RE: Operating a P-15 from the cockpit

Dickerson, Richard (Richard.Dickerson@TTMC.TTUHSC.EDU)
Thu, 5 Aug 1999 10:57:12 -0500


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As can be seen by my earlier post, I am in total agreement with SF.
However, my anchor is stowed in a 2" piece of pipe lashed to the stern rail
(upside down of course). The rode is kept in a mesh bag with the bitter end
pushed through a hole and attached to a cleat. To deploy, simply drop. The
rode unflakes from the bag without tangling and you cleat it off at the
right length. Retrieval is simple as well, push the rode back into the bag.
The mesh allows the rode to dry without mildewing and keeps the cockpit
neat.

Richard

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> From: SolarFry@aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, August 5, 1999 10:34 AM
> To: gollerj@home.com
> Cc: wwpotter@tscnet.com
> Subject: Re: Operating a P-15 from the cockpit
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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> In a message dated 8/5/99 10:11:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> gollerj@home.com
> writes:
>
> << heavy anchor mounted on the bow pulpit >>
>
> And in an emergency you will drop everything, climb up on cabin top, skip
> over all lines (without getting caught) and run to bow to untie, untangle,
>
> wrangle and drop anchor while your motor races to burn itself lifted out
> of
> water by your weight on bow?
>
> Would it not be safer in floor by cockpit hatch where you can reach, grab
> and
> launch without leaving cockpit. There is no law that says you have to
> carry
> the anchor at bow location or bust a gut rushing up there to untie it so
> you
> can drop it...
>
> I have a P19 and keep the stupid thing (Danforth of course!) in cabin
> under
> cockpit near hatch. In an emergency I would not like to run fwd with sails
>
> up, tangle with jib sheets, fall overboard dangling head down from jib
> sheet
> while trying to launch the stupid anchor (prior experience) just because I
>
> was dumb enough to listen to a bunch of sailors that never use their
> anchors...
>
> It sure is a lot easier to reach inside cockpit pull dang thing out,
> untangle
> it and throw it out stern. Voila! no need to be a circus clown... Another
> way
> is to run line to bow roller and back to cabin. That way when you need the
>
> anchor it is close by (in cabin near hatch) and you can dump it over side
> and
> adjust line from stern (assuming it holds on first try...)
>
> Doing things the hard way must be a Potter thing...
>
> Hope you reconsider...
>
> Best wishes
> SF
>

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