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"Roger Long" wrote in message
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Geoff Schultz" geoff"at wrote:

Statments like this make me think that you haven't anchored all that
much.

Well, obviously not as much as someone like yourself but enought to know
how to do it. I'll admit though that I've neve anchored in your part of
the world and things may be different. Putting on the wet suit, the
weights, and diving down to set the anchor isn't very common up here in 60
degree water.

It was sort of a joke about the tight anchorage. Sometimes you just don't
have a choice but I've watched lots of people try to squeeze into someone
else's swinging room just to save themselves another 50 yards of dinghy
trip.

I'm just trying to make the point (and not actually directed at you who
clearly knows everything that could ever be necessary to know about the
subjet) that avoiding difficulties when you can, planning ahead, and
recognizing that technique is as important as the shape of the anchor will
make it a lot easier and less intimidating for those who are new to it.
Even in Maine where standards are high, about 80% if the boats will just
let it go and then head aft for cocktails.

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Roger Long
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Roger ,, I anchored all last summer. Not because I wanted to; had no home.
When you are a homeless sailor, anchoring becomes the same as picking up the
mooring.

Since I sail alone .. I would plan ahead. No scary anchorages for me. I
only want to drop the hook into quick sand. Or mud.

The picking up .. now that is the hard part. I have no anchor windless, so
I go forward and start pulling, and pulling and pulling.

The nervous part is when the anchor lets go,, you can feel it in the hands.
That is when I put it in high anchor gear. Get er done.

So far I have been lucky.