Welcome back Charlie ! Sorry I have only touched a bit in Whittaker creek so no kedging yet. But I do have the danforth in the lazzarette so following along. See you in Oriental, any plans to swing by for a few Wed nights?
John Conklin S/V Halcyon > On Apr 24, 2019, at 9:34 PM, Charles Nelson via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I recently moved my boat from CRW to New Bern, NC via the ICW. Several times > we ran aground either because skipper error or shifting shoals that are > impossible to keep up with unless you sail in them often. > > Not surprisingly our Fortress 11 was pretty useless in grabbing the bottom > when thrown as far as I could manage! They need to be dropped and then backed > down on to grab the bottom--pulling them in after a toss just doesn't allow > them to properly set. > > My crew suggested I get about a 5 lb. danforth that can be thrown pretty far > but that will set better than a Fortress that tends to skip along the bottom > in those circumstances. > > My question for the list is what 'throwable' anchor for this situation would > you recommend? > > Charlie Nelson > Water Phantom > 1995 C&C 36XL/kcb > See situations would you recommends? > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPadthrown > > _______________________________________________ > > 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://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.me%2Fstumurray&data=02%7C01%7C%7C50171fc61058425a0f4f08d6c91e40df%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636917529100139200&sdata=yfqSJN9SdGMn8ePWHdPdgA7G%2B2NnfHstHe1KV19zImE%3D&reserved=0 > _______________________________________________ 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
