https://www.uksailmakers.com/2021/10/21/2021-10-20-tips-for-better-anchoring-techniques/ Sail with confidence! Mon, 09 May 2022 14:26:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://www.uksailmakers.com/2021/10/21/2021-10-20-tips-for-better-anchoring-techniques/#comment-7 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:02:37 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=37#comment-7 Hi sailors Helen and I are new to the club but have a combined ocean mileage of over 100,000 nm . Anchoring is a black art in clear blue water easy to dive down on it to see if it’s set. In the end we decided to anchor backwards so the person on the helm see’s the sand you want and shouts to the bow to warm them a good spot is going to appear very soon under the bow and release every thing that you have prepared. This is also a far better way to moor to a bouy taking a long line from the bow to the stearn of the boat so the helm and foredeck crew no longer shout at each other for hours afterwards. Our last boat was 15 m and 22 ton . Paul and Helen old sea salts

]]> https://www.uksailmakers.com/2021/10/21/2021-10-20-tips-for-better-anchoring-techniques/#comment-222 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 15:02:37 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=37#comment-222 Hi sailors Helen and I are new to the club but have a combined ocean mileage of over 100,000 nm . Anchoring is a black art in clear blue water easy to dive down on it to see if it’s set. In the end we decided to anchor backwards so the person on the helm see’s the sand you want and shouts to the bow to warm them a good spot is going to appear very soon under the bow and release every thing that you have prepared. This is also a far better way to moor to a bouy taking a long line from the bow to the stearn of the boat so the helm and foredeck crew no longer shout at each other for hours afterwards. Our last boat was 15 m and 22 ton . Paul and Helen old sea salts

]]> https://www.uksailmakers.com/2021/10/21/2021-10-20-tips-for-better-anchoring-techniques/#comment-6 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:41:04 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=37#comment-6 Thanks for the sensible tips. Just a detail on the snubber: apart from reducing shock loads on the anchor it also takes load and shocks off the windlass.

]]> https://www.uksailmakers.com/2021/10/21/2021-10-20-tips-for-better-anchoring-techniques/#comment-221 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:41:04 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=37#comment-221 Thanks for the sensible tips. Just a detail on the snubber: apart from reducing shock loads on the anchor it also takes load and shocks off the windlass.

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Taut, not taught

The dyneema soft shackle has ZERO stretch

If "no anchor stands a chance with the momentum of a cruising boat", then your ground tackle is inadequate

]]> https://www.uksailmakers.com/2021/10/21/2021-10-20-tips-for-better-anchoring-techniques/#comment-220 Fri, 22 Oct 2021 00:49:57 +0000 https://uksailmakers.wpengine.com/?p=37#comment-220

Taut, not taught

The dyneema soft shackle has ZERO stretch

If "no anchor stands a chance with the momentum of a cruising boat", then your ground tackle is inadequate

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