No problems with her anchor last night, all scope was out (260 feet with 120 of them chain) and 2 kettle balls down. The winds kept her in place all night. If the anchor had dragged we would have either tried going closer to the long Islands at Soucia or anchored between them with a bow and stern anchor out. We had her spare anchor ready to deploy. This morning the gale warnings were still in effect but the whole week looks bad so we took the weather window in the am and checked out Presidents Channel. We have positive current till 1pm but it will be wind vs current so if it's bad well turn around and anchor again.
Presidents Channel
T wind 22knots at the mast too but it's pretty calm at sea level. We are heading to the lee side of Orcas where the fetch will be small and well have shelter from any SE winds. If the weather gets worse well stop at Jones.
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Hi Bonnie
How are you deploying the kettle balls? Is your rode all chain?
Cheers
Rob Brown
The kettle balls run down the rode part of the ground tackle. I now have 120 of chain. So if I need to use the kettle balls I put out about 20' more of rode ( about the average depth I anchor in). I have a carabiner attached to a separate line and the kettle balls attached near the carabiner. I let out enough line that the kettle balls will sit near or on the ground. I run the kettle balls down after the anchor is set. the are on a completely separate line.
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