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Old 06-20-2016, 09:33 AM   #20
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Poker wrote;
"How can anyone coming in to the anchorage even guess how much scope I have out or where my anchor is without a float ?"

Lots of ways one can guess w a fair degree of accuracy.
1. One can see where all the other boats are oriented and observe the wind. The anchors will be somewhere upwind.
2. Look at the rodes attached to the bows of the other boats and observe that they are chain or line. With a chain rode and light wind the anchor won't be far upwind or even right in front of the boat but w white nylon line the anchor could (or likely will be) quite a distance upwind.

There are other tell tales but if there's no wind and other boats are oriented every which way you do have a point but one definitely should be able to draw some fairly correct conclusions.

Bill wrote;
"Apparently it must not be to difficult. Since 90% or more of the vessels anchoring out don't use a float and rarely do boats ever seem to get their anchors tangled up together or have another vessel swing into them"
In the shallow waters on the east coast that is probably more true but it's amazing how few troubles occur. Good point.
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