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"Jere Lull" wrote:
Once we're *near* free, I'll walk back, kick the boat out of gear,
then
finish up on the anchor. It's easy to bring an anchor in from about
2:1
if there's any wave action, which you'll have in those winds.

"Flemming Torp" wrote:
Thank you for your explanation. The last idea, I have tried with some
success ... but my back does not like it ...

Don't use your back. Just take a wrap around the cleat or Sampson
post or whatever you have there. Take up the slack as the bow falls
and just hold the wrap as the bow rises. Let the boat do the back
breaking work. Once the anchor pops free, you can haul it in no prob.

Rick

Sounds good to me - Agree ... though: The situation, I have in mind is
something like wind/current from the bow corresponding to an effect of
some 20 knots or more ... If you are anchoring at - say - 8 meters, and
the engine helps you moving forward, then - even with a ratio of 2:1 -
you still have to haul in about 15 meters of chain and the anchor -
which under these circumstances often is "pretty much stuck" in the
bottom ... As of now, I don't have a windlass at the bow, and it is not
that easy - in my opinion - to wrap and unwrap the chain around the
cleat ... But I admit, that's what I've been doing for years ...

I do get your point about letting the waves and the movements of the
boat do a lot of the work, but my experience is, that it can still be
pretty hard work, before the chain is back in the "anchor room" (sorry
don't know the correct maritime term in English) and the anchor is
safely secured at the bow ... because, as soon the anchor slips the
bottom, the boat starts drifting backwards ... and at that point, I
still have some 8 meters of chain and an anchor to take care of (often
accompanied by a lot of unwanted "stuff"), and at the same time, I don't
have an awful lot of time to fix it all, before I have to be back at the
helm to move the boat away from the other fellows at the anchorage ...
That's why I'm looking into the possibility to install an electric
windlass with a remote controller ... I'm sure my back would appreciate
this investment ... some day ... and - in that case - I will feel much
more comfortable leaving before the fellows anchoring behind me ...

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Flemming Torp
Gimle/DEN-61