Moonstruck
Guru
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2008
- Messages
- 8,276
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Moonstruck
- Vessel Make
- Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
I'm surprised nobody has suggested setting two anchors. Sounds like a classic case for a Bahamian mooring. Not that hard to set, and very little swing, so you can set a tight anchor watch.
Jeff F, I was in a similar situation to the OP. I was anchoring in one of the narrow channels just north of Golden Isles off the ICW. Thinking about the reversing currents I set a Bahamian mooring. This would have been fine in a wide channel. The problem occurs when you can't get the two rodes tight enough to keep the boat in a perfectly straight line. All was well for a few hours then I felt the boat bump bottom. We were just far enough out of the center of the channel to bump on the edge. It was dark, windy, and the fast current starting running. Of course when the current picked up it pulled us back to the middle with a little swinging. I had a real mess on the deck when I started to retrieve the lines. Gray mud was all over everything including me.