Agree. I've gone aground in panic situations and found that strong short
thrusts with the engine got us off. I always try to back out straight but if
she won't budge, I apply some rudder and try and spin her free, first in
reverse, then forward. A burst of throttle in forward will hit the
: Dennis C.
Sent: Thu, Apr 25, 2019 10:10 am
Subject: Re: Stus-List 'Kedging anchor' for ICW
Buddy of mine is a salvor. He got called to free a 48 footer stuck on a shoal
a few years ago. He showed up at high tide with all his air lift bags and
gear. He got on the boat, put the boat in full
Buddy of mine is a salvor. He got called to free a 48 footer stuck on a
shoal a few years ago. He showed up at high tide with all his air lift
bags and gear. He got on the boat, put the boat in full reverse, hit the
bow thruster alternating port and starboard. After a couple minutes of
ke, if you haven't run aground, you have been faking it.
Gary
St. Michaels MD
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Subject: Re: Stus-List 'Kedging anchor' for IC
Our ICW system worked as follows:
1. Run aground
2. Everyone off the boat, swim around and find the deep water.
3. Everyone back on and all but one sit on the boom.
4. Swing the boom out, heel over, and head towards area found in step 2.
Joe
Coquina
C 35 MK I
This is the issue.I have a Fortress 16 and it makes a great kedging
anchor. I usually set it out about 100-150 feet from the boat. There is
no way I know of to kedge by throwing an anchor, you have to swim or row
it out.
Joe
Coquina
C 35 MK I
On 4/24/2019 10:33 PM, Dennis C. via CnC-List
Chuck,
We got ourselves stuck in soft sand in the Black River (South Haven,
Michigan) during the low water time on Lake Michigan. We tried most of
the easy things to get off with no luck. A power boat came up and offer
to pull us off and we were gathering lines for that when a guy came up
Hi Charlie,
never thought I could throw an anchor far enough to work as a kedge.
I've run aground many times with our old 7'4" fin keel, and our newer 6' 3" fin
keel. The advantage of a fin is that when you do hit bottom, you remain very
upright. And the fin presents so little area that we we
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Subject: Re: Stus-List 'Kedging anchor' for ICW
I'm not convinced you can throw an anchor far enough to kedge. You wouldn't
have a lot of scope and you'd be pulling up rather than horizontally.
I've
too many for my liking). Even with the help of that
jerry-rigged platform it wasn’t an easy thing.
Marek
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Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 22:33
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Subject: Re: Stus-List 'Kedging anchor' for ICW
I'm not convinced you
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
I'm not convinced you can throw an anchor far enough to kedge. You
wouldn't have a lot of scope and you'd be pulling up rather than
horizontally.
I've always thought that kedging was best accomplished by hauling an anchor
well away from the boat with a dinghy or floating it out on a PFD.
I was
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
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