anchoring

My lead line for sounding bottom depths. Marked only at 5' (absolutely lowest water, given calm water); 9' (adequate at low water; given likelihood of swell/surge; 15' (adequate for 7-8-ft tidal change when sounded at any/unknown state of tide). Works great.

Hello my fellow sailors. My husband and I are new owners of a Catalina 310 and the last two times we have gone to anchor our anchor line has gone between the keel and propeller and wrapped around the propeller requiring us to manually go under the boat and untangle / cut the line. Both times we...

First time putting my Catalina 22 in the water last night. I'm trying to recall the proper way to tie the tiller securely when the boat is moored. It was essential practice at our sailing club to tie the tiller down to keep the rudder from getting damaged or creating havoc against the boat from...

We have an O'Day 26 with a good anchor locker. I find that manually deploying and retrieving the anchor is very awkward. Reaching out either over or under the lifeline, keeping the rode, chain and anchor away from the rail while feeding everything back into the locker, I just wonder if I'm...