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[quote=CatFan57]CATAMARAN ANCHOR OR DROGUE LINE RIGGING/STOWAGE, WITH OR WITHOUT A BRIDLE, TO BE CARRIED ONBOARD WHILE SAILING

Sorry, I had to be away from this thread for a couple days, but I made the above mini-heading because I'm glad to see this discussion came around to how to rig/run/stow lines for use with an anchor or drogue, possibly with or without a bridle, cuz that's what I've been thinking about.  Was thinking maybe I should have made this the start of a new thread, but posted the mini-heading instead.

[quote=rch701]I have since made a real drogue to clip to the bridle for the next time. [/quote]

I'm wondering what kind of bridle arrangement you use and how you store it to be used when you want to deploy and clip your drogue line to the bridle.  I mean, I understand the idea of a bridle consisting of two lines of equal length, each attached to a bow tang on the right and left and meeting in the middle.  But are you leaving this arrangement in place connected to the bow tangs while you're sailing?  And if so, how are you keeping it out of the way and not dragging, etc.?  Or maybe you're keeping your bridle in your drogue bag along with the drogue and deploying them both at the same time?

MN3, were you using some type of bridle arrangement for your onboard anchor, or just paying it out from a single attachment point someplace, like at/near the base of the mast where your anchor was stored?  It sounds like whatever arrangement you had always worked for you anytime you capsized or otherwise needed it.

[quote=shortyfox]But assuming you just want to anchor for whatever other reason, and it's too deep to get off the boat?  The only thing I can see is having the anchor stowed right behind the mast step as mentioned before, and having the rode go through a bullet block at one of the bows and then back to the mast step where it's tied off.  Of course, this will be too much clutter for most of us.  [/quote]

Sounds like maybe you're not using a bridle with the anchor(?? not sure).  I'm not really following Andinista's description because I don't know what a bow foil is.

Btw MN3, I posted my post about wishing I had an anchor when I was getting involuntarily sucked out of the harbor to the ocean before even seeing your incredible story about the friends who got dismasted, sucked out to the gulf and forced to spend a cold night wrapped in sails with no coast guard active the day after 9/11.  Wow, what a story!  That's the kind of experience I was having visions of while taking my "free ride" out to the ocean (add in possibly getting run over in the day or night by a commercial vessel - although I would've been able to call the coast guard, not that I want to rely on that as an out).  Excellent safety point too:

[quote=MN3]After that day i made sure i always had the things he didn't. Water, sunscreen, paddle, and anchor.[/quote]
However, I have to point out you omitted beer.  :-)<em>Edited by CatFan57 on May 01, 2023 - 06:08 PM.</em> [/quote]

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