petdos Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Hi to all ,noticed yesterday when i was at anchor while other boats kept sitting in the direction of the current (transome) mine kept spinning around nearly faceing back at them and then coming back,causing lots of line raps,anyone else have or had this problem,and what causes it ,and can i stop it(very anouing) ,thanks peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heath R Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I am guessing you have an outboard motor. If so was it facing straight ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petdos Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 I am guessing you have an outboard motor. If so was it facing straight ? yes down and straight,thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pure spirit Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 what kind of boat is it ? if it is light with a large canopy it might be a case of it catching the wind more than the current. you could try a sea anchor off the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onajewagain Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Mine did it, I dropped a sea anchor out the back in the current, probably about 2-3 meters out on a ski bridal. All but eliminated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petdos Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 Thanks to all ,i have a 17 1/2 ft -1/2 cab with full covers so could be the problem ,will try a see anchor,thanks again,peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humesy Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 +1 for the sea anchor but you could also be sitting on a nice jewie eddie. Were you on a river bend or a deep hole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunc333 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 guessing you are on a eddie too cheers dunc333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWV Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 It happen all vessels of all shapes and sizes to various degrees. I happens to my BW and to the 290m LNG tanker I work on. You can fix it by a number of ways. You can do what was mentioned above with the sea anchor or instead of cleating off the anchor line directly over the stem, cleat it to either the port or starboard shoulder and it allow the freeboard to act as a small sail and it will hold some vessels quite nicely whilst on the pick. Alternately you can cleat the anchor line directly over the stem and with the bitter end attach a weight (depending on the size of your vessel) and let that hang a few meters under the water surface and that will also stop you vessels swinging on the pick. If you have all anchor chain you can either snottter off the cable or attach a devils claw and keep paying the cable out and have a few meters of cable sitting in the water and that will also reduce the effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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