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Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

07-06-2017, 21:52

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Breaking Out a Kedge Using the Dinghy

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Posted By thinwater

Re: Breaking Out a Kedge Using the Dinghy

Lots of traditional answers that we all know.
a. A tripping line does NOT reduce the force on Fortress buried in mud appreciably. I've measured this, and I believe Fortress has as well. Those big...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

31-05-2017, 06:05

Replies: 18

Breaking Out a Kedge Using the Dinghy

Views: 3,694

Posted By thinwater

Re: Breaking Out a Kedge Using the Dinghy

Yup, I have used the weight shift method many times. Fortunately, never in waves. Get right over the anchor, haul the line as tight as you dare, and then sit in the other end for a few minutes....

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

31-05-2017, 05:24

Replies: 18

Breaking Out a Kedge Using the Dinghy

Views: 3,694

Posted By thinwater

Re: Breaking Out a Kedge Using the Dinghy

The most obvious case is that it didn't work. The boat is still stuck and you want to pull in a different direction. Alternatively, you did get the boat off, but one of the kedges was set in shallow...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

31-05-2017, 04:28

Replies: 18

Breaking Out a Kedge Using the Dinghy

Views: 3,694

Posted By thinwater

Breaking Out a Kedge Using the Dinghy

So you've set a kedge, pulled on it, and now you need to lift it and move it, without the benefit of he main boat. It is a Fortress (or other pivoting fluke type), has been set to 1000 pounds with a...

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