and will
continue to do so with more strain.

When I do anchor under power, I back down but the engine is warm and it's
convienient.

None of this is appropriate to your big power boat with it's big engines and
high windage but I've never draggged.

Shore bearings I do take.

--
Roger Long