psneeld
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I took a team out today that has been testing soil around dredge spoil areas in NJ. Maybe widespread dredging of NJ ICW in the future?
The tracked vehicle in the boat is outfitted with a cone probe to sample soil characteristics around the spoil areas.
As far as many here guessing about stability and ballasting.....well I cant guess either and would love to leave it to the pros...but sometimes they aren't always around when you need them. In front of the tracked vehicle...the team also brought a 4 wheeler that was loded in front of the tracked one. Boy..for a vessel already nose down...it got really exciting with the 4 wheeler.
Last picture shows 2 danforth anchors set to prevent crawling on and off vessel from being pushed away.
I noted 2 things often discussed....one was catenary...the side loaded ine maintained catenary even with 15G20 knots winds on about 6 feet of chain and short rode. had it been off the bow...I doubt even this 6000 pound, 30 foot craft would have lifted the chain off the bottom...not so with just nylon rode....so a little weight goes a long way in catenary.
The other issue with danforths and look-a-likes...if they fail to dig deep quickly the force tends to trip them rather than bury them....I was constantly hand setting these anchors even after 6 inches of fluke were jammed into mud or the marsh grass. So remember Danforth and look-a-like users....slow and make sure the tips bury deep before any significant pull...otherwise they can trip in anything but soft bottoms....
Thus my love hate relationship with the best holding but most finiky to set anchors I have ever used.
The tracked vehicle in the boat is outfitted with a cone probe to sample soil characteristics around the spoil areas.
As far as many here guessing about stability and ballasting.....well I cant guess either and would love to leave it to the pros...but sometimes they aren't always around when you need them. In front of the tracked vehicle...the team also brought a 4 wheeler that was loded in front of the tracked one. Boy..for a vessel already nose down...it got really exciting with the 4 wheeler.
Last picture shows 2 danforth anchors set to prevent crawling on and off vessel from being pushed away.
I noted 2 things often discussed....one was catenary...the side loaded ine maintained catenary even with 15G20 knots winds on about 6 feet of chain and short rode. had it been off the bow...I doubt even this 6000 pound, 30 foot craft would have lifted the chain off the bottom...not so with just nylon rode....so a little weight goes a long way in catenary.
The other issue with danforths and look-a-likes...if they fail to dig deep quickly the force tends to trip them rather than bury them....I was constantly hand setting these anchors even after 6 inches of fluke were jammed into mud or the marsh grass. So remember Danforth and look-a-like users....slow and make sure the tips bury deep before any significant pull...otherwise they can trip in anything but soft bottoms....
Thus my love hate relationship with the best holding but most finiky to set anchors I have ever used.
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