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To stop pitching, no not horseshoes.

2311 Views 19 Replies 17 Participants Last post by Hudsonian, Feb 7, 2015

capta

Discussion Starter · Feb 4, 2015

It has been suggested on other sites that if a 40 odd foot boat is pitching in an anchorage, this might be reduced by hanging a bag of rocks off the stern and possibly the bow also.
Just off the top of my head, I would guess that this bag would need to weigh a thousand pounds or more to have much effect, if any.
Can one of you really, really smart engineering types on here chime in with a bit of fact based information on this, please. Thank you.

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newhaul

· #11 · Feb 4, 2015

I set a stern anchor to keep us bow quarters to prevailing waves seems to lessen the effect

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