Its not often that you see something like this. I guess during the night the wind died and the boat swung entirely around dragging the anchor chain with it across the bottom until it hooked the anchor. I was more than a bit surprised to see the anchor come up with 30 feet of chain still in the water. Once I figured that part out, I started thinking about what would have happened if the wind came up after the change in direction. I'm thinking that anchor probably wouldn't have been doing a very good job, and we could have been very unhappy!
Morpheus was designed by Carl Schumacher, built by Davie Norris Boatbuilders in New Zealand and launched in 2002. She spent her first 18 months cruising the South Pacific before reaching her home port of San Francisco. Since that time, Morpheus has been raced and cruised extensively. This blog will document her ongoing adventures.
Monday, October 21, 2013
Raise the Anchor!
Its not often that you see something like this. I guess during the night the wind died and the boat swung entirely around dragging the anchor chain with it across the bottom until it hooked the anchor. I was more than a bit surprised to see the anchor come up with 30 feet of chain still in the water. Once I figured that part out, I started thinking about what would have happened if the wind came up after the change in direction. I'm thinking that anchor probably wouldn't have been doing a very good job, and we could have been very unhappy!
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