sailing off anchor
Sailing off an anchor . by cruising helmsman - june 2011 | 10 august 2011. niki perryman takes some of the angst out of sailing off an anchor with these commonsense tips. while cruising bass strait in their payne sloop, cathy and sean decide to visit a friend living on an island in the furneaux group. the anchorage closest to the friend’s. Sailing off the anchor. if there is one thing we really miss about our switch to power it is sailing onto and off of the anchor. these folks have the system down pat: drop the mooring pennant and unroll the jib to pull the bow off the wind in the desired direction. clear the anchorage.. I have done this fairly regularly recently but have not come across a cast iron way of heading off on the tack of my choice every time. occasionally factors seem to conspire to confuse the issue. normally i am anchored in north or west ireland where the anchorages are generous and the nearest.... 
sailing off anchor Slowly lower your anchor over the bow (front of the boat). keep the anchor rode tight at first to help you aim the anchor until you feel it hit bottom. then slowly play out the rode. it should end up in a straight line across the bottom, not piled up in a heap that could get tangled. be sure to stop the boat completely before you deploy the anchor.. An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the craft from drifting due to wind or current.the word derives from latin ancora, which itself comes from the greek ἄ
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