-> On 10-20-95 22:36, George Skinner got back to Dan Ceppa
-> swing on your scope and are 4 or 5 miles from when you first
-> put the hook down and it held.... ;)
GS> ocean crossing speed record if a whale or other large fish/mammal got
GS> hold of your anchor! ;->
My luck, the whale will just hed back to my home port. ;)
GS> according to my navigation maps I haven't been over water much deeper
GS> than 70 feet. So far I have only anchored once, and I forgot to set my
Well, 100 yrds off of the Marina, it's 100'+
GS> danforth anchor so the boat actually drifted close to the shore for
GS> me. George
Not a good feeling, I'm sure... Did it happen in the middle of
the night? If so, waking up and looking into the tree branches
must have been a bit startling!
... Rudderless and adrift in the wind.
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