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02-02-2011, 11:49
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Boat: Morgan Out Island 415
Posts: 221
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Greetings from the Forgotten Coast
Been lurking, learning, and being entertained here for a while now. Finally signed up back in August, but somehow I missed posting here. Anyway, Judy is relatively new to sailing and I’ve been sailing all my life, including several years cruising full time on a gaff-rigged schooner with my parents and siblings in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and South Pacific. Since we have to work a while longer , we have plenty of time to hone our skills and make the boat the way we want it while enjoying the Forgotten Coast area.
We’re planning to get out there full time in about 5 or 6 years on our Morgan OI41. I know, I know, big, slow in light air, and doesn’t point worth a crap, but if we’re reaching in 25 kts, you can wave as we go by in comfort. Most importantly though, we can comfortably take all 8 grandkids and their parents sailing at the same time. Being able to anchor in 5’ of water is also a plus.
During our refit over the past 2 years, many of the threads here have been enormously helpful, and some truly entertaining.  On the other hand, you guys were not much help when we were deciding what anchors to buy. We ended up with a Bruce, a Manson, a Fortress, and a Danforth . . . sometimes its just easier to cover all the bases. Good thing we don’t need a gun. (So what kind of gun do you use to enforce achoring etiquette? . . . just kidding)
We really are glad to be aboard. It feels like home here.  
Bob
Bob & Judy s/v Adagio
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02-02-2011, 12:02
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Philippines in the winters
Boat: It’s in French Polynesia now
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Welcome Bob and Judy
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tripod
(So what kind of gun do you use to enforce achoring)
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A potato gun.
Glad we could be of a assistance to you but you should have bought a Rocna anchor.
Enjoy!
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02-02-2011, 12:10
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: New Orleans, LA
Boat: Catalina 30 Tall Rig
Posts: 234
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Hello! What is considered the "Forgotten Coast" of Florida?
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02-02-2011, 12:15
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Boat: Morgan Out Island 415
Posts: 221
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NOLA_sailing
Hello! What is considered the "Forgotten Coast" of Florida?
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The Forgotten Coast of Florida lies along the Panhandle and is bounded on the West by Mexico Beach, and on the east by St. Marks. Its known as the Forgotten Coast because it hasen't been significantly developed (yet). Here's a link to a local site (no affiliation) with more info and a map: Apalachicola, St. George Island, Forgotten Coast, Carrabelle, Eastpoint, Florida | Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce. We're in Carrabelle.
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02-02-2011, 12:23
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Boat: Morgan Classic 41
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. (So what kind of gun do you use to enforce achoring etiquette? . . . just kidding)
Just sharpen the tip of your boathook. If they get too close, reach out and key their gelcoat with it!
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02-02-2011, 12:24
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: New Orleans, LA
Boat: Catalina 30 Tall Rig
Posts: 234
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That's what I thought. I have a friend who goes to St. George Island every summer.
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02-02-2011, 12:25
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Boat: Morgan Out Island 415
Posts: 221
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Quote:
Originally Posted by delmarrey
should have bought a Rocna anchor.
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I might have if I could have looked at one. No dealers here that I know of.
[QUOTE=delmarrey;610363]A potato gun.
That might just be the ticket. I recently found a source of rifled PVC potato gun barrels. Not sure if I'd take on a boat load of AK toting Somalis, but sombody anchoring too close . . . no problem.
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02-02-2011, 12:29
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: ks
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all those anchors, and not one mention of the ol' cinder block
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02-02-2011, 13:00
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Boat: Morgan Out Island 415
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jyoung
all those anchors, and not one mention of the ol' cinder block
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Had to replace it. It wouldn't ride in the roller right.
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02-02-2011, 13:06
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CLOD
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: being planted in Jacksonville Fl
Boat: none
Posts: 20,813
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tripod
. (So what kind of gun do you use to enforce achoring etiquette? . . . )
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You don't need any gun. For your OI just hang a sign saying you have a 20# CQR knockoff on a 3:1 scope with 5' chain.
You will have lots of swing room. And if anyone still anchors close............well you now know that you should move
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02-02-2011, 13:14
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Boat: Morgan Out Island 415
Posts: 221
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Lucas
You don't need any gun. For your OI just hang a sign saying you have a 20# CQR knockoff on a 3:1 scope with 5' chain.
You will have lots of swing room. And if anyone still anchors close............well you now know that you should move 
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With a 20# CQR, we'd already be moving.
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02-02-2011, 13:16
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CLOD
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: being planted in Jacksonville Fl
Boat: none
Posts: 20,813
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tripod
With a 20# CQR, we'd already be moving. 
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Of course.............I didn't say to really USE one
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02-02-2011, 13:39
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Boat: Morgan Out Island 415
Posts: 221
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Don,
Nice to here from someone in Salem. When I was a kid, my parents were members of the Salem Willows YC. They had a 40' schooner on a mooring there.
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"Optimism is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat; chutzpah is taking the tartar sauce with you!” Zig Ziglar
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02-02-2011, 13:53
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Depends
Boat: Cabo Rico
Posts: 771
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You need a Delta anchor. I was in a storm once and it held, therefore it's the best anchor made.
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02-02-2011, 14:08
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Kansas City, MO
Boat: In the hunt again, unknown
Posts: 1,331
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PamlicoTraveler
You need a Delta anchor. I was in a storm once and it held, therefore it's the best anchor made.
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Ahhh... the old "best anchor" topic.
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