Sunday, August 25, 2013

Mantus Muscle

Tim says it's big and ugly, but if it lets me sleep in peace while the wind blows and the tides rise, then I'm a happy camper.  Now if I can just talk him into 250 feet of chain...


9 comments:

Robert Salnick said...

Make it 300 feet, and it should be 3/8"

Deb said...

Yeah, all you have to do is convince Tim for me :)

TJ said...

Robert, all you have to do to convince me is be available to haul up that 300 feet of 3/8" chain dragging that big-assed anchor on a dark and stormy night when we need to get out of dodge before the real nasties hit.

Robert Salnick said...

TJ -

You're not going to be hauling a 75 lb anchor by hand - you have a windlass, right? If you don't, you absolutely need one.

All it will take to convince you is one evening where you have to reset your anchor twice, and you'll be on the phone to a chandler...

bob
s/v Eolian
Seattle

Robert Salnick said...

Oh, and the only time you'll have to lift all 300' of chain is when you are anchored in 300' of water... which you will never do, since that would give you 1:1 scope.

bob

TJ said...

We have a manual one. An electric would be fantastic but out of the budget at the moment. Still, I am not looking forward to cranking that anchor in, 20 feet or 100.

Robert Salnick said...

In a storm, no one has ever complained about having too big anchor or too much heavy chain

TJ said...

Okay, maybe we just need to paint it red.

Deb said...

Bob,

Sorry but the paint it red comment was an inside joke between Tim and I. I'll have to tell you all about it some day if we're sharing sundowners...