Anchoring lessons

Tashi Delek
Mike & Carol Kefford
Sat 26 Jun 2010 14:59

39:51.01N 25:13.70E

 

The story in pictures.

 

First of all you have to try and find where the anchor has got to since you dropped it......

 

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Oh, well done, Zoe’s got it.  On the port side.

 

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Then you have to signal to Jamie on the helm so that he knows which way to nudge the boat.  Zoe showing excellent, clear arm and hand movements here while Mike is slightly losing control of his left hand and splaying his fingers.  Note too that Zoe is multitasking; she has the windlass (anchor motor) control box in her right hand so she is pressing the button to lift the anchor at the same time as indicating the necessary direction of travel with confident authority.

 

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And finally, letting Jamie know that the anchor has lifted off the bottom so that Jamie  knows he can start to move slowly out of the bay.  Note here again that Zoe is giving exactly the right uplifted palm signal with a gentle lift of the arm whereas Mike has taken a rather too excitable full-on wave of the arm that could easily confuse.

 

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Not sure who was teaching who on this occasion but the anchor was safely lifted and we went on our way.