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Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-09-2019, 15:39
Replies: 41
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Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

That was probably after a storm or close hurricane. I think it was similar last year with Hurricane Matthew but with 15' to 20' waves

We are around 36.55 North Latitude sort of the reverse of you...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-09-2019, 13:10
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

The ships enter and exit the bay over the tunnels using the two shipping channels. Ships being aircraft carriers, bulk carriers, container ships, and tankers

Fishing boats up to about 150' or so...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 10-09-2019, 07:17
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

Thanks.

I was actually anchored in 5'-9' of water (1' - 5' under the keel) behind/to leeward of Fisherman Barrier Island and a few 100 yards out of the 30' plus deep channel but then the wind...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-09-2019, 16:34
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

Well, that's the way to do it.....go with you strength.

I actually could have turned off my engine and sailed for several hours but for the unlit buoys which I probably would have avoided but...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-09-2019, 16:04
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

Very nice.

That night I had to furl my jib because when I would pass my little maintenance flashlight with it's two AA Batteries from side to side it would damn near blind me for 20 -30 seconds...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 07-09-2019, 15:22
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

That's great, but it looks like it was a scary experience for you since you are now sailing a 40' plus boat in the same type water you did on your inner tube at age 6 months

Maybe soon you...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-09-2019, 03:35
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

Sure is but when your are in your home waters you do relax a bit more I think

The thing is I had options on Friday Night.

Other nights when I had just bought this boat and was overnighting...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 04-09-2019, 03:20
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

Yeah, strong lights would be a good idea when you are out cruising full time.

I have a strong handheld spot light, but it's in my Jeep. I was using it while fixing a problem recently. It plugs...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 03-09-2019, 16:47
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

I wouldn't have called anyone else.

If you knew the situation, you would understand a little better.

I could have anchored after I moved off anchor. I was in 20' of water within a couple...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 03-09-2019, 16:13
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

Thanks for your input Stu.

I really appreciate it. I wish you had warned me about the Latimer Shoal on low tide a few years back. I'm sure you know the best place to cross it.

Any other...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 03-09-2019, 05:48
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

Same area 4 years earlier motoring against a very strong outgoing tide. (same 5 hp outboard but maxed out) I had already bounced off the bottom on the SE end of the Latimer Shoal.

I'm hitting...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 03-09-2019, 04:19
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

You are totally correct!

But I like the way they did it back in the day. I wanted to go engineless but that isn't practical with my marina situation and my schedule. Sometimes I have to motor...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-09-2019, 14:39
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

Thanks for the input.

I was thinking radar the whole time. I was a radar tech back in the day from 1975 on up. Both PAR and ASR for landing aircraft and now with the airborne radar planes but...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-09-2019, 13:42
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

Think I figured out a part of the problem! ��[/QUOTE]

I think you missed it....
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-09-2019, 06:09
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

My original anchor spot was near the bridge in the background in the sailboat picture which the Atlantic Ocean is on the far side of. Barrier Island is to the left at the end of that section of the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-09-2019, 05:35
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

Yeah, it's in my normal area but not a good place to anchor. The last time the wind really cranked up and swung South and waves started breaking nearby at 3 am since I was only a few feet from very...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-09-2019, 05:24
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

I have been thinking about that since...….
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-09-2019, 05:19
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

Thanks M, but it makes you thing about folks that have maybe just come in off the ocean into a new area.

I did see at set of fishing trap piling earlier after only a mile and could have...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-09-2019, 05:16
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

Ha!

I never anchored or slept on the beach cats even after a 20 hour sail but I was younger then...….

and I was usually racing and had my teenage son as crew until 2001 when I got the...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-09-2019, 05:15
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Re: Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

Really, I have never tried it and didn't want to chance it.

The last time this happened I was able to see the pilings but on Friday night there was no moon and the Kiptopeke Lights were really...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 02-09-2019, 04:34
Replies: 41
Views: 7,136
Posted By thomm225
Moving Off Anchor At Night. (Not Fun)

So I decided to anchor in a risky spot just inside the Bridge slightly behind a Barrier Island on the lower Chesapeake Bay.

The tide had been going out super strong all day and several times...
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