by Ereiss » Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:15 am
And this one
This morning we had an interesting challenge. About to bring the anchor up and found the rode (octplait) part was going back from the bow and must be around the keel. We had 25m of chain out plus 15m of octoplait. I was unable to pull it in but easing some out it slid fairly easily. What I did not know was whether it was a single wrap or maybe more, whether it also went round the saildrive nor definitely which way round it went. With a bulb on the keel which extends sternwards it was unlikely to drop off.
We considered four ways (and thought of a fifth later) to untangle this.
1. Let out some Genoa to see if it would spin the boat round enough. This worked but not far enough.
2. Use the tender to push the stern round. This worked easily and we were then able to bring the anchor up.
3. Try to walk the rode round the boat using the free end and then let it off quickly at the bow in the hope the boat would drop back, spin and be back to normal. We did not try this.
4. Attach a fender to the rode end and drop it all overboard then come back and recover. We did not try this.
5. Let out a lot of slack suddenly, maybe already wet so it would sink, to see if the boat would drop back and recover. We did not try this.
Ed Reiss
Being There
F38 - #154
out of Marion, MA