[C320-list] Anchoring

[warren updike]

The theory of the Kellet is that it is a weight deployed below the water to
a depth that exceeds that of your draft. It doesn't need to be a great
weight as it only functions when conditions are such that you experience a
slack rode. Think ours is a 13 lb mushroom anchor. When there is wind or
current causing strain on the rode there is no danger of fouling your keel
or rudder. Only when there is slack is a wrap possible. The kellet merely
holds the slack rode below the keel so if the prevailing forces cause the
boat to rotate around the slack rode, the rode is held below the keel and
rudder. 

I have a mark on my kellet line at 5 feet, and use a snap shackle to attach
it to the rode. Unless the depth is less, I let the kellet out until the
mark is at the surface of the water. You don't want it on the bottom, just
below the keel.

We do a bit of rafting and always deploy the kellet as anchor boat as rafts
have a way of behaving contrary to expectations.

Warren & Pattie Updike
Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
Middle River, Chesapeake Bay




-----Original Message-----
Thanks.  What I have found out through a lot of research is that (in spite
of someone saying this is bad luck) is that anchor rode wrapping around the
keel is not an uncommon issue for:

1.	Anchoring in areas where the wind often opposes the current
2.	Anchoring in areas where there is large wind shifts
3.	Anchoring a boat with a lot of windage for its size.

Gee, all three apply to me.

Kellets, Riding Weights, and Sentinels (all three names are used) seem to
work well.  The KIWI Anchor Rider seems to be a great product but major
overkill compared to your suggestion which I am going to try.

I am going to do a variation of your system which is to put the mushroom
anchor on a shackle and lower it down the rode on its own line.  That will
give me a bit more control of it's placement.

Thanks to all again.

Adam

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Subject: [C320-list] Anchoring

Another easy way to use the kettle approach is simply buy a 20 or so pound
mushroom anchor and tie it, from an 8 ft. line, to the anchor line about 10
feet in front of the bow. (Tie it at the bow and let another 10 ft. of rode
out is easier than reaching out 10 feet!) Will draw your anchor line down
enough so your rode swings under the wing keel.

Jim #453