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Old 06-19-2018, 06:02 AM   #10
DavidM
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While I agree with most of what has been said above, I want to point out that you should never raft with another boat when high winds are expected. Think about what two boats rafted to one anchor would do in 40-50 kts of wind.

As an example, early in our cruising life we chartered an Island Packet 350 out of Rock Hall, Md. Late in the afternoon we dropped anchor in a small inlet off of the Chester River. There were a dozen power boats anchored/rafted outside of the inlet.

At about dark thirty a strong norther came through (it was forcasted and expected) and flipped us 180 degrees in about thirty seconds. We dragged (virtually no anchor will reset in those conditions) but got the engine started and motored out to deeper water just before grounding. Winds were 40+ kts.

The next morning all dozen of the power boats were piled up on each other and grounded at a nearby island. That must have been quite a night for those guys.

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