"Edgar" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"Edgar" wrote in message
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"Gordon" wrote in message
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What do you do with your anchor when going offshore for a week or
two?
Gordon

Mine is a Bruce anchor permanently stowed neatly on the bow roller with
a light line to stop it inadvertantly launching itself.
All the chain and the nylon rode is in the anchor locker on the
foredeck.
Takes just a moment to have it ready to drop.



Do you think you'll need it offshore? Not sure how big yours is... I have
a small Buce (great anchor, btw), and I even stow it on the bay if I know
I'm not going to be using it. I'm thinking about replacing the light line
I use with a more robust bracket. It can get wild and wooly in the slot.

No, I surely will not need it offshore because here the depth can be 95
metres when you are only about a mile offshore so anchoring is out of the
question.
My main anchor is a 35lb Bruce with a length of 3/8 chain before the
nylon rode starts so it is not a lightweight affair.
It is secure and out of the way where it is and anyway it is a bit of a
pain to thread it inboard through the pulpit and past the Profurl roller
just to stick it into the anchore locker so I leave it where it is even
now while she is laid up. The flukes curl neatly around the prow and it
just seems the natural place for it. However I have had the nylon rode
out on deck and washed it off and dried it before putting it away for the
winter.

Mine is much small, so I have much less of a problem to get it around my
Schaefer furler, but I don't usually do that unless I know there's going to
be a lot of big chop in the bay. I'm trying to figure out a way to secure it
better. It's got a line around the roller and anchor, but it could still hop
off.

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