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jrc · 08-09-2010, 11:09 AM

Several times this weekend, I saw an annoying twist on anchoring. Two boats came into an area crowded with anchored boats and just turned off their motors and drifted. They were close to each other so they could chat boat to boat. As the breeze pushed them near other boats they would restart the boats move a few 100 feet away and stop again.

These boats didn't have windlasses so my guess is they just didn't want to haul an anchor. Am I missing something here, is this a way around the 25' spacing in the no rafting rule.

It was annoying only because I had to keep an eye on them, to make sure they didn't drift into me.

08-09-2010, 11:09 AM	#1
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	No anchor anchoring Several times this weekend, I saw an annoying twist on anchoring. Two boats came into an area crowded with anchored boats and just turned off their motors and drifted. They were close to each other so they could chat boat to boat. As the breeze pushed them near other boats they would restart the boats move a few 100 feet away and stop again. These boats didn't have windlasses so my guess is they just didn't want to haul an anchor. Am I missing something here, is this a way around the 25' spacing in the no rafting rule. It was annoying only because I had to keep an eye on them, to make sure they didn't drift into me.