"KLC Lewis" wrote:
He would approach his
chosen anchorage at about 5 knots, cutting the anchor loose when he judged
(if that is the right word) that he was approaching the point he wanted his
anchor to set

-Trying to get a mental picture of this- He would do this under
sail?? .... or power? And drop it from the bow while moving forward
at 5 knots? ... thereby over running the anchor and exposing the rode
to entanglement in the keel and/or prop and/or rudder? .... and/or
possibly "setting" the anchor in the wrong direction?
Surely I'm misunderstanding something.

Rick