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From: amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com]
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Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 9:36 PM
To: amphicar-lovers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [amphicar-lovers] Anchors Aweigh!<span class="265091608-25072006"><font face="Century Schoolbook" color="#ff0000" size="4"></font></span></font>
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<div class="OutlookMessageHeader" lang="en-us" dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span class="265091608-25072006">Reposted due to Yahoo clipping.</span></font>
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There's a lot more to anchoring than just tossing the anchor overboard. Some factors are:</font></span><span class="361400304-25072006"></span>
<div class="OutlookMessageHeader" lang="en-us" align="left"><span class="361400304-25072006"></span><font color="#0000ff"><font size="4">T<span class="361400304-25072006"><font face="Century Schoolbook">he depth of the water; you should have at least twice the length of line as the expected depth.</font></span></font></font>
<div class="OutlookMessageHeader" lang="en-us" align="left"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="4"><span class="361400304-25072006"><font face="Century Schoolbook">The bottom conditions; mud, sand, rock or debris (not a smart place to anchor).</font></span></font></font>
<div class="OutlookMessageHeader" lang="en-us" align="left"><font color="#0000ff"><font size="4"><span class="361400304-25072006"><font face="Century Schoolbook">Wind, wave & current conditions.</font></span></font></font>
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<font color="#0000ff"><font size="4"><span class="361400304-25072006"><font face="Century Schoolbook">A typical Amphi anchoring might be for a couple of hours in a small lake or river. Likely almost no wind, and only a couple of knots current flow. All you need is one of those little mushroom anchors. They're nice, because they are resistant to fouling, and they provide enough hold for an Amphi. If you need anything more than that, you shouldn't be there! Anyway, anchoring is not guaranteed; the watch always has to check for signs of dragging.</font></span></font></font><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Century Schoolbook" size="4"><span class="361400304-25072006"></span></font></font>
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<font color="#0000ff"><font face="Century Schoolbook" size="4"><span class="361400304-25072006">As for an anchor line attachment point; Amphi's don't really have one. I have seen some marine cleats attached to the front fender tops. That's handy, but not too structurally sound. It may not rip out, but you can get some interesting sheet-metal waviness. Another thing to worry about is line chaffing. As you sit there at anchor. the Amphi will always be slightly moving, up & down, back & forth. This gives the line a great opportunity to leave a rub mark in your paint job.</span></font></font>
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<font color="#0000ff"><font face="Century Schoolbook" size="4"><span class="361400304-25072006">OK, so much for negativity. You wanted a suggestion, so here goes; minimally intrusive yet decent. Get about 100 feet of 3/8" nylon line. Cut off a 20' length. Now splice the line into a "Y" shape (use good technique for merging the line; buy a copy of Chapmans). Now, attach the anchor to the long leg of the"Y" line. Before you go in the water, securely attach the other end of that line to your tow post under the front bumper. Lead the line up over your front bumper and into the passenger compartment.</span></font></font>
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<font color="#0000ff"><font face="Century Schoolbook" size="4"><span class="361400304-25072006">When it is time to anchor, just lower the anchor overboard, letting it pay out to the end. By the time the anchor line is pulling against the tow post, you will still have plenty of the third branch of the "Y" in the compartment. The Amphi will ride straight into the current or wind, and be reasonably stable. There will be no line chaffing problems.</span></font></font>
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<font color="#0000ff"><font face="Century Schoolbook" size="4"><span class="361400304-25072006">When it comes time to weigh anchor, just use theinside line to pullin the main anchor line. Be careful not to foul your bumper or front tire. Then, just haul in the entire anchor line and anchor. Don't forget to rinse the whole thing on the way up, unless you want to study the bottom contents.</span></font></font>
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On the whole, I think anchoring is a pain in the butt.</span></font>
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