Scott Vernon wrote:

The weather man was predicting ... turned out to be one of our nicer sail
trips, I only wish we could
have stayed longer (Lisa had to be back for skool today).

That's the way it's supposed to be. Are you all planning a longer trip, now
that she's having a good time on the boat?

BTW we anchored out for the first time since last fall, got a new anchor chain
put on to replace the plastic-coated joke chain the previous owner had. Works
just it's 'posed to...

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Are you all planning a longer trip, now
that she's having a good time on the boat?

Fer cripes sake.

RB

Therein lies the problem. I want to go for longer sails, but I like having
her along, and she's still in skool.

What size, length chain?

Scotty



"DSK" wrote in message
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Scott Vernon wrote:

The weather man was predicting ... turned out to be one of our nicer
sail
trips, I only wish we could
have stayed longer (Lisa had to be back for skool today).

That's the way it's supposed to be. Are you all planning a longer trip,
now
that she's having a good time on the boat?

BTW we anchored out for the first time since last fall, got a new anchor
chain
put on to replace the plastic-coated joke chain the previous owner had.
Works
just it's 'posed to...

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Scott Vernon wrote:

Therein lies the problem. I want to go for longer sails, but I like having
her along, and she's still in skool.

S'OK, you'll have time.



What size, length chain?

We got two 40' lengths of 3/8" HT chain (hot-dip galvanized, of course). Good
deal at Agri-Supply, and *definitely* one lengths adds significant holding
power (which it f@#^in well should, since it weighs almost double what the
anchor itself weighs). The funny thing is, it's actually easier to haul by
hand than the old lighter chain, because it grips & stacks easier.

For our everyday anchor, we're using a 35# plough on one 40' 3/8 chain,
spliced to I-dunno-how-much 1/2" braided dacron rode. One of these days I'm
going to lay out, clean off, and mark, our whole rode. But my wife has to
finish working on the teak deck first.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King