[Public-list] Anchors

[Rob Alley]

Ok, George.  Scope:  Pretty much by definition,  my minimum scope is  
enough to lay my second bit of chain  on the bottom, plus depth of 
water, plus height of bow roller above surface, say  about  2 boat 
lengths in 7 feet of water--a little more than 8 to 1.  Strange how 
these things work out. 

The worst I've ever had to deal with was a tropical storm some years 
back,  with gusts to 40 or 45 Kts (50-55 on the bay) for about six 
hours.  I  was alone in Indian Cr, on the Northern Neck of VA, with  
about 110 feet out.  Not restful, as the boat would veer to the end of 
its scope and lay over in the gusts, but was otherwise fine. An Alberg 
will stretch 5/8 nylon rather tight in 40 kts.  I had decided not to put 
out a second anchor, because I figured if it got any worse I could motor 
in the gusts and take up some of the strain--and I didn't want to run 
the risk of making a mess of both anchors if the lines fouled each 
other.  I am glad the storm blew through during the day. 

I think there are three or four more topics in there somewhere!
Rob

George Dinwiddie wrote:

> dickdurk at atlanticbb.net wrote:
>
>>
>> Well there you go- about a dozen replies, and about a dozen favorite 
>> ways to anchor. About what I thought was going to happen :)
>
>
> Funny, there doesn't seem to be much discussion of scope, however.  
> This week I anchored a 5 boat raft (3 A30s and 2 bigger boats) in Baby 
> Owl Cove on one of those Danforth knockoffs that came with so many of 
> the A30s.  Even with only 6 feet of chain on that anchor, I felt 
> perfectly secure with a 7 to 1 scope.
>
> I've got a 25 pound CQR with a bigger chain, but I doubt it'll get 
> used before I come up with a satisfactory bow-roller arrangement.
>
>  - George
>

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