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What anchor should I buy?
Rope. In all of his millennia handling boats, he uses rope.
that is the term used by boaters in the context of the Sea-Ray owner's question. "line" is fishing line, "rope" is anchor rope. |
What anchor should I buy?
billie, you spend too much time in the bathtub playing with the "ducky" and not
enough time on the water. Put 8-10' of 1/4" to 5/16" galvanized chain between the anchor and 3/8" anchor line / rope. in all my years in and around boats on Midwest lakes, I never saw, nor ever heard of, using chain on an anchor. Not once. You tie the rope to the mushroom and drop it overboard. You ain't seen much. First you do not use rope on an anchor. And if there is wind, on a lake, you want the chain to help get the anchor to set. Try Okeechobee. I bet the wind can blow bit time there. |
What anchor should I buy?
"JAXAshby" wrote in message ... Rope. In all of his millennia handling boats, he uses rope. that is the term used by boaters in the context of the Sea-Ray owner's question. "line" is fishing line, "rope" is anchor rope. Try anchor rode. Eisboch |
What anchor should I buy?
On Sun, 16 May 2004 17:19:56 GMT, Peggie Hall
wrote: The minimum scope (length of anchor line) should be at least 3x the water's depth...so in 15' of water, you'd need to put out at least 45' of anchor line. Measure the "depth" from where the anchor rode meets the boat. If your chock or cleat is 3' above the water, the effective depth would be 18' in 15' of true depth. This makes much more difference in shallow water than in deep water. And as Peggie says, 3x is the minimum -- good weather, little wind or current, and someone keeping an eye on things at all times. If you want to relax or leave the boat for a while, you need more scope than that. |
What anchor should I buy?
"JAXAshby" wrote in message
... Rope. In all of his millennia handling boats, he uses rope. that is the term used by boaters in the context of the Sea-Ray owner's question. "line" is fishing line, "rope" is anchor rope. Try anchor rode. Eisboch Acch! You're all right, sort of. "Rope" is a proper term for certain types of cordage aboard a boat. Technically, it is supposed to apply to cordage that is 1" or more in diameter, with lesser sizes considered "small stuff", or "twine". Nobody in 2004 uses the term "small stuff" on a pleasure boat, and we all think of "twine" as something you use to wrap a parcel or lash a Christmas tree to the roof of the family station wagon. Rope works. The guy who refers to unemployed cordage as "rope" isn't lubberly- it's the white slacks, blue blazer, yacht clubber gripping the champagne flute with an extended pinky finger and feigning disgust whenever anybody uses the term "rope" that displays ignorance on the topic. When rope is put to work, it can become a "line." It can be a bow line, a stern line, a spring line, a breast line, etc. But rope can work without being a line of any type. It can be a halyard, a lashing, a bell rope, or any number of things not properly considered a "line." An achor rode is the rope, chain, cable, or combination thereof that connects vessel to anchor. |
What anchor should I buy?
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What anchor should I buy?
Now I understand.
Rope is the stuuf you use to make knots... Hmmm....... A guy who hangs on every phrase that Limbaugh speaks is a ditto head. A guy who smoke pot is a pothead. So, what's a guy who is hung up on knots? :-) |
What anchor should I buy?
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What anchor should I buy?
It is not a rope on the boat, it is a line, and when it is attached to the
anchor, it becomes a rode. Bill "Peggie Hall" wrote in message ... Calif Bill wrote: You ain't seen much. First you do not use rope on an anchor. According to whom???? Or do you only mean that rope shouldn't be connected directly to the anchor? I'd guess that 99% of small powerboat anchor lines are rope...and very few of 'em have any chain between the anchor and the rode. Not that it isn't a good idea...they just don't have any. The major mistake many of 'em make is in just tying the line onto the anchor with a unidentifiable mess that doesn't even come close to resembling any recognized knot instead of using a thimble and a shackle. -- Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://69.20.93.241/store/customer/p...40&cat=&page=1 |
What anchor should I buy?
At least I get to water.
"JAXAshby" wrote in message ... billie, you spend too much time in the bathtub playing with the "ducky" and not enough time on the water. Put 8-10' of 1/4" to 5/16" galvanized chain between the anchor and 3/8" anchor line / rope. in all my years in and around boats on Midwest lakes, I never saw, nor ever heard of, using chain on an anchor. Not once. You tie the rope to the mushroom and drop it overboard. You ain't seen much. First you do not use rope on an anchor. And if there is wind, on a lake, you want the chain to help get the anchor to set. Try Okeechobee. I bet the wind can blow bit time there. |
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