John. I've never needed to absolutely have to no other choices as I'd run into the mouth of a whale requiring me to absolutely sail with zero other choices only windward off anchor. These 15s & 17s are very maneuverable so I've always been able to make it work. If the very rare situation happened I'd just retrieve from the bow, leave the ground tackle there and sail clear. Once out of the danger heave-to and then bring every aft. :: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: Baba 30 #233 DEJA VU :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - m15namedscred.wordpress.com <<-- new site! On Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 10:35 AM John Schinnerer via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Nice! Looked up the butterfly knot - very useful, hadn't seen that before.
My question to those of you retrieving anchor from cockpit is this:
When you need to keep the boat head to wind when weighing anchor, how do you do that?
If I need sails up and bow to wind for safety and/or maneuvering immediately after anchor up, that doesn't work if I'm pulling from the stern. I'll be stern or stern quarter to wind.
I can imagine a loop of line to the bow rigged various ways, so that the anchor can be raised all but the last few feet still pulling from the bow, then pull the loop to bring the rode back to cockpit. Or something like that...?
thanks, John