The operative phrase being "after you've set the anchor." Don't back down hard until it's dug in a bit. I often see people drop their hook then rev the engine in reverse and back through the anchorage dragging the anchor along the bottom. Andy C&C 40 Peregrine
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Dennis C. <capt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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 > -- Andrew Burton 61 W Narragansett Ave Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ phone +401 965 5260
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