On 6/14/2010 6:54 PM, nom=de=plume wrote:

"Tim" wrote in message
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On Jun 14, 4:52 pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message

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On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:35:13 -0400, Wiley
wrote:

Pass the popcorn. The dumpster Diva is going to teach Wayne all about
coral, and ground tackle. This should be good.

Heh.

There's always more to learn but I will be filtering carefully. :-)

So, Wayne... for someone who promotes "teaching" is this kind of
comment one
you approve of? Apparently it is, since you think he's amusing.

Yet, you have no problem scolding me about _my_ attitude...

OK, I'll jump in here. I didn't see Wayne aproving of anyone elses
comments, and I didn't see where Wayne thought the other post[s] were
amusing. But Wayne is a great sailor and not only with his Grand Banks
but is an accomplished wind sailor/racer.

I have no doubt that Wayne is a great sailor. He said it the very last
post:

jerkPass the popcorn. The dumpster Diva is going to teach Wayne all about
jerkcoral, and ground tackle. This should be good.
wayne Heh.
wayne There's always more to learn but I will be filtering carefully. :-)

So, was he amused or not, in your humble opinion, by the dumpster Diva
reference?


If I was to be a sail or a trawler, I wouldnt' take his advice
lightly. From what I understand the reason why there is so much chain
involved is not only to thwart scrapes that would cut a rope but the
weight of the chain helps to set the anchor. There's more than one
reason to use chain and the length of the chain than what seems to be
of face value.

Ok. And what about retrieving the chain if you don't have help from the
windlass?

I will say that for the small runabout lake type boating, I really
don't have any need for an anchor that I know of. However, my 23 ft.
Marquis was used on lake Erie for fishing/cruising, and it came with a
plow-type anchor and it had about 8 ft. of chain between the rope and
the anchor, That's not quite half the length of the boat, but I can
see the principle of the idea as Wayne has described.

OK, I'm out.

Why?


Maybe it's because you smell bad.