This is my first post to TF. After reading this entire thread, I thought I'd share a recent experience. I don't want to hijack the OP, I just thought it appropriate to add it and not start a new post with the same content.
We were anchored out June 15-16 just off Sand Island on the upper Chesapeake. We had already spent the night anchored and were enjoying playing with our dogs on the beach. Around 1pm I notice this knucklehead attempting to anchor and proceeding to drag through the entire anchorage of approx. 65 boats. Lucky me, this guy's anchor "caught" about 20 ft. off my port side. I quickly returned to my boat and assessed the situation. Arriving at my boat, I witnessed him requesting his friend to raft up next to him. Mind you, this guy had a 3/8" anchor line off his stern that was doing most of the work. He was drifted in a way that his bow anchor wasn't holding much. I observed this guy's registration numbers and took a picture to document the event. Seeing me take the picture, he became belligerent and demanded to know what I was doing. I said I wanted to document who he was so when he hit my boat I had proof. He demanded that I move and that he had the right to anchor there even though he was 20ft. away. I told him he should really consider pulling up both his anchors and reset elsewhere. I explained that he was beam to both the current (2-3kts.) and wind (12-15 kts.), dragging, and to be that close to another anchored boat was completely inappropriate. He told me to F off and proceeded to crack a beer and watch his kids swim. Having a premonition of where this was heading, I immediately started my engines and prepared to get underway. I had no sooner done this when he was now about 10ft. or less from my port bow. I asked him if he was waiting to hit me before taking action. Realizing the imminent collision, his friend started his engines and cast off. His friend had no sooner done this when this knucklehead's stern 3/8" anchor line parted. I shouted to him "there goes your anchor" and his wife jumped in the water and swam after it. She succeeded, and survived without him running her over while he was trying to reset his bow anchor. Again, positioning himself beam to the wind and current. Realizing this was only the first act in this clown's show, we decided to head back to our marina and call it a day.
Please take notice to this guy's PA registration numbers on his cabin side. Tells the whole story.
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sorry to sound so opinionated, I spend many years sailing ('boating?') and anchoring and was barely even aware of snubbers and never has issues I couldn't deal with. I think a comon reason for the all chain rode is they just simply work better with a windlass. As the sailing/trawlering population is aging and average boats are getting bigger windlasses are becoming a necessity/norm.( chain also sounds stronger too).
