Comentarii la: Sailing Ireland – Ancorare – Vreme rea – Arklow – Rosslare – Ep. 293

De: Hugh Burgess

Hugh Burgess — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 09:35:03 +0000

Good technical stuff on anchoring in wind. What rope should I use for a tripping line?

I’m glad to see that I am not the only mariner who’s snubber drops off! Looking forward to seeing the videos West of Baltimore!

De: Graham Smith

Graham Smith — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 14:50:47 +0000

Where did you get your hat from Bev, my wife want's one.

De: Dutch Globetrotter

Dutch Globetrotter — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 12:10:46 +0000

Ahh anchoring in heavy wind is always tricky. I remember a few years ago I was on my friends boat and we were anchored on the South coast of Martinique, sitting out the "December winds" two weeks of 35 knots gusting into the 45's. The anchor was set and holding great the boat didn't move, however a big 60ft catamaran hadn't put out enough scope so it started dragging towards us fast. Luckily I was on deck doing some polishing so I saw it coming our way. I yelled "Cat dragging towards us". The captain started the engine and I took off the snubber and quickly pulled up the anchor. By us moving out of the way the cat barley missed us, I'm talking centimetres! Then we had to reanchor in those heavy wind conditions, it took us several tries because the wind would take the bow almost immediately. We finally after 3 or 4 attempts got the hook set and I put out almost all chain we had and we were almost back to our old spot. We didn't drag at all that week however several other boats did.

De: Sailing Sheriff

Sailing Sheriff — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 20:40:23 +0000

Try Kevlar for chafe protectors, or old fire hoses need a lot of cutting down though

De: Sea Wench

Sea Wench — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 17:22:12 +0000

Isn't there icicles on the sand over there, too bloody cold for walking on the beach!!!. What's wrong with the engine, I heard ur having issues. U both look well and happy. All good over here too. Hugs from me

De: MrRipsaw1

MrRipsaw1 — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 17:10:02 +0000

Sound anchoring advice. I smiled as you were mentioning taking transits, as the boat and pier behind you moved from left to right to left… showing how much you were moving and how difficult it would be to visibly line up a couple of stationary targets.

De: Colin Mills

Colin Mills — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 11:30:50 +0000

Nice explanation of your anchoring. I'm a solo sailor and it's pretty much the same. Know the depth, motor up, engine in neutral, go forward before the boat comes to a halt. Drop anchor until it hits bottom plus a metre or two of chain. Then I wait for the wind to take the bow and as it does so I can see the chain start to pull. Now I start paying out chain and the movement of the boat lays it on the sea bed rather than piling it on the anchor. Once I've let enough out I stop and just let nature takes it's course. The chain will tighten, the anchor digs in and the bow gets pulled to wind. My snubber is a bridle with a slot type chain hook. The only time the hook has come off is when the bridle is too long and the hook lays on the sea bed taking the tension off.

De: J j

J j — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 11:28:04 +0000

Lasses just be glad you werent in Victoria Dock when the lock gate failed!

De: DreamTime

DreamTime — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:53:35 +0000

I love my snubber too. I find using the claw type chain grabber better than the slot hook type which tend to jump off in certain conditions. AIS tells me you are well advanced on the south coast now so hope its better Sailing. Best