Cc: Russ & Melody
Subject: Re: Stus-List Small lead weight "sewn" into anchor rode?
Hi Bruce,
The other guys are on the right track regarding kellet associations. But
six ounces is ridiculously small of course, for the purpose, seeing as 10
- 50 percent of anchor weight is
Hi Bruce,
The other guys are on the right track regarding kellet associations.
But six ounces is ridiculously small of course, for the purpose,
seeing as 10 - 50 percent of anchor weight is good.
I suspect your little weights were sewn in to act as a kellet "stop"
since it doesn't do much g
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Cc: Mike Casey
Subject: Re: Stus-List Small lead weight "sewn" into anchor rode?
Probably kellets? Used at that end to keep the line horizontal to the bottom
for better holding?
Mike Casey
C&C 30, 1980
Halifax, NS
On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at
To keep the line hanging straight down in the water to prevent wrapping the
rode around the keel in a calm Anchorage?
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Probably kellets? Used at that end to keep the line horizontal to the
bottom for better holding?
Mike Casey
C&C 30, 1980
Halifax, NS
On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 6:50 PM, Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> On both of my old anchor rodes, there is a small (6 oz
To mess with future owners?
Jim Watts
Paradigm Shift
C&C 35 Mk III
Victoria, BC
On 6 January 2018 at 14:50, Bruce Whitmore via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> On both of my old anchor rodes, there is a small (6 oz or so) lead weight
> with a line through the middle, wit
Hello all,
On both of my old anchor rodes, there is a small (6 oz or so) lead weight with
a line through the middle, with the line on both ends woven into the rode so
that the weight stays held up against the line in place. On one line, the
weight is about 10 feet from the end connected to the