[C320-list] Anchor Rode and Filter Wrench

[Warren Updike]

Chris is right, if too much chain for typical anchorage you'll have the chain on-deck to secure rather than the rode. You can attach a line from the overboard chain to tie to a bow cleat. This can be a PIA should you have to adjust the rode, esp. in middle of night and/or in weather. The issue really is how much chain is necessary to create a proper catenary? I don't have a proper answer to that one; but, the original (smaller) anchor had only 8' and was not a problem.

In a related matter, the windlass should not be used to break-out an anchor. I'm told it's not designed for that load. I will use the windlass to pull up to the anchor, then pull up the slack by hand as much as possible and secure on bow cleat. Be patient and let the waves stress the line. As the line slacks, remove slack and re-cleat. The anchor will gradually break out, then use the windlass. Even in a calm, this will usually work. This offered from the Chesapeake Bay were 99% of anchorages are in mud, soft and hard. 

Warren & Pattie Updike
C320 1994 #62 “Warr de Mar”
Middle River, MD (Chesapeake Bay)

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2018 11:38 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Anchor Rode and Filter Wrench

Larry, we have 25’ of chain and anchor mostly in shallow water. This usually puts the chain at the drum before the anchor can be freed easily with the engine or the windlass. I have added a ‘snubber ‘from the anchor to the end of the chain as a work around but it is really messy in the mud even with a washdown hose in the anchor well.

Thanks,
Chris Burti
Commitment #867
Farmville, NC

From: Larry Frank
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2018 11:20 AM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Anchor Rode and Filter Wrench

Hey Warren,

I understand what you are saying about not needing more that 12¹ of chain.
 However I don¹t understand why 18¹ could be too much.  Can you explain what problem this creates?

Larry Frank
WindSwept
C320 #246

On 12/20/18, 3:36 PM, "Warren Updike" <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

>On the basis that opinions are like noses, everybody has one, I'll 
>offer something. The amount of chain vs rode is a variable and depends, 
>partly, on where you typically anchor. Here on the Chesapeake we often 
>anchor in
>10-15 feet, and often less, not very often more. Advice I received from 
>an old salt whose opinion I value is that more than 12' is not necessary.
>On our current rode there is 18' and often I find that too much.
>
>Warren & Pattie Updike
>C320 1994 #62 ³Warr de Mar²
>Middle River, MD (Chesapeake Bay)
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Leschisin <mleschisin at imagestudios.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 12:14 PM
>To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>Subject: [C320-list] Anchor Rode and Filter Wrench
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>- A couple quick questions for discussion on a wintery dayŠŠ
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>What are y¹all using for anchor rode?
>  
>The standard 250 feet of 1/2 inch three strand nylon (with 50¹ of chain 
>up front) that came with the boat is what I have onboard now, but my 
>boat turns 15 years old this summer, so I¹m thinking its time for replacement.
> (I¹m guessing the previous owner never replaced)   Half inch seems
>pretty skinny to me, but it is what Catalina supplied with the boatŠŠ 
>I'm thinking of upgrading to 5/8 but wondering if this is overkill.  
>Any opinions?
>
>- Secondly, has anyone found a good tool for unscrewing the inline 
>Yanmar fuel filter housing? (The filter thats attached to the engine 
>block, not the Raycor).
>
>I¹m thinking of picking up a 2 1/2 inch spanner wrench but it looks 
>like it might be tough to navigate around the fuel line when using it; 
>looking for any ideas on what works best here.  I used the ³tap 
>screwdriver with light hammer² method this fall when winterizing but 
>I¹m not too crazy about marring up the filter housing collar over time.
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>Thanks for the help!
>
>Merry Christmas everyone!
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>
>
>Michael Leschisin
>#995, Wild Blue Yonder
>Menominee, MI
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