You ever been on a boat / ship?

yup, and while in a north Pacific storm in a January. No anchor(s) out.

You ever been on a boat / ship?


btw, that ship used bunker oil to fuel its engines. Ever consider using bunker
oil as the fuel for you outboard powered rowboat? ships use bunker oil, so its
gotta be better, right?

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.

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.

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.

check it out, dum-dum.

"keep their engines running" ...ROFLMAO

otn

otm is jes tellin us he is old and lazy and if he is gets caught at anchor in a
storm he intends to die that day, for "it is God's will".

G I think you are trying to say ... they anchor in open "roads" with
a 10# Danforth on three thousand feet of dog "leash" chain.
Actually, you don't see too many of the old "Baldt" stockless anchors on
ships anymore. Generally what you now see is something which looks
similar to a heavy "Danforth".
The average number of "shots" carried, varies but 11 is a good average.
(Jax heads for google to find out the length of a shot).
G Later, dipsquat.
otn

JAXAshby wrote:
nah, they anchor in open rodes with a 10# Danforth on three thousand feet
of
dog leach chain.

way to go, dum-dum.


ROFL Trying to start another argument on a subject you know little or
nothing about, I see. ...... "keep their engines running" ...ROFLMAO

otn

But you haven't seemed to grasp the fact that navy
ships and commercial ships do not "leave their engines running" while in
port.

but they do while "at anchor". check it out.

again, all chain rode is for old men, and those afraid of the water.

In your humble opinion, of course.

DSK

well, it *is* also for people who intend for their boats to drag up on the
rocks in a storm, but they are suicidal and not necessarily old or men.

As a former ship's engineer,

DSK

you sell concrete slabs to mobile home buyers for a living. your knowledge of
how "ships" run is based on your prior ownership of a Hunter 19 with an
outboard.