Seriously. Anchor from a stern cleat. You will be amazed at the stability and anchor firness. The pressure on the anchor line is far higher from the boat sailing back and forth getting yanked to another tack than the slap of a wave on a broad transom. Doug Kelch M15 G #310 "Seas the Day" On Apr 24, 2014 1:25 PM, "Howard Audsley" <haudsley@tranquility.net> wrote:
I have come to realize that a lively boat at anchor is the price you pay for sailing a small boat that is all go and not slow. Between the topsides and rigging and all the other windage aloft, when compared to what is down below, they just stay "busy". They want to sail and can't sit still.
Compare us to some of the bigger boats, full keels and such, and they are tanks and ponderous by comparison. They ride steady, but it will take a lot of wind to get them moving. A friend I often raft up to has a Tartan 37 and when I step aboard that, I have been know to ask if it is floating or resting on the bottom. It doesn't move or rock at all. It rides steady in an awful lot of wind and small subtle wind shifts that leave me tacking back and forth doesn't even faze it.
A few other things to try is to leave the CB down. Also, of you are certain you won't have to deal with a dangerous wind shift, you might try putting out a stern anchor as well as one off the bow. Similar to tying the stern or bow to shore, but without the shore. Put them way out and stretch yourself in the middle. Also, take advantage of the shallow draft and anchor in protected shallow water that those with deeper drafts can't get to. Maybe less wind and less chance someone will run over your stern line?