On Jun 21, 7:25*pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message

...

One of my recent students who shall remain nameless, failed to
complete a homework assignment after apparently losing interest in the
subject. * Therefore I will throw it open to the group.

You are in a 40 something boat, power or sail makes no difference,
anchored in over 40 feet of water with 3/8ths chain and a 60 pound
anchor. * The combination of chain and anchor weigh about 150 pounds
not counting the large mud ball that wants to come up also, easily 200
pounds total. * The chain and anchor are worth something over $1500
and not easily replaced in remote locations.

The problem: *The anchor windlass has failed in some unfortunate way,
and not easily repaired. * How do you retrieve your expensive anchor
and chain?

Well, you don't do what Larry said, "If the windlass fails, you cut and run.
I'll bet there are tens of
thousands of anchors on the bottom of the ocean that were stuck and the
Captain had no other choice."

Do I get 1/2 credit?

No.

On 21/06/2010 4:49 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
One of my recent students who shall remain nameless, failed to
complete a homework assignment after apparently losing interest in the
subject. Therefore I will throw it open to the group.

You are in a 40 something boat, power or sail makes no difference,
anchored in over 40 feet of water with 3/8ths chain and a 60 pound
anchor. The combination of chain and anchor weigh about 150 pounds
not counting the large mud ball that wants to come up also, easily 200
pounds total. The chain and anchor are worth something over $1500
and not easily replaced in remote locations.

The problem: The anchor windlass has failed in some unfortunate way,
and not easily repaired. How do you retrieve your expensive anchor
and chain?

Drag the bottom with hook the right size to snag the chain.
--
The bigger government gets, the more it tends to rule out common sense.

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:46:59 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:

The problem: The anchor windlass has failed in some unfortunate way,
and not easily repaired. How do you retrieve your expensive anchor
and chain?

Drag the bottom with hook the right size to snag the chain.

Then what ?

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:46:59 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:

The problem: The anchor windlass has failed in some unfortunate way,
and not easily repaired. How do you retrieve your expensive anchor
and chain?

Drag the bottom with hook the right size to snag the chain.

Then what ?

Blame Obama.

On Jun 21, 9:49*pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message

...

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:46:59 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:

The problem: *The anchor windlass has failed in some unfortunate way,
and not easily repaired. * How do you retrieve your expensive anchor
and chain?

Drag the bottom with hook the right size to snag the chain.

Then what ?

Blame Obama.

No need to blame him for your petty anchor problems, D'Plume. He's
doing enough to catch hell for.

"TopBassDog" wrote in message
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On Jun 21, 9:49 pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message

...

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:46:59 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:

The problem: The anchor windlass has failed in some unfortunate way,
and not easily repaired. How do you retrieve your expensive anchor
and chain?

Drag the bottom with hook the right size to snag the chain.

Then what ?

Blame Obama.

No need to blame him for your petty anchor problems, D'Plume. He's
doing enough to catch hell for.

You're the one with the petty problems.

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:24:12 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:46:59 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:

The problem: The anchor windlass has failed in some unfortunate way,
and not easily repaired. How do you retrieve your expensive anchor
and chain?

Drag the bottom with hook the right size to snag the chain.

Then what ?

You drag the end of the chain to the repaired and now working
windless.

Casady

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
One of my recent students who shall remain nameless, failed to
complete a homework assignment after apparently losing interest in the
subject. Therefore I will throw it open to the group.

You are in a 40 something boat, power or sail makes no difference,
anchored in over 40 feet of water with 3/8ths chain and a 60 pound
anchor. The combination of chain and anchor weigh about 150 pounds
not counting the large mud ball that wants to come up also, easily 200
pounds total. The chain and anchor are worth something over $1500
and not easily replaced in remote locations.

The problem: The anchor windlass has failed in some unfortunate way,
and not easily repaired. How do you retrieve your expensive anchor
and chain?

On the 33 footer I crewed on, we would motor forward to the anchor & a bit
beyond to help loosen it. We would also get a couple of deck hands to bounce
up & down on the foredeck... using the boats rise to help lift the anchor a
few feet at a time.

On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:57:23 -0300, "YukonBound"
wrote:



"Wayne.B" wrote in message
.. .
One of my recent students who shall remain nameless, failed to
complete a homework assignment after apparently losing interest in the
subject. Therefore I will throw it open to the group.

You are in a 40 something boat, power or sail makes no difference,
anchored in over 40 feet of water with 3/8ths chain and a 60 pound
anchor. The combination of chain and anchor weigh about 150 pounds
not counting the large mud ball that wants to come up also, easily 200
pounds total. The chain and anchor are worth something over $1500
and not easily replaced in remote locations.

The problem: The anchor windlass has failed in some unfortunate way,
and not easily repaired. How do you retrieve your expensive anchor
and chain?

On the 33 footer I crewed on, we would motor forward to the anchor & a bit
beyond to help loosen it. We would also get a couple of deck hands to bounce
up & down on the foredeck... using the boats rise to help lift the anchor a
few feet at a time.

That's a good plan for breaking it loose if you don't have a lot of
horse power available. Then you've got to hoist it, not difficult on
a 33 ft racing boat with a light anchor and usually with a mostly rope
anchor rode, quite another challenge on a bigger boat with all chain
and a heavy anchor.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
One of my recent students who shall remain nameless, failed to
complete a homework assignment after apparently losing interest in the
subject. Therefore I will throw it open to the group.

You are in a 40 something boat, power or sail makes no difference,
anchored in over 40 feet of water with 3/8ths chain and a 60 pound
anchor. The combination of chain and anchor weigh about 150 pounds
not counting the large mud ball that wants to come up also, easily 200
pounds total. The chain and anchor are worth something over $1500
and not easily replaced in remote locations.

The problem: The anchor windlass has failed in some unfortunate way,
and not easily repaired. How do you retrieve your expensive anchor
and chain?

You'll notice that Larry never once acknowledged his statement "cut and run"
was fundamentally wrong. You'll also notice that I gave a rather complete
solution to this question, and all the "men" have refused to comment on it,
even the "expert" Wayne.