Scotty wrote:
Designated, as in, must be on the charts, right? Not just a
popular anchorage, like some people assume.

Scotty

Right. Here we have no pleasure boat designated anchorages, unless you
want to anchor with 10-20 600ft+ plus ships swinging and shifting and
coming and going all the time. We have the Bolivar designated anchorage
here near the galveston jetties, and a couple near the shipping lane
junctions about 10 miles out.

Joe




"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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If you're in a designated anchorage, you're not *required*
to have a light.
Are you disagreeing with this?

If you're confident in your holding ability, do you need
to keep a watch?
What about in a designated anchorage? What about in any
other place? Sounds
like you're not in a designated anchorage offshore and
you're not confident
of your holding. If true, then I agree, you need a watch
at all times.

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"Joe" wrote in message

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Capt. JG wrote:
You don't need an anchor light in a designated
anchorage, although it's a
good idea.

You don't need someone on watch if you're confident of
your anchoring and
conditions are mellow.

I have to dis-agree with you Jon. When I say at sea I
mean in the Gulf
of Mexico here. It's easy to have shallow enough water
to anchor as far
out is 15-25 miles in places. Under 100 ft for me, I
only carry 325 ft
of chain. I'm less worried about dragging anchor than
getting run down
by a commerical vessel. If you do drag, or lose your
anchor all
together with a 6 kt current could carry 48 miles in
8hrs with a fair
chance of hitting a platform. We normally tie to a
platform offshore,
or use field bouys. Platform it's a must. any shift in
weather can put
you into the legs ect. Myself I can not sleep easy with
no one on
watch, even on my own boat. Now if you were inland in a
cozy cove it's
a totally different story.

Otherwise, you need to have an anchor watch,
typically every 1/2 hour or hour or perhaps all the
time, depending on
the
conditions.

all the time, awake IMO offshore. Unless you are solo,
and thats a
choice you make and deal with...you just have to accept
the added
danger. Solo I'd say you never sleep you nap.

Joe


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"Joe" wrote in message

ups.com...

Scotty wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message

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JimC wrote:
What's a good but inexpensive portable GPS that
includes
an anchor alarm?

Jim

Any magellian GPS will work and show movement.

If you are on anchor or stopped at sea you need
someone on
watch. No if
and or butts about it.

Weather you are on anchor or tied to a rig someone
needs
to be awake
and on watch.


When you're single handing?

No, when you are single handling you better be sure
you are anchored,
or tied to a bouy and have a very bright anchor
light. Single handling
involves a radar watCh and you sleep with the range
alaRm set. Or you
set an alarm that will wake you on a time that will
allow you to
prevent collision. In other words set an alarm that
will arouse you at
brfore your best speed + the fasetet ship on the
sea.. My guess the
other part of the figuring should be a ship at 30
kts. If you are
single handling and sleeping a radar alarm or CPA is
needed.

jOE