For many years I have used the same 200' of 1/2" braided nylon for my stern anchor (obviously on a larger boat), and I feed it into a bucket with nary a tangle either direction. In my opinion, braided line is the key, because three-strand is two stiff to deal with without the need for coiling (and the resulting twist). The milk crate is a good idea if it fits better in the space you have, but the container shape doesn't matter much for such supple material.
Tom Jenkins M17 Scintilla -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Poulakis Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 12:08 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: storage idea I think that neatly coiling anchor line is the best way to create tangles - especially when it needs to run out FAST. Having said that, I still can't bring myself to just feed it into a container and let it do it's own thing. Instead I flake it down in a figure 8. If the line is prone to kinkiness to start with, then it needs to be allowed to return to it's natural twist. The easiest way to do this is to get the boat moving at a moderate speed in a (relatively) straight line. Tie off one end of the line and carefully pay out the rest (first take off the chain and anchor of course). The line will return to it's natural state while being towed. Two caveats are: 1) do this somewhere where you have plenty of room and no other traffic. 2) don't get it wrapped up in the prop if you are motoring. When you bring the line back aboard flake it down in a figure 8. The alternating clockwise and counterclockwise turns of the figure 8 cancel each other out. I like using a solid plastic container (shallow, rectangular) because if I'm in a hurry I can flake the rode down as quickly as I bring it aboard and the crud stays in the container (well... mostly) . In places with cleaner bottoms a porous container would be better. Jim Poulakis "Spirit" M-17 #648 On May 16, 2008, at 7:58 PM, Joe Murphy wrote: > There shouldn't be any need to coil an anchor rode. If you think > about it, > look at what happens on a boat that has a haus pipe on deck at the > bow. As > the anchor is pulled up the rode is dropped into the haus pipe and > down into > the anchor locker. It doesn't get coiled and it doesn't ever get > wadded up. > I like the milk crate idea since it would be pretty easy to wash/ > rinse the > rode without taking it all out. > Joe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary M Hyde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 10:12 PM > Subject: Re: M_Boats: storage idea > > >> Thanks. >> Gary >> On May 15, 2008, at 5:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> I am as far as coiling the rode into a bucket, but never thought of >>> the bag. >>> Great idea, and will take up much less space. >>> >>> Rick >>> M-17 Lynne L #633 >>> >>> >>> ************** >>> Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new >>> twists on family favorites at AOL Food. >>> >>> (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ >>> montgomery_boats >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats >> > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
