Hi Sam, I much sympathize with you as I sail Chesapeake Bay also, even though I am only 64. I singlehand mostly and learned a few tricks anchoring that may help you. I follow standard procedures anchoring, pick a good spot with land blocking the strongest winds and if it's warm and I desire a breeze, I place the boat where the fetch is too short for waves to develop. And I also consider the forecast through the night and the next day. Forecasts are very detailed and usually accurate now and I can't imagine not using them. If it's forecast to be over 90 degrees, I'll be taking a slip and powering my AC.
The harder part of anchoring is the weighing anchor part. If you have a windlass, the following may seem inappropriate. I don't have one and don't see a need for one as I do fine without. To leave an anchorage, I simply hoist my mainsail or start the engine and let it warm up, then don a pair of sailing gloves and head forward to the bow where I pull up the rode in stages. I have mostly all nylon rode with half a boat length of chain. I also add a 20# kellet to the rode when its windy to reduce the bow sailing back and forth. Anyway, I leave the rode tied and simply test how much effort is required to pull the rode aboard. Usually there is some initial resistance and once the tension is overcome and some line brought aboard, the boat will surge toward the anchor and I take advantage of that momentum to bring the bow right over the anchor. I retrieve the kellet and line. Once I get her so the anchor line is straight up and down, I snub the line to the other cleat and relax. I let the boat do what she wants and use the force to break the anchor free. I watch the bow fall off and once that happens, I pull the rest of the rode aboard and take good care to get the anchor onto the roller without banging the boat. I make sure the rode is on deck, nothing over the side, walk back to the cockpit and sail or motor away. Another trick if there is a lot of tension on the rode is to leave it tied and pull the line straight up perpendicular to the deck. You have a physical advantage of 30:1 by doing that. The anchor will probably be muddy as well as the last few feet of chain, but I usually clean that up after getting the boat moving on course, autohelm set and settled down. In light conditions, and no one else nearby, I can usually dunk the anchor a few times to clean it before pulling onto the roller, but many times, I take a bucket of water foreward with a deckbrush. I keep a bucket with a ten foot lanyand aboard for this. Planning is good. Have fun, Chuck Scheaffer 1990 C&C 34R, Magothy River > On March 26, 2019 at 2:28 PM Sam Tunanidas via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > I usually marina hop and have yet to anchor overnight. We plan on doing > that this year in the muddy Chesapeake Bay. Our boat is a Landfall 38. The > chocks (used for dock lines) on the front of the boat do not look convenient > for anchoring due to the angle of the pull. My question is will it be okay to > leave my eight plait line run through the rollers with a Chafe-Pro chafe > guard at the point of chafe as long as I add something to keep the line from > jumping out of the rollers? Are the stem fittings on the LF38 strong enough > to handle the load should the wind pipe up to 40 mph or so. They appear to > be. I have the double roller style stem fitting. Rarely see 40 mph here in > the Bay but it does happen. If the forecast for the wind is higher we usually > stay home. Too much like work when you are 70 years old. > Thank you, > Sam Tunanidas > Glide Path LF38 > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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