[Public-List] Reversing the A-30

[George Dinwiddie]

On 4/5/11 7:23 AM, Michael Grosh wrote:
> An anchoring alternative...pick your spot, head to it travelling downwind at
> 1-1 1/2 knots, dump anchor, chain, and rode over(I use 3 fathoms of chain)
> and have the rode tied off. When the bow dips and the boat swings radically,
> anchor is set, and I sleep well.
> Perhaps a technique not for the faint of heart, but it sure eliminates a lot
> of screwing around.
> Keep your feet clear of lines.

It's also an easy technique for single-handing.  I bring the anchor back 
to the stern, outside of all the rigging.  Then I flake out an 
appropriate amount of rode on the deck and cleat it off on the bow.

When going slowly, it's not very dramatic.  I anchored this way under 
sail, once, with a crew of a half-dozen ~10 year olds.  That was fairly 
dramatic, as we were probably still doing 2+ knots.  Put the rail to the 
water and came about like the Black Pearl in Pirates of the Caribbean.

  - George

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