On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:03:06 -0500, Harry Harris wrote
(in article ):


"Mundo" wrote in message
. net...

On my boat I keep 100 ft in the chain locker and an additional 100' in
the
bilge. I dont want all the weight in the bow. There are occasions when
I set
two hooks or just want more scope on a deep water anchorage. backing
to a
quay..etc.

Then you must have a cockleshell if weight in the bow from chain is a
serious concern. It's unseamanlike to use all-chain rodes on small
boats. Half-inch nylon with ten to fifteen feet of chain is called for
on small boats that cannot take the weight of a shot of chain in the
forward chain locker.

Some idiot was selling a 31-foot catamaran and he listed much of the
equipment thinking it would impress a potential buyer. He had 400 feet
of 3/8 chain plus two 30 pound anchors. Not to mention a heavy windlass,
two Yanmars, ref/freezer, 4kw generator etc. etc. etc. The picture
showed the boat down by the bow and down all around by about a foot over
normal. How stupid can some people be? No wonder he was trying to sell
it. It probably wouldn't get out of its own way.

Harry Harris




More of a conch shell. The boat was built with a ridiculous poly water tank
of about 20 gallons under the v-berth for a mickey mouse hand pump in the
head.The main water tanks are saddle tanks amid ships. I removed the tank and
the silly sink pump combo, and replaced the weight with the chain. Also
removed was the electrosan head. That was replaced with the equivalent of a
bucket and seat. I also have a lunch hook on with a nylon rode. 30' CD about
6 tons. Strictly a coastal cruiser. It is nice to have the extra weight
secured in the bilge from the second shot of chain.

--
Mundo, The Captain who is a bully and an ass