Try this link.I have done an online search including YouTube and the manufacturer site but cannot find out how to use this. Can someone help me?
I never quit understood this attitude. My ground tackle is very valuable to me. In many areas there are very real possibilities that it could be lost if not for a trip line. So because you don't value your boat or it's equipment enough to employ good practices, I am the bad guy? You also get the same attitude if you put out more than 4:1 scope in those crowded anchorages.The downside to using a tripline with float to mark your anchor location is you take up a TON of room in an anchorage as it means that no one can swing over your anchor location. In crowded anchorage this will make you very unpopular.
JK,I never quit understood this attitude. My ground tackle is very valuable to me. In many areas there are very real possibilities that it could be lost if not for a trip line. So because you don't value your boat or it's equipment enough to employ good practices, I am the bad guy? You also get the same attitude if you put out more than 4:1 scope in those crowded anchorages.
I think prudent sailors should question those that anchor in a manner that requires them to be over my anchor. What if I decide to leave before you? What if you drag, you just increased the chances of fowling my anchor? What if we have different scopes out and now I swing into you? The possibilities could go on. IMO, anchoring in a manner that requires you to be over someone's anchor or within their swing radius is bad seamanship. The use of trip lines is a prudent measure and it helps inform others where your anchor is so they don't pick a poor spot to anchor.
I am sympathetic to your point entirly, it's your math that puzzles me. The scope would be the radius of your swing arc. So wouldn't you only need to anchor 150 feet from the other boat's anchor. Your circles would never overlap because the radii are less or equal to the scope.But the bigger point is that all boats swing, and mostly together. If I we anchor in 20 feet of water and go 7:1, my anchor is almost 150 in front of the boat. This is no reason another boat has to anchor 300 feet away from my bow just so his transom never passes over my anchor. A float causes that. I'm just advocating having a good reason.
Hey Joe, yes, I think that is what I said, but a bit differently... dropping my anchor 150 feet in front of his anchor creates a 300 space between his bow and my anchor. I edited my post to clarify a bit. That space is needed because the arcs cannot overlap.I am sympathetic to your point entirly, it's your math that puzzles me. The scope would be the radius of your swing arc. So wouldn't you only need to anchor 150 feet from the other boat's anchor. Your circles would never overlap because the radii are less or equal to the scope.
Yep last Nov at 0500 I could hear the line pulling taunt, then snap. We looked for the float before hauling anchor and couldn't find it. Anchor aboard I made a slow turn in the narrow channel and needed reverse to keep off the bank. Somehow we didn't snag it because we saw it float by when we went forward again. Close call.Rarely do you see use of trip lines in anchorages. I've only used one once in a cove known to have stumps on the bottom.
Risks include:
Current and wind shift sending your boat over the trip bouy and snagging it with your own prop.
Not worth the hassle
For example....I'm trying to figure out how one decides before hand whether you use, or decide not to before deployment.