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  1. #5401
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    My observation is that the view count is not updated in real time. I look at the post, then look at another , then look again - no change in number of views. Next time, there are thousands more views. A lottery, at best.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobJ View Post
    What's the best anchor for my boat? Once this post reaches the search engines, clip in and hang on!.
    Of course, no online mention of the two most popular, least expensive anchors used world wide. The first, two dead batteries tied together, is popular, especially for rental moorings in deep or less than clear water. I've long lost count of how many yachts have drifted out of Yelapa overnight on a $100 peso/day mooring.

    Not seen on the bow of a Swan or Catalina, but something that works for smaller, 3rd world, work boats is the rebar anchor. Cheap, often free.

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    I've crewed on a couple of mark-set boats recently and observed that anchors used for racing marks run the gamut, both in type and paint colors.

    IMO the best "oopsie" videos are made at boat ramps, but the videos of runaway ship anchors are also good entertainment. Once out of control, ship-sized rodes, windlasses and associated gear can make quite a ruckus.

    Finally, our favorite marine retail store has a polished stainless steel ROCNA on their website for a mere $34,499. It weighs 606# so it might be a tad large for Surprise!'s anchor roller, but it's on my Secret Santa list.

    (Are we there yet?)
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    Quote Originally Posted by BobJ View Post
    Finally, our favorite marine retail store has a polished stainless steel ROCNA on their website for a mere $34,499. It weighs 606# so it might be a tad large for Surprise!'s anchor roller, but it's on my Secret Santa list.
    Now that Dura Mater has a brand new stainless steel exhaust elbow, a reconditioned exhaust manifold, a brand new water strainer, and a rebuilt water pump with a greasepot full of goop, I think she deserves that $34,499 ROCNA. I could lose another one to a submerged tree up river. That would probably be a record: Most expensive anchor lost in the Delta.

    Are we there yet? No, of course we're not there yet. All those insomniac sailors on the other side of the world are gonna get that book, I just know it. Of course Skip can't just sell it on Amazon like a normal writer. Oh no, he puts it on this forum where somebody he doesn't even know will win it. ka ray zee.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philpott View Post
    Are we there yet? No, of course we're not there yet. All those insomniac sailors on the other side of the world are gonna get that book, I just know it. Of course Skip can't just sell it on Amazon like a normal writer. Oh no, he puts it on this forum where somebody he doesn't even know will win it. ka ray zee.
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    Where did you get that quilt?

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    What is the best knot to tie old batteries together?

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    On the beach at Yelapa was a sad end for the magnificent 83' M boat WINDWARD in 1958. Cyril Tobin of St. Francis YC owned WINDWARD, and Hibernia Bank as well.

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    All that was left was the top of WINDWARD's mast that became the village flagpole.

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    And here's WINDWARD in better days, 1937.

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    Quote Originally Posted by breezetrees View Post
    What is the best knot to tie old batteries together?
    I'd think any of the parcel lashings in Ashley's, between 2085 and 2096 would do.

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    Jackie sure gets around..I have a feeling she knows this gentleman. Perhaps it has something to do with DURA MATER's engine repair. Or....requesting a ride in an iceboat? Time will tell. I am sworn to secrecy.
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