Visitors to the boat Christmas 2010.
Category Archives: anchoring
Waterfront Lands
It is difficult in much of the US for boaters to find a place where they can legally anchor that also is adjacent to a public beach or public waterfront lands where it is legal, and safe, to go ashore. We’ve anchored in places where the shore access is blocked by private development or large-rock riprap unsafe to climb and to leave a dingy tied to while ashore.
The theme seems to be bar the public and boaters from beaches, navigable waterways, and waterfront lands providing public access to the water. Seems like a version of the same story exists everywhere. Here’s a article from today’s New York Times about public beaches: LINK
The Pacific coastal anchorage at San Simeon Cove has access via a public beach. Most anchorages in California, especially those in areas of heavy population–like the San Francisco Bay–do not.
Flaking the Anchor Chain
Somebody asked me what flaking the anchor chain means. Well, here’s what it looks like once you’ve flaked it all nicely into the anchor locker. In Mahdee, if we let the anchor chain fall directly from the windlass down into the locker, we’ll end up with a big pile. Flaking it involves using your hand–or a stick–to guide the chain back and forth across the locker in such a way that it doesn’t build up in a pile in the middle! Also, when the chain runs out, it hopefully won’t tangle.
Here’s a picture of Mahdee’s 500 ft of nicely flaked chain in the locker:
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