Quote from: Ray & Sandy Erps on April 12, 2007, 07:39:17 PM
I think the first time you anchor with your Rocna you'll be surprised by its setting characteristics.
http://www.svintothelight.com/Feb0706.html
The new Rocna was covered with a huge clump of mud/sand/grass
The other thing of note that happened during this time period was that we experienced our first "anchor dragging" incident. On Saturday (Feb 4) we had a strong frontal passage with winds 25 knots, gusting to 35 knots. That combined with pretty rough water conditions in the bay made things 'a bit dodgy', as our British/South African friends would say. We were out in the cockpit as the storm really got going and noticed a neighboring boat moving at a rapid pace to the rear toward another boat.
The owners of the boat that was dragging anchor had gone ashore earlier in the day, and the boat that was getting ready to get hit only had the teenage son of the family that cruises on the boat aboard. I was getting ready to go help the boy 'defend' his boat and try to stop the other boat from dragging when I noticed that we were closer to our neighbor to the stern than we had been earlier......
we had dragged and were dragging.
We were dragging slowly vs. the other boat, which looked like someone was driving the boat swiftly in reverse. Dahleen and I started our motor and motored into the wind of the storm for about an hour and a half, until is subsided a little and we could re-anchor.
AS I PULLED THE ROCNA UP TO RE-ANCHOR, IT WAS COVERED WITH A HUGE CLUMP OF MUD/SAND/GRASS, SO RATHER THAN DIGGING IN, IT WAS PLOWING ALONG THE GRASSY BOTTOM. A grassy bottom is not the ideal holding ground to anchor in, but you play the cards you are dealt.
During the course of the storm, 5 boats around us all dragged and had to either put out a second anchor or redeploy their primary anchor. We found a patch of sand to drop the primary anchor in and also put out our secondary, a 33 lb. Bruce. I also increased our scope to 9 to 1. I think this will work for all but the worst of storms.