Ok, so this to me is a bit mind blowing
we went out to anchor to see a local yearly fireworks competition hosted by our local casino last night, this is on the Ottawa river, so we drop anchor, there is decent current on the river, and we had some good winds.
So picture this:
We are at anchor, the bow is pointed into the current (yes the boat swings with the wind) but we go to sit at the bow to watch the show, I check the anchor rode, and it is going under the boat, as if the boat is moving up current (yes the engine is off)
As I said we did have wind, but enough to push the boat up current???
it was a first for us
My guests still cannot wrap their heads around this
The only thing ai can think of is there mig hr have been an eddy current as we were relatively close to a bridge piling (500 ft more or less)
we went out to anchor to see a local yearly fireworks competition hosted by our local casino last night, this is on the Ottawa river, so we drop anchor, there is decent current on the river, and we had some good winds.
So picture this:
We are at anchor, the bow is pointed into the current (yes the boat swings with the wind) but we go to sit at the bow to watch the show, I check the anchor rode, and it is going under the boat, as if the boat is moving up current (yes the engine is off)
As I said we did have wind, but enough to push the boat up current???
it was a first for us
My guests still cannot wrap their heads around this
The only thing ai can think of is there mig hr have been an eddy current as we were relatively close to a bridge piling (500 ft more or less)