Ditto for me, excepting our 14-lb Danforth.
> Our second anchor is an 11 lb Danforth copy with 10 feet of 1/4 inch
> chail and 100 feet of 3/8 inch nylon rode. This anchor rides in a bag in
> the v-berth storage compartment.
8-lb Danforth and six feet of chain. Ditto the other details.
> Last summer we used both anchors at various times. The copy was
> used for anchoring off the stern when tied to shore, the danforth was
> used in the usual way when anchoring off shore and we once used both
> when we didn/t want the boat to move towards some nearby rocks.
We use the second anchor when we beach along a river. The current will push
the stern, so we run out the light anchor from the stern cleat on the
up-river side to the beach. The main anchor goes straight out onto the beach.
If you think this blocks off a lot of perfectly good beach with ground
tackle, you should see what the big boats throw out.
We carry four 25-foot docklines, and we'll probably add two 50-footers
this year. With all the gear I want to add before getting a dry slip,
I'll be lucky to get those.
> Looking out at Lake Superior we see some open water way off past the
> Welcome Islands. I expect that we will be sailing again by the first
> weekend in May.
Yes, but I'll have my boat out of storage in just over a month. Might
not be warm enough to sail, but I can sure mess about.
-- Eric L. Pederson P-19 #970, Necessity Bloomington, MN