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Presumably, the other end is already attached to the boat.

heh...I watched someone throw their anchor overboard once...the rode =
played out...and out...and out....and away......It was funny because it =
was not on my boat.....



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It's one of the first things I have students find when the climb aboard
the keel boat... is the road attached to the boat. It isn't because I untie
it before they get there. It's a nice object lesson.

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Presumably, the other end is already attached to the boat.


heh...I watched someone throw their anchor overboard once...the rode played
out...and out...and out....and away......It was funny because it was not on
my boat.....



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s/v Chanteuse
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein


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macadam or concrete?

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... is the road attached to the boat.




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In bob's case, asphalt.

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macadam or concrete?

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... is the road attached to the boat.






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Do boaters in Mich. usually 'throw' their anchors overboard?

Scotty

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Presumably, the other end is already attached to the boat.


heh...I watched someone throw their anchor overboard once...the rode played
out...and out...and out....and away......It was funny because it was not on
my boat.....



--
katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein




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They whip them around their head, then let go of course.

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Do boaters in Mich. usually 'throw' their anchors overboard?

Scotty

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Presumably, the other end is already attached to the boat.


heh...I watched someone throw their anchor overboard once...the rode

played
out...and out...and out....and away......It was funny because it was not

on
my boat.....



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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein




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Scott asked: Do boaters in Mich. usually 'throw' their anchors =
overboard?

Bass-holes do.....they just lob them over the side kerplop....
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