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Old 07-20-2012, 02:15 PM   #26
Marin
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Eric--- We've been anchoring our boat for 14 years in a variety of anchorages and bays from the San Juans to Desolation Sound, often in the company of quite a few other boats. Minimum scope has always been 5:1 and we have never had any issue with getting too close to other boats. For one thing, they all swing when we do. And in the anchorages where currents can be funny and point one boat this way and the next one that way, 5:1 has still never been a problem.

From talking to other boaters here from time to time about anchoring and what scope they use and so on, I always get the same answer. Minimum 5:1, use more if you need it. So I assume all the boats around us are using about the same amount of rode we are, and I have yet to see any sort of imminent problem.

Unless, of course, someone drags at which point it can get interesting or entertaining depending on how close you are to the dragging boat.
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