Tom.B
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Bess and I have a couple of questions about our anchor locker. Firstly is how do you measure it's capacity? And second, how do you determine how much chain and line you can then hold?
I was at the boat the other day and took a few measurements. After a lot of math (ie: solving for the volume of a tetrahedron... and I have to say... not an easy task because I fist had to build the four triangle sides) I can up with a number. Then, I looked at the pictures I took and it REALLY isn't an ideal shape for me to consider the calculations completely accurate. Nevertheless. I *THINK* it is about 1.5 cubic feet. In the picture below... That is only below the lower portion of the opening. However, is there a more accurate way to figure it?
In addition, HopCar is saying that 94 feet of G4 chain fits into a square 5-gallon bucket. Five gallons is approximately .6 cubic feet. But how accurate is that when it is piled in an upside down prism shape (sorta)? Then, you have to account for the line.
The reason for all this is two-fold. Primarily so we can figure how much chain and line we can buy (obviously, the more chain the better), but also, we need to try and keep 16" under the windlass as noted by the owner's manual. We ALSO want to try and split the space to have room for a second emergency anchor.
We are close on all the numbers and want to try and get an accurate measure of the space. I thought about using water, sand, Styrofoam peanuts; all to fill the space and then measure. There has to be a better way, but it seems to be escaping me.
Thanks!
I was at the boat the other day and took a few measurements. After a lot of math (ie: solving for the volume of a tetrahedron... and I have to say... not an easy task because I fist had to build the four triangle sides) I can up with a number. Then, I looked at the pictures I took and it REALLY isn't an ideal shape for me to consider the calculations completely accurate. Nevertheless. I *THINK* it is about 1.5 cubic feet. In the picture below... That is only below the lower portion of the opening. However, is there a more accurate way to figure it?
In addition, HopCar is saying that 94 feet of G4 chain fits into a square 5-gallon bucket. Five gallons is approximately .6 cubic feet. But how accurate is that when it is piled in an upside down prism shape (sorta)? Then, you have to account for the line.
The reason for all this is two-fold. Primarily so we can figure how much chain and line we can buy (obviously, the more chain the better), but also, we need to try and keep 16" under the windlass as noted by the owner's manual. We ALSO want to try and split the space to have room for a second emergency anchor.
We are close on all the numbers and want to try and get an accurate measure of the space. I thought about using water, sand, Styrofoam peanuts; all to fill the space and then measure. There has to be a better way, but it seems to be escaping me.
Thanks!