"Jeff" wrote in message
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* Wilbur Hubbard wrote, On 2/25/2007 4:15 PM:

"Jeff" wrote in message
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Let's see: I have 50 feet of chain, a 35# Delta, 250 feet of line,
Lewmar windlass. That comes out to about 140 pounds. On the other
bow the Delta with rode is about 35 pounds. So your windlass is a
bit more than all my gear. But then, I have a lightweight catamaran
and you have a heavy steel boat.

I wouldn't call a boat that's 85% iron oxide steel. I'd call it a
rust bucket. After all rust is the normal state of steel. Plain old
iron lasts longer. But even a rusty steel boat is preferable to a
multihull.

You nut cases who have catamarans or trimarans are as big a joke as
your boats when it comes to anchoring. I've watched you fools and how
you operate.
You motor your boat to the exact spot you want it to be. Then you let
go the chain with such rattling and general commotion that you wake
up the dead. Then you fall way back right out of the spot you wanted
to be and right on top of the leeward anchored boat. The concept that
dropping a hundred feet of chain results in your falling back almost
a hundred feet seems to be beyond your understanding. Then you lean
over the bows and attach a foolish bridle affair using a crude, most
often rusty galvanized chain hook. Then you let out a little more
chain so the load is taken on the bridle contraption. The entire
affair is absurd and laughable. There should be separate anchorages
for multihull types. Such ugly and ungainly vessels wreck an
anchorage for those who operated monohulls and know how to anchor. A
real cruising monohull sails into the anchorage and drops a hook so
quietly that unless you're on deck looking around you never know
another boat has anchored until you stick your head up and look
around. I've yet to NOT be aware of a multihull anchoring as the
process is usually accompanied by deafening noise, revving engines,
shouting back and forth by the crew, air pollution, frequent dragging
and inconsiderate spacing.

That's pathetic, Neal. What happened to you? Did you lose the banana
boat in the hurricanes? This sorry display just reeks of jealousy.
Get a boat, even a Tangerine would be better than nothing.

It's easy to tell when you're a winner. When somebody is so embarrassed
by the truth that they resort to the politics of personal destruction in
a lame attempt at misdirection so they can avoid the issue, that's when
you know you're a winner. S'matter Jeffies? Hit way too close to home?
Thought I was watching you the last time you anchored last summer?
Bwahahahahhahhahahah!

Wilbur Hubbard respectfully.