There are areas around me that you can anchor up and hang out on the beach.
Being a relative novice, I would love some anchoring advice.
Have been positioning my bow into the wind or current. Then dropping anchor and backing up to engage.
1. How do you really tell if that anchor is engaged into the bottom. Sometime I see the rode taught, but wonder it is just the weight of the anchor doing it vs it being engaged into the bottom.
2. I see some people using a stern anchor in addition to the bow, and some people do not.
I assume this is to prevent your boat from drifting around the axis of the bow anchor. Sounds like a good plan, but are there any disadvantages or reasons not to use the stern anchor as well?
3. What is the best way to lay the stern anchor? Just drop it straight down? It's difficult to cast it out given it's weight.
4. Am I correct that you let out 5 feet per every foot of depth? I guess I need to mark off my chain and rode, as I am finding this difficult to estimate.
Sorry for all of the questions. Thanks in advance!
Being a relative novice, I would love some anchoring advice.
Have been positioning my bow into the wind or current. Then dropping anchor and backing up to engage.
1. How do you really tell if that anchor is engaged into the bottom. Sometime I see the rode taught, but wonder it is just the weight of the anchor doing it vs it being engaged into the bottom.
2. I see some people using a stern anchor in addition to the bow, and some people do not.
I assume this is to prevent your boat from drifting around the axis of the bow anchor. Sounds like a good plan, but are there any disadvantages or reasons not to use the stern anchor as well?
3. What is the best way to lay the stern anchor? Just drop it straight down? It's difficult to cast it out given it's weight.
4. Am I correct that you let out 5 feet per every foot of depth? I guess I need to mark off my chain and rode, as I am finding this difficult to estimate.
Sorry for all of the questions. Thanks in advance!
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