Stevan, The most common mistake novice anchorers make is to not include the height of the bow in the calculation of scope. For instance if it is 3 feet from the water to your bow chock and you are anchoring in 20 feet of water, multiply your desired scope by 20 + 3. So if you want 5:1 scope, it would be 5 x 23 or 115 feet at the bow chock.
Once you've set the hook, back down HARD and watch an object in the water to see if you are dragging. If your GPS has an anchor alarm (most do), set it and relax. Dennis C. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 25, 2013, at 8:10 AM, Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > This will be my first real cruise and I was hoping for some pointers from > other Lake Ontario sailors. I'm looking for tips on places to anchor along > the way and clubs to stay at, places to avoid, things to be aware of. We've > only done overnights at other clubs thus far. We do have the ports cruising > guide. > > A friend just loaned me a set of paper charts that will cover the entire > cruise for which I'm very grateful (lots of charts! $$$) but they are out of > date, not sure how much of a big deal that is, he didn't seem to think it was > a big deal at all. > > We have two anchors, a big CQR and a smaller delta, 50 feet of chain and > another 150 of rode. Haven't ever spent a night on the hook either so any > gotchas on that topic would be handy as well. I have a few books that I've > studied so I understand these things in principle .. no better way to learn > than by doing so we're going for it. August 10 to 26 is the time we have > booked off which means that we're starting this thing during the Perseid > Meteor shower .. I really want to do on an overnight passage with my > girlfriend, say from Toronto to Cobourg or something like that so that we can > enjoy the meteor shower out on the lake. I'm a sucker for that annual meteor > shower and haven't gotten to enjoy it in years. I know enough to avoid the > shipping lanes other than that an overnight on the lake seems pretty > straightforward. > > Any thoughts and recommendations are much welcome. > > Thanks, > Steve > Suhana, C&C 32 > Toronto > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
