"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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Well, you should inform the Navy and the cruise lines. They could save a
lot of money on ground tackle.


Well, you should inform the Navy and the cruise lines. They could save a
lot of money on ground tackle.


dum-dum, you are. both the Navy and cruise ships -- when at anchor --
keep
their engines running to be used to get the hell out of Dodge should the
winds
become too strong. Also, both the Navy and cruise ships use anchors
totally
inappropriate for recreational sailboat. Navy anchors are for squat
holding,
they are designed to be easily stored.

like I said, all chain rode is for weak old men and it WILL pull the
anchor
loose and/or break off deck chocks when the wind pipes up and the waves
start.

Not been on a cruise ship, I see.

Not been on a cruise ship, I see.


not on one that was anchored. you see a lot of anchored cruise ships?

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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Not been on a cruise ship, I see.


not on one that was anchored. you see a lot of anchored cruise ships?

Yup. Try the Carib during New Years. Lots of anchored cruise ships. In
St. John, both us and the QE2 and at least 5 others were anchored. All the
Holland America boats anchor when they go to Holland America owned Half Moon
Cay. Try Grand Cayman. You ever been on a boat / ship?

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"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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Not been on a cruise ship, I see.


not on one that was anchored. you see a lot of anchored cruise ships?

Yup. Try the Carib during New Years. Lots of anchored cruise ships.
In
St. John, both us and the QE2 and at least 5 others were anchored. All
the
Holland America boats anchor when they go to Holland America owned Half
Moon
Cay. Try Grand Cayman. You ever been on a boat / ship?


Seen them anchored in St Martens, off Playa Car in the Yucatan, and
throughout the Galapagos.

"Paul Fritz" wrote in message
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"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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Not been on a cruise ship, I see.


not on one that was anchored. you see a lot of anchored cruise
ships?

Yup. Try the Carib during New Years. Lots of anchored cruise ships.
In
St. John, both us and the QE2 and at least 5 others were anchored.
All
the
Holland America boats anchor when they go to Holland America owned
Half
Moon
Cay. Try Grand Cayman. You ever been on a boat / ship?


Seen them anchored in St Martens, off Playa Car in the Yucatan, and
throughout the Galapagos.




Forgot about the pics of anchored boats in the Galapagos. I'm thinking a
group of us may go in January. Then I can report on the smaller boats and
anchoring. And at Molikini in Maui, they use cables to the bottom.
Permanent moorings.

And at Molikini in Maui, they use cables to the bottom.
Permanent moorings.

they also use engine blocks, tons of concrete, scrap iron, used construction
chain and/or anything else that is ungodly heavy. put a 65# CQR down along
with 300 feet of chain there and you will drag downwind until you go up on the
reefs, or mainland.

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"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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Not been on a cruise ship, I see.


not on one that was anchored. you see a lot of anchored cruise ships?

Yup. Try the Carib during New Years. Lots of anchored cruise ships.
In
St. John, both us and the QE2 and at least 5 others were anchored. All
the
Holland America boats anchor when they go to Holland America owned Half
Moon
Cay. Try Grand Cayman. You ever been on a boat / ship?


Seen them anchored in St Martens, off Playa Car in the Yucatan, and
throughout the Galapagos.

Every cruise ship I have been on has spent *at least* one day anchored
somewhere, requiring launches to get passengers to and from shore.

My boat has all chain rode. Of course I bought the boat from a "weak
old man." However I like it. Requires less scope nad hasn't broke
loose since I put I more appropriate anchor on it.

My boat has all chain rode

dummy, you ARE going to drag in a storm.

However I like it.

no doubt. it is easier to raise using an electric winch.

Requires less scope ...

only in lite winds and no waves.

....nad hasn't broke
loose since I put I more appropriate anchor on it.

haven't been in a storm yet, either. then your anchor is coming loose from the
bottom or your deck chocks are coming loose from your deck.

(JAXAshby) wrote in message ...
My boat has all chain rode

dummy, you ARE going to drag in a storm.

Prove it.

However I like it.

no doubt. it is easier to raise using an electric winch.

So friggin what. Am I supposed to "be a man" and pull the damned
thing up with my back everytime? If that's what you do, take a look
in the mirror to see a dummy.

Requires less scope ...

only in lite winds and no waves.

You make this **** up, don't you?

...nad hasn't broke
loose since I put I more appropriate anchor on it.

haven't been in a storm yet, either. then your anchor is coming loose from the
bottom or your deck chocks are coming loose from your deck.

When was the last time you had you Hobie Cat anchored in a storm?
That's what I thought.

in storms?

Seen them anchored in St Martens, off Playa Car in the Yucatan, and
throughout the Galapagos.

in calm weather you can use a cinder block for an anchor, and get away with it.