Ran across this:

http://www.tropicalboating.com/boati...om-bucket.html

Anybody using one, or a facsimile?
Seems reasonable for seeing the anchor set in clear waters.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
Ran across this:

http://www.tropicalboating.com/boati...om-bucket.html

Anybody using one, or a facsimile?
Seems reasonable for seeing the anchor set in clear waters.

--Vic


Might be useful in the tropics, but out here, you can't see the bottom...
course, it's mostly mud....

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
Ran across this:

http://www.tropicalboating.com/boati...om-bucket.html

Anybody using one, or a facsimile?
Seems reasonable for seeing the anchor set in clear waters.

--Vic


Stupid idea. The real way to "see" your anchor set is to back down on it. If
it holds then it's set. If it drags then it isn't set. Don't make a mountain
out of a mole hill!

Wilbur Hubbard

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:10:46 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
.. .
Ran across this:

http://www.tropicalboating.com/boati...om-bucket.html

Anybody using one, or a facsimile?
Seems reasonable for seeing the anchor set in clear waters.

--Vic


Stupid idea. The real way to "see" your anchor set is to back down on it. If
it holds then it's set. If it drags then it isn't set. Don't make a mountain
out of a mole hill!

I've read in more than one cruising journal the cruiser diving to see
that the anchor is set good and not just snagged on a small coral head
or a hardbottom ledge.
Was thinking this "viewer" might do in some cases.
Still don't know if it's worth dragging along on my Mac 26M - when and
if I get it.
Considering the freeboard I'd need a mighty long bucket.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:10:46 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:


"Vic Smith" wrote in message
. ..
Ran across this:

http://www.tropicalboating.com/boati...om-bucket.html

Anybody using one, or a facsimile?
Seems reasonable for seeing the anchor set in clear waters.

--Vic


Stupid idea. The real way to "see" your anchor set is to back down on it.
If
it holds then it's set. If it drags then it isn't set. Don't make a
mountain
out of a mole hill!

I've read in more than one cruising journal the cruiser diving to see
that the anchor is set good and not just snagged on a small coral head
or a hardbottom ledge.
Was thinking this "viewer" might do in some cases.
Still don't know if it's worth dragging along on my Mac 26M - when and
if I get it.
Considering the freeboard I'd need a mighty long bucket.

--Vic


Well, if you're fortunate enough to be sailing a Mac26M then you hardly need
to worry about a glass-bottomed bucket to see your anchor. I understand
those Macs with board up draw about a foot. Why, you could anchor, step off
the transom into the water and wade to your anchor and set it by hand if you
were worried about it.

Wilbur Hubbard

Isang tao pinangalanan, Vic Smith nagsulat:

Ran across this:

http://www.tropicalboating.com/boati...om-bucket.html

Anybody using one, or a facsimile?
Seems reasonable for seeing the anchor set in clear waters.


I've got a proper Battiscope. It costs les than 60$ here in Denmark,
so I didn't bother to get creative. It works fine in clear water, but
in murky waters it's useless.
--

Who am I?

http://www.froerup.dk/claus

"Claus Frørup" wrote in message
...
Isang tao pinangalanan, Vic Smith nagsulat:

Ran across this:

http://www.tropicalboating.com/boati...om-bucket.html

Anybody using one, or a facsimile?
Seems reasonable for seeing the anchor set in clear waters.


I've got a proper Battiscope. It costs les than 60$ here in Denmark,
so I didn't bother to get creative. It works fine in clear water, but
in murky waters it's useless.
--

Who am I?

http://www.froerup.dk/claus



Ha ha ha! I clicked on your web page and, I swear, you look just like an
aging JaxAshby!

Wilbur Hubbard

"Claus Frørup" wrote in message
...

Who am I?

http://www.froerup.dk/claus


Nice little yacht but lose that ugly windshield, please. It ruins the whole
thing . . .

http://www.froerup.dk/claus/nybaad.htm


Wilbur Hubbard

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:44:19 +0200, Claus Fr?rup
wrote:

Battiscope

Yes, that's a bit handier and smaller. Do you actually use it once
the novelty is gone?
Personally, I wouldn't mind having some type of reverse periscope
device in clear waters, but I sometimes enjoy watching fish.

--Vic

Isang tao pinangalanan, Wilbur Hubbard nagsulat:



Nice little yacht but lose that ugly windshield, please. It ruins the whole
thing . . .

Thank you but no. I wouldn't dream of parting with that windshield.
It has proven its worth over and over again contrary to the original
dodger, which was butt-ugly, flimpsy and a true eye-sore.



http://www.froerup.dk/claus/nybaad.htm


Wilbur Hubbard

I wasn't aware that you Habla mi Lingo, but for readers to whom the
Danish language is gibberish, the English translation is on:

http://www.froerup.dk/claus/windscreen.htm


;-)
--

Who am I?

http://www.froerup.dk/claus