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All chain rode is for old men
bject: All chain rode is for old men
From: (JAXAshby) Date: 05/12/2004 04:34 Pacific Standard Time Message-id: shen, as usual, your response addresses nothing of the issue. you are drinking too much, again. So you're saying a 26' Contessa with all chain rode has nothing to do with the discussion.... That a ship at anchor in windy conditions is totally different from a small boat at anchor in windy conditions..... At any rate, you seem to be stating that once you've anchored, you're now stuck with whatever conditions arise and that you would (as expected) be dumb enough not to make any changes if the loads on your chain/anchor became great enough to cause dragging or damage to chocks/cleats/bitts on you boat. There are a number of possibilities: 1. Pay attention to weather reports. If the forecast indicate you may exceed your ground tackle limits for your particular anchorage, you should be planning in advance for various variables. 2. A solution may be as simple as increasing the scope of chain. 3. You may need to set a second anchor, the likelyhood of it being all chain on a small boat will be slim. 4. "Steam" against the anchor rode, to reduce strain (neither fun nor easy) 5. Heave anchor and get the hell outa Dodge! Only an idiot such as yourself, would just sit there with his anchor out and spout math equations for stress and holler "I told ya so's". No system is perfect and all have limitations that need to be addressed. All you've done here is point out another boating subject you have little experience with or knowledge of..... Shen |
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