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

With no irony, D'Plume. You are simply *petty*

Spoken by a guy who enjoys stalking women? Well, ok.

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

With no irony, *D'Plume. You are simply *petty*

Spoken by a guy who enjoys stalking women? Well, ok.

But, who would mistake you for a woman, D'Plume?

On 23/06/2010 6:00 AM, TopBassDog wrote:
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On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:46:59 -0600,
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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.

With no irony, D'Plume. You are simply *petty*

Spoken by a guy who enjoys stalking women? Well, ok.

But, who would mistake you for a woman, D'Plume?

Part of why we sometimes address de-plume as she-it.

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The bigger government gets, the more it tends to rule out common sense.

On 6/23/10 9:24 AM, Canuck57 wrote:
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On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:46:59 -0600,
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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.

With no irony, D'Plume. You are simply *petty*

Spoken by a guy who enjoys stalking women? Well, ok.

But, who would mistake you for a woman, D'Plume?

Part of why we sometimes address de-plume as she-it.



The "why" is that you and your right-wing buddies here are assholes, and
worse, scared to death of women with brains. One can only imagine what
your aged Stepford Wives are like, eh?

On Jun 23, 9:27*am, Harry wrote:
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On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:46:59 -0600,
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.

With no irony, D'Plume. You are simply *petty*

Spoken by a guy who enjoys stalking women? Well, ok.

But, who would mistake you for a woman, D'Plume?

Part of why we sometimes address de-plume as she-it.

The "why" is that you and your right-wing buddies here are assholes, and
worse, scared to death of women with brains. One can only imagine what
your aged Stepford Wives are like, eh?

Did not have time to read all the other answers, however, a 40' boat
by itself is a pretty good fulcrum pivoting about it's center of
buoyancy. So, get the chain vertical, heave till it is taught with
all persons ON THE BOW. Everybody goes aft which pulls the anchor
free. Repeat to slowly haul the anchor.

On 6/23/10 11:12 AM, Frogwatch wrote:
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On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:46:59 -0600,
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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.

With no irony, D'Plume. You are simply *petty*

Spoken by a guy who enjoys stalking women? Well, ok.

But, who would mistake you for a woman, D'Plume?

Part of why we sometimes address de-plume as she-it.

The "why" is that you and your right-wing buddies here are assholes, and
worse, scared to death of women with brains. One can only imagine what
your aged Stepford Wives are like, eh?

Did not have time to read all the other answers, however, a 40' boat
by itself is a pretty good fulcrum pivoting about it's center of
buoyancy. So, get the chain vertical, heave till it is taught with
all persons ON THE BOW. Everybody goes aft which pulls the anchor
free. Repeat to slowly haul the anchor.

Unless, of course, the anchor is snagged on something significant.

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:22:44 -0400, Harry
wrote:

Unless, of course, the anchor is snagged on something significant.

The problem as stated was a broken windlass, not a fouled anchor.

On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:12:51 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
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So, get the chain vertical, heave till it is taught with
all persons ON THE BOW. Everybody goes aft which pulls the anchor
free. Repeat to slowly haul the anchor.

That only works if you keep progressing into shallower water as SW Tom
suggested.

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

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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.

With no irony, D'Plume. You are simply *petty*

Spoken by a guy who enjoys stalking women? Well, ok.

But, who would mistake you for a woman, D'Plume?

Part of why we sometimes address de-plume as she-it.

The "why" is that you and your right-wing buddies here are assholes, and
worse, scared to death of women with brains. One can only imagine what
your aged Stepford Wives are like, eh?

Did not have time to read all the other answers, however, a 40' boat
by itself is a pretty good fulcrum pivoting about it's center of
buoyancy. So, get the chain vertical, heave till it is taught with
all persons ON THE BOW. Everybody goes aft which pulls the anchor
free. Repeat to slowly haul the anchor.

Do you really think one or two people on the bow of that size boat is going
to have much of an effect on it? That's what 350 lbs?

Frogwatch wrote:


Did not have time to read all the other answers, however, a 40' boat
by itself is a pretty good fulcrum pivoting about it's center of
buoyancy. So, get the chain vertical, heave till it is taught with
all persons ON THE BOW. Everybody goes aft which pulls the anchor
free. Repeat to slowly haul the anchor.

Got a picture of that? Don't make sense. Funny to visualize though if
you picture John Candy and Fatty Arbuckle as crew.
You want slow hauling? Let the tide pull the anchor up.
A buddy of mine had a 40' cat with +275' chain rode.
Was becalmed off an island in the South Pacific and decided to clean his
chain locker and untwist the chain. 500' water.
Unshackled the anchor first. Think it was a Bruce 44#.
Dropped the chain in the drink, cleaned the locker, then couldn't haul a
link of chain with the windlass and his full strength added.
Slowly powered the boat into 150' water before he could haul it in.
Lucky he had removed the anchor and didn't snag the chain.
So don't anchor with all chain rode in deep water unless you have the
hoisting gear for it.

Jim - There are six million stories in the South Pacific. This has been
one of them.