T&T: Anchor kellets

[LA Licata]

Larry, your treatise is superb.

But, I have no experience with a chain-rope rode.

All of it has been all chain experience.

I typically anchor (overnight) with a 7:1 scope of all chain. My last  
boat had an 88 lb delta with a 5/16" chain. (My last boat was an 36'  
express cruiser, relatively heavy)

After anchoring, and verifying set, I would get a (already specified  
length of) nylon braided line (not the 3 twisted braid which I  
understand is better, but...) and using a hook, attached the hook to  
the chain, the braid's bitter end to a cleat, and let out more chain  
until the line had the strain and there was a catenary in the chain.  
The hook was never in the water.

I never dragged with this arrangement but I never tested it above 50  
kts wind speed

So, I wonder if adding a kellet can help.

Over here, (Turkey) I really do not see much thought given to  
anchoring by the locals, even those that go to sea a lot. Foreigns  
yes. Locals no. Locals use fisherman anchors of whatever size they  
seem to be able to afford, regardless of the size of the boat. They  
always seems to be just a bit too small. Then, the chain is usually  
whatever they can scrounge around, and similarly, the line.

In overnight anchorages that are mixed local and foreigners, as long  
as no one drags, the nights are quiet.

But if the wind picks up, or the sea shifts, the resulting commotion  
can add a lot to the comedy unfolding.

Lee


On Apr 14, 2008, at 2321, LRZeitlin at aol.com wrote:

Anchoring 101 - About kellets.

Anchor kellets are weights suspended from an anchor rode to assist in  
the
anchoring process. In theory both chain and nylon rodes, or any  
combination of
the two, are special cases of a hypothetical general anchoring system  
which
consists of a weightless, unstretchable line connecting the anchor  
and the boat
with a single concentrated weight, representing the underwater weight  
of the
rode, hung somewhere along its length.[...]

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