Anchoring stories...is yours funny, scary or both? - SeaKnots2024-03-29T10:14:41Zhttp://seaknots.ning.com/forum/topics/900123:Topic:29500?commentId=900123%3AComment%3A33292&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI only hope these ears and ey…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2009-01-20:900123:Comment:540892009-01-20T07:13:28.773Z___/)ances With Sailshttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/danceswithsails
I only hope these ears and eyes ain't documenting my every stumble and grasp for the nekid ass I be chasin about my pocket cruiser whence thy time comes. I'll be searchin for a shallower draft now I know big sister is at watch! (((LMFAO!!!!)) I be gunkholin' no doubt!<br />
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Sorry to dissappoint yer watch.<br />
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Cheers!<br />
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Sail OOOOOOOOOOON!<br />
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I only hope these ears and eyes ain't documenting my every stumble and grasp for the nekid ass I be chasin about my pocket cruiser whence thy time comes. I'll be searchin for a shallower draft now I know big sister is at watch! (((LMFAO!!!!)) I be gunkholin' no doubt!<br />
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Sorry to dissappoint yer watch.<br />
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Cheers!<br />
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Sail OOOOOOOOOOON!<br />
___/) Thanks but no thanks for shar…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2009-01-16:900123:Comment:535372009-01-16T07:24:36.151ZAndreahttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/andreadrac
Thanks but no thanks for sharing! ;-) Just kidding. What a scary experience. I cringed at this story and hope that this never happens while I am on board. You certainly lucked out! Wow!
Thanks but no thanks for sharing! ;-) Just kidding. What a scary experience. I cringed at this story and hope that this never happens while I am on board. You certainly lucked out! Wow! Wow! Good thing you guys were…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2009-01-16:900123:Comment:535072009-01-16T00:47:31.282ZAndreahttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/andreadrac
Wow! Good thing you guys were alert! I am happy that it ended okay for you. Thanks for sharing!
Wow! Good thing you guys were alert! I am happy that it ended okay for you. Thanks for sharing! Anchoring:
No Name Harbor at…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-11-01:900123:Comment:405562008-11-01T12:44:09.589ZMary Fhttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/MaryF
Anchoring:<br />
No Name Harbor at Key Biscayne is a great place during the week, but on weekends, the locals come to party - and some of them are pretty clueless about anchoring. One 50 foot power boat dropped anchor well off our port bow - simply dropped anchor. In a little while he came floating past us. So he powered forward and again "dropped" anchor. Wasn't long before he came floating past again. After the fourth time he finally left the harbor and we could relax.<br />
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Mooring:<br />
In Camden, ME, we…
Anchoring:<br />
No Name Harbor at Key Biscayne is a great place during the week, but on weekends, the locals come to party - and some of them are pretty clueless about anchoring. One 50 foot power boat dropped anchor well off our port bow - simply dropped anchor. In a little while he came floating past us. So he powered forward and again "dropped" anchor. Wasn't long before he came floating past again. After the fourth time he finally left the harbor and we could relax.<br />
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Mooring:<br />
In Camden, ME, we woke up at 02:00 to a lobster boat banging against our dinghy davits: Her beam to our stern! The wind was calm and it was slack tide. I don't think that any two boats in the mooring field were facng the same direction. My husband managed to get her off and we fended her off for about an hour until the tide took care of separating us. I grabbed my camera and took photos to show the harbormaster. We had no damage but the other boat had a broken antenna.<br />
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It was upsetting to think that the harbormaster had moorings too close together; didn't take into account that sail and power boats don't necessarily swing the same. That's a great lesson to lear…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-10-27:900123:Comment:399692008-10-27T23:29:15.082ZAndreahttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/andreadrac
That's a great lesson to learn (from someone else) - Thanks for sharing!
That's a great lesson to learn (from someone else) - Thanks for sharing! I thought I had added to this…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-10-04:900123:Comment:347502008-10-04T22:20:10.968ZPeter Kaferhttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/PeterKafer
I thought I had added to this thread, but apparently I did not. At any rate, we were anchoring at Galliot Cut in the Exumas. The first time we anchored there, there was no one there, although another boat did come in later. This time, however, there were already two boats in the anchorage. So we circle around, find a likely spot and drop the hook. Peter, don't you think we're too close to that boat behind us? Well, maybe so, so we haul anchor circle around some more and drop the hook again.…
I thought I had added to this thread, but apparently I did not. At any rate, we were anchoring at Galliot Cut in the Exumas. The first time we anchored there, there was no one there, although another boat did come in later. This time, however, there were already two boats in the anchorage. So we circle around, find a likely spot and drop the hook. Peter, don't you think we're too close to that boat behind us? Well, maybe so, so we haul anchor circle around some more and drop the hook again. This time, things appear more suitable. As the evening progressed, I took fixes on several landmarks and was satisfied that we were not dragging. The GPS tells me that we are in nearly the exact location where we anchored last time we were here. As the tidal current changed, the geometric relationship we had with the other boats changed and I was a bit concerned. However, I figured, "Boats at anchor swing together, right?" Wrong. Sometime around midnight I got up to check on things and found that we were frighteningly close to another boat in the anchorage. So, I put on some decent clothes and went up on deck to monitor the situation, fending us off the other boat with the boat hook. Maybe 30 minutes into the episode, the skipper on the other boat joined me on deck, we were close enough to shake hands! We had a pleasant conversation for the next 30 minutes or so. In all, there were four boats in the anchorage and each one of them was pointed in a different cardinal direction! So much for swinging together! Finally, the tidal current shifted and everybody was again in synch. It was an interesting experience. Needless to say, the next night at Big Major's Spot, we sought an anchorage well away from the nearest neighbor--a dinghy ride way to far from Staniel! In the Adriatic Sea every on…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-09-24:900123:Comment:332922008-09-24T06:48:18.185ZAlain Brauckmannhttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/rds
In the Adriatic Sea every on anchors with chain. The problem of most is that the do not grab in they're anchor by going backward until the anchor is holding.
