There is a major problem with relying on most anchor alarms. If you have
100 feet of rode out and set the alarm for 100-150 feet, the alarm will
give many false positives all night long as you swing around. If you
have 100 feet out and set it to 200 feet to allow for a full circle, you
may drag 100 feet without the alarm sounding. The only anchor alarms
worth a damn are ones that allow you to draw a picture of a ring around
your targeted area, and if you go outside of that ring, it goes off, but
ignores any movements within that boundary.
There really is no substitute for waking up periodically, and making
sure everything is okay. Being abruptly woken by an alarm, real or
false, is not conducive to clear assesment of the actual situation.
A kellet adds a lot of security, and peace of mind for very minimal effort.
Bill Bina
There are a number of apps for smartphones that will alert you if you
are dragging anchor. Drag Queen wins for its name alone!
I'm a relative novice when it comes to anchoring, but I learned quickly
that its not enough to drop the hook and pay out the line. You need to
set the anchor by tying off the line and backing down fairly hard to be
sure it is set.
Joel
35/3
The Office
Annapolis
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Bill Bina <billb...@sbcglobal.net
<mailto:billb...@sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
I would suggest that if you have little or no experience anchoring,
you go out and practice a little somewhere near home when you are
not tired and the sun is shining. It isn't rocket science, but now
is the time to get familiar with it, rather than at the end of a
long day in a strange harbor. Someone who has anchored 5 or 10 times
knows about 1000 times more than someone who has read instructions.
You may discover small details that only apply to YOUR equipment. Do
you need a bungee cord kept in the anchor locker to hold the lid
open while you work? Are you ready with a full bucket of water when
you retrieve a chain and anchor coated with sticky mud? I have a
plastic scrub bucket with about 10 feet of line tied to the handle,
so I can toss it over the side to fill it up, and quickly refill it
as needed. I also carry a kellet, and I never go to sleep without
deploying it. I also hit the MOB on my GPS precisely when the anchor
gets dropped to the bottom, and never turn it off. As the boat
swings at anchor, I can tell at a glance if I remain the same
distance relative to where the anchor lies. It slowly draws a
welcome smile on the screen.
Bill Bina
On 7/25/2013 9:10 AM, Stevan Plavsa 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
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