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Thoughts on lifelines:

Vinyl covered lifelines are merely one of many maritime nods to fashion and ascetics which have significant down-sides (consider the 32-foot sailboat flogged for “sleeping six”).

Thoughts on anchoring: technique and gear

This was written for another venue, but might be of interest

Hi all,

For those of us who anchor out and especially for those who look for increased safety for their loved ones and boat: the following might be of interest. 

Second anchor usage

The following was written for another venue, but might be of interest.

Hi all,

I agree with a prior comment on the usefulness of stern anchors.*

The following starts with some comments on the use of more than one anchor and follows  (later post) with a related argument that one should use their best anchor as their everyday anchor. This got longer than expected: it started a while back with some thoughts for another venue and seems to have grown from there.

My apologies: the previous subject was incorrect: not sure how it snuck in there. DS

Hi all,

Written for another venue, but thought it might be of interest.

My best, Dick Stevenson, s/v Alchemy

Training exercise: radar

Hi all,