We cruise full time here on the Atlantic coast. Those buoys are in my mind JV. in crowded anchorages it is normal that you swing over another's anchor. They are just an unnecessary hazard in an anchorage. The one exception might be in an anchorage where you are concerned that the anchor might get snagged. Again, after hundreds and hundreds of anchorages, I have never had that issue or concern. If the anchor does get fouled you can slide a 4 foot loop of chain around your rode and use it to lift the anchor. In the past 5 years I can only recall seeing two people use them. In Solomons last summer someone had one out and another boat fouled it. In GA last fall anchoring in a lot of current. someone anchored close to us with one of those. he knew he was too close. He went to raise his anchor but in the current, he got turned around and he caught it in his own propeller. Please don't use one of those.
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