[Public-List] Re anchors and racing

[Gordon Laco]

Hello Jonathan - 

A friend of mine had an Irish-built wooden yacht launched in the early ’50’s.   She had a proper ‘spurling pipe’ of heavy copper running diagonally down from beneath her anchor windlass back down to the heel of her mast.  Her anchor chain was carried there… deep down in her and amidships both fore and aft and athwartships.

Gord#426 Surprise




> On Aug 27, 2018, at 1:16 PM, Jonathan Bresler via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> The anchor may be a 7.5kg claw, such as the one on Surprise.  Constance has
> one as well. ;)
> 
> The weight of the rode may be equal to or many times the weight of the
> anchor.  150’ of 5/8” three strand nylon weighs about 15lbs.  150’ of 5/16”
> BBB chain weighs about 165lbs.
> 
> Thinking that when the time comes that I remove and redo? the v-berth water
> tank in Constance, I may build in a channel to allow the rode to be drawn
> aft to the area below the cabin sole just forward of the batteries.   May
> end up being a bum idea, it being to hard/bothersome to draw the rode aft
> or that the rode won’t feed forward again smoothly when anchoring.  That
> would be very disappointing.
> 
> For safety during racing, all nylon rode might answer and provide an
> immediate anchor, allowing one to roust out the heavier anchor and chain
> rode, if needed.
> 
> Thoughts?  Has this been tried by someone in the Association?
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 12:49 PM Mike Meinhold via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
>> This is not part of the Chesapeake Bay Alberg Racing  rules. However no one
>> here would leave a heavy weight on the bow for racing. You must carry an
>> anchor but most would put it on the cabin sole near the center of the boat.
>> 
>> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 12:33 Gordon Laco via Public-List <
>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> I reckon the rule is intended to limit damage in case of collisions… but
>>> it is not a wise one.
>>> 
>>> My experience has been that those who race to the exclusion of other ways
>>> of using their boats often lack what should be common sense with regard
>> to
>>> seamanship.
>>> 
>>> Gordon Laco
>>> www.gordonlaco.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 27, 2018, at 12:13 PM, Mike Lehman via Public-List <
>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> We have  actually won a race because we were able to anchor quickly on
>> a
>>>> foul current in a dying wind. The anchor is a as piece of safety
>>> equipment
>>>> and can be used strategically in a race. It should b ed on deck at all
>>>> times ready for deployment.
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 5:56 PM mahseer--- via Public-List <
>>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> What is the consensus of the following sailing instruction at our
>> club.
>>>>> “All anchors shall be removed from the bow and stored below”.  I don’t
>>> like
>>>>> this rule and would not race (if I was still racing) with a piece of
>>> safety
>>>>> equipment stored below.
>>>>> 
>>>>> John Boor
>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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> Jonathan M Bresler
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> Annapolis/Eastport MD
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