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Me too on the 4'. But another good thing about chain, props can't cut it.
In Response To: Been there done that on bigger boats... ()
Which happened to us one night on Lake Champlain. We ended up waking up on the beach. No big deal, and we found the anchor next day(the water is so clear in that lake).
But if you're anchored in 5 or so feet, low water(like Block Island), you don't need much chain to get the rode down. Still, motor boaters can seem to be unaware of what is keeping an anchored boat, anchored.
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- Photoday! I haven't been in here in months.
- Waiting for fog to lift
- Way Cool photo Tom
- Blue Tarp
- Starting to gather up the needed bits and pieces
- All together
- I think I have one of those motors in my basement.
- Very nice. I wish I had that bronze chain pipe.
- Yes, we carry all chain, Tom
- Tom, do you have enough room on deck directly above your
- Oh what a timely conversation....
- Sounds like a plan
- 160 feet of chain is quite a bit for a 27 foot boat...
- I assume you'd stay with 100ft chain
- What do you carry on your "lightship?"
- 50' of 5/16" G40 + 225' of 5/8" brait
- BTW I never use my secondary
- Seems like
- Question... does the brait work in the windlass the same as three strand?
- 50' of 5/16" G40 + 225' of 5/8" brait
- What do you carry on your "lightship?"
- I assume you'd stay with 100ft chain
- If you tried to anchor in any
- 160 feet of chain is quite a bit for a 27 foot boat...
- We rarely use much more than 90' of chain
- effectively being all chain is a good thing. The extra
- Been there done that on bigger boats...
- Me too on the 4'. But another good thing about chain, props can't cut it.
- Been there done that on bigger boats...
- effectively being all chain is a good thing. The extra
- Sounds like a plan
- Yes, we carry all chain, Tom
- I think I have one of those motors in my basement.
- All together
- Waiting for fog to lift
