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What anchor should I buy?
"JAXAshby" wrote in message ... At least I get to water. billy bud, I live on an island in the Atlantic Ocean. So, you look at the water as you drive over the bridge. If you boated the ocean, you would have bigger than a 12' boat. |
What anchor should I buy?
"Gene Kearns" wrote in message ... On 19 May 2004 00:30:41 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote: 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 In France, they speak French. In Italy, they speak Italian. In California, they speak cereal (i.e. nuts, fruits and flakes). On Midwest lakes, an anchor is tied to a boat with a rope. In the Midwest one can expect the nautical experience of those accustomed to a prairie schooner. Just how much does that "rope" stretch?? It that the same "rope" that Roy Rogers uses? Get along little dingy..... yip....yip..... yee-haw.... little mushroom anchor.... -- Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Southport, NC. http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/cavern/ Homepage http://www.southharbourvillageinn.com/directions.asp Where Southport,NC is located. http://www.southharbourvillageinn.linksysnet.com Real Time Pictures at My Marina http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide ROTFLMAO!!! |
What anchor should I buy?
So...... what is the diameter of a 3 inch rope? -- 1 inch I can't remember where rope changes from diameter to circumference when describing....it may be around 1.5 inch dia. Below 5/8 dia, it was called "small stuff". G Then again, different groups may have different points. Shen |
What anchor should I buy?
The acutal solution:
The rec.boats posters went into Big Box Marine. Calif Bill bought ten feet of anchor line Gould bought ten feet of rope to use for an anchor rode Jax bought ten feet of rope to use for an anchor rope. The young clerk on duty got rather confused by it all, and forgot what the cordage was supposed to sell for. The clerk charged all three rec.boats posters $10 @. Before the posters could relocate their argument to the parking lot, the manager of Big Box Marine asked the clerk about the sale. The clerk said, "I didn't know what to charge, so they each paid $10." "That's too much said the manager of Big Box Marine, " {{OK OKIt's a fable already so give me a break}} "Take $5 out of the till and give it back to them." The clerk didn't know how to divide $5 by three, so he took a $2 "tip" and gave eachof the rec.boaters a $1 refund. Since the cordage originally cost each poster $10 and they received $1 back, the net cost per poster could be said to be $9. Since 9X3 = 27, and the clerk absoconded with $2....what happened to the extra buck? ($27 + 2 = $29) Who will be the first "unstumped" by this one? :-) |
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What anchor should I buy?
In France, they speak French. In Italy, they speak Italian. In California,
they speak cereal (i.e. nuts, fruits and flakes). On Midwest lakes, an anchor is tied to a boat with a rope. In the Midwest one can expect the nautical experience of those accustomed to a prairie schooner. It is their boats, their anchors and their lakes. They can call them sweet potatoes if they wish. |
What anchor should I buy?
billy bud, I live on an island in the Atlantic Ocean.
It's not an island. It's a peninsula. The Supreme Court said so, officially making Whidbey Island, WA the longest island in the country. Manhattan Island is a peninsula? Well, there is that tiny piece of the Bronx that is legally part of Manhattan, but I don't live on that part. |
What anchor should I buy?
billy bud, I live on an island in the Atlantic Ocean.
So, you look at the water as you drive over the bridge. If you boated the ocean, you would have bigger than a 12' boat. Oh? Well, I do also have an Achilles and an inflatable kayak. Boy, was it hell getting all the last two Atlantic Highlands to Cape May last fall aboard the Porta-Bote on my weigh south, but I squeezed by. The waves were sometimes 2 feet high, cresting to 2-1/2 feet, the fish were circling and the sky too coast to take any celestial sights. |
What anchor should I buy?
Also Sprach JAXAshby :
billy bud, I live on an island in the Atlantic Ocean. It's not an island. It's a peninsula. The Supreme Court said so, officially making Whidbey Island, WA the longest island in the country. Manhattan Island is a peninsula? Well, there is that tiny piece of the Bronx that is legally part of Manhattan, but I don't live on that part. Ah, I thought you had mentioned you lived on Long Island, which is legally a peninsula. However, no one in their right mind would call Manhattan an island in the Atlantic ocean. It's surrounde by rivers on all sides, for gods sake. Dan -- Take GWAR, add in some goats and stuff, and you have Grimstari! -- Matt Hufstetler |
What anchor should I buy?
On Tue, 18 May 2004 21:52:06 -0400, "Gene Kearns"
wrote: In the Midwest one can expect the nautical experience of those accustomed to a prairie schooner. Dunno about that. Somehow, Michigan (part of the Midwest) has more boats registered than any other state. At least a few of us have a bit of boating experience. The Great Lakes (bordering several Midwestern states, and thus Midwestern Lakes) have just about everything in the way of boating pleasures except hurricanes (we are limited to the occasional tornado and 80 kt straight-line winds) and (noticeable) tides. You can go in a straight line for several days out of the sight of land. Not an ocean crossing, but I bet a lot of salt water cruisers don't make open ocean crossings either. My take on nomenclatu rope is the material; lines (and a few named ropes) are what you make from rope. Rode is like halyard, sheet, painter, stay, or shroud: a special name for a particular application. Thus you take some rope (and maybe a bit of chain) to make your anchor rode. Anchor line is probably acceptable. Reducing precision of usage dilutes the language. Maybe a lost cause, but worth fighting for anyway. On adding chain to the rode: I like to have chain equal to the weight of the anchor. Unless you are anchoring in coral or some other abrasive bottom, six to ten feet is plenty, so you up the size of the chain to get the weight up. With a 25# danforth, use ten feet of 1/2" chain (overkill for strength, but about the right weight). -- --Pete "Peter W. Meek" Rec.boats caps and burgees at: http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/cap-main.html |
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