In the Adriatic Sea every on anchors with chain. The problem of most is that the do not grab in they're anchor by going backward until the anchor is holding. I cannot imagine how shocking…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-09-14:900123:Comment:326462008-09-14T12:22:11.139ZAndreahttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/andreadrac
I cannot imagine how shocking that was when you first saw it. Did everyone have chain? And aren't you glad that you woke up in time...a good skipper always does ;-)
I cannot imagine how shocking that was when you first saw it. Did everyone have chain? And aren't you glad that you woke up in time...a good skipper always does ;-) Dave Lunt said:I have to tell…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-09-02:900123:Comment:317852008-09-02T06:32:27.273ZAlain Brauckmannhttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/rds
<cite>Dave Lunt said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://seaknots.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=900123%3ATopic%3A29500#900123Comment31116"><div>I have to tell you this, although I don't come out of it very well.....<br></br> <br></br>
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Around 2am, through the noise of the wind, I was awoken by the noise of an anchor chain running....<br></br>
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When I stuck my head up into the cockpit I saw a 50 foot yacht laying his anchor across our three. He was about 45 degrees to the wind, the crew…</div>
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<cite>Dave Lunt said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://seaknots.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=900123%3ATopic%3A29500#900123Comment31116"><div>I have to tell you this, although I don't come out of it very well.....<br/> <br/>
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Around 2am, through the noise of the wind, I was awoken by the noise of an anchor chain running....<br/>
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When I stuck my head up into the cockpit I saw a 50 foot yacht laying his anchor across our three. He was about 45 degrees to the wind, the crew were all up and about, must have been 6 people on deck shouting in Czech at each other, total kayos. My friends on the other yacht said they has seen them hit a yacht earlier when trying to anchor in another place. On hearing that, I grabbed the high power spot light and pointing it straight at the helmsman told him to "F*** Off to the other side of the bay". (Not very helpfull I'm afraid)<br/>
I was told to be more helpful by my friends. So relising that they were putting down far too little chain for a 50 footer in 30 knots of breeze I tried again, this time shouting "Go over there and put down more Chain", I showed them a spot with the spotlight. The next time they tried to anchor, some 100 yards on our beam, I kept shouting "More Chain" when they stopped putting it down until I thought they had enough. I think they put down three times what they had been putting down.<br/>
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Thats what we normally have in Croatia. Nothing shocking for us ;-)<br />
Charter Crew showing that they are real Charter Crews .... Loud and Chaotic.<br />
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I prefer anchoring lonely in a bay or if I want security,i go in a bay with Boje.<br />
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In the last time the authority is trying to cash you even if you are anchoring in a Bay, when there are Boje`s. Yachcharter is a good market in Croatia ;-) Oh my goodness. We never had…tag:seaknots.ning.com,2008-08-28:900123:Comment:313012008-08-28T01:52:37.695ZAndreahttp://seaknots.ning.com/profile/andreadrac
Oh my goodness. We never had to anchor in the high winds in Europe, so far just sailing (unpleasantly) through them. But having someone else anchor so closely to you in those winds...Oh my goodness.<br />
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<cite>Dave Lunt said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://seaknots.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=900123%3ATopic%3A29500#900123Comment31116"><div>I have to tell you this, although I don't come out of it very well.....<br></br> <br></br> I was anchored in a bay in Croatia, rafted on to two other yachts. We had…</div>
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Oh my goodness. We never had to anchor in the high winds in Europe, so far just sailing (unpleasantly) through them. But having someone else anchor so closely to you in those winds...Oh my goodness.<br />
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<cite>Dave Lunt said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://seaknots.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=900123%3ATopic%3A29500#900123Comment31116"><div>I have to tell you this, although I don't come out of it very well.....<br/> <br/>
I was anchored in a bay in Croatia, rafted on to two other yachts. We had turned up early and had a BBQ off the back on off one of the other yachts; then sat in the saloon (drinking), watched the sun go down and stars come out. All very nice....<br/>
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As we were enjoying ourselves, several other yachts started apprearing and anchoring all around the bay. We knew from the weather forecast that the Meltemi was going to kick up overnight; would be F7 from the North, so had positioned ourselves at the sheltered end and got our three anchors (between us) well dug in.<br/>
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Around 2am, through the noise of the wind, I was awoken by the noise of an anchor chain running....<br/>
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When I stuck my head up into the cockpit I saw a 50 foot yacht laying his anchor across our three. He was about 45 degrees to the wind, the crew were all up and about, must have been 6 people on deck shouting in Czech at each other, total kayos. My friends on the other yacht said they has seen them hit a yacht earlier when trying to anchor in another place. On hearing that, I grabbed the high power spot light and pointing it straight at the helmsman told him to "F*** Off to the other side of the bay". (Not very helpfull I'm afraid)<br/>
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I was told to be more helpful by my friends. So relising that they were putting down far too little chain for a 50 footer in 30 knots of breeze I tried again, this time shouting "Go over there and put down more Chain", I showed them a spot with the spotlight. The next time they tried to anchor, some 100 yards on our beam, I kept shouting "More Chain" when they stopped putting it down until I thought they had enough. I think they put down three times what they had been putting down.<br/>
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Fortunately, that put a stop to the shenanigans and I got an undisturbed sleep for the rest of the night.<br/>
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In the morning they were still there and motored past us on the way out of the bay giving us a sheepish wave. I did feel sorry for them in the morning as it must have been quite terrifying<br/>
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