About a decade ago, I fitted about 200 ft of
anchor chain to my olde 35 lb
CQR.
I have grown a little tired of the bow being "down" and the ship being bow heavy and tending to nod more than it should.....
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I searched the garage this afternoon and found the old
rode... about 200 ft of it.... but I cannot find the chain as yet.
I
anchor very rarely indeed.... once in the last 10 years, and so far, not in anger. There is no
windlass and the chain was very difficult to retrieve (as it should be, I suppose).
Right now the ship is in the Caledonian Canal, and anchoring will be rare. A motor failure in high winds may be one occasion when it might be needed. Where possible to
anchor, the water is normally shallow... perhaps 20 ft. Elsewhere, it's too deep to
anchor anyway.
I just want some chain to hold the
rode down. If I remember there was about 25 ft on there at one point.
What would you recommend?
Thanks.
Rockter.