QED

a Danforth style?

nah, they anchor in open rodes with a 10# Danforth on three thousand feet of
dog leach chain.

way to go, dum-dum.

ROFL Trying to start another argument on a subject you know little or
nothing about, I see. ...... "keep their engines running" ...ROFLMAO

otn

JAXAshby wrote:
Well, you should inform the Navy and the cruise lines. They could save a
lot of money on ground tackle.



Well, you should inform the Navy and the cruise lines. They could save a
lot of money on ground tackle.



dum-dum, you are. both the Navy and cruise ships -- when at anchor -- keep
their engines running to be used to get the hell out of Dodge should the
winds
become too strong. Also, both the Navy and cruise ships use anchors
totally
inappropriate for recreational sailboat. Navy anchors are for squat
holding,
they are designed to be easily stored.

like I said, all chain rode is for weak old men and it WILL pull the anchor
loose and/or break off deck chocks when the wind pipes up and the waves
start.

Actually.. he is kind-of correct... Most cruise ships run on electic
motors so they are only "running" when making turns... BUT, the gensets
that power them and the AC, lights etc are running most of the time.



otnmbrd wrote:
ROFL Trying to start another argument on a subject you know little or
nothing about, I see. ...... "keep their engines running" ...ROFLMAO

otn

JAXAshby wrote:

Well, you should inform the Navy and the cruise lines. They could
save a
lot of money on ground tackle.



Well, you should inform the Navy and the cruise lines. They could
save a
lot of money on ground tackle.



dum-dum, you are. both the Navy and cruise ships -- when at anchor --
keep
their engines running to be used to get the hell out of Dodge should
the winds
become too strong. Also, both the Navy and cruise ships use anchors
totally
inappropriate for recreational sailboat. Navy anchors are for squat
holding,
they are designed to be easily stored.

like I said, all chain rode is for weak old men and it WILL pull the
anchor
loose and/or break off deck chocks when the wind pipes up and the
waves start.

G I think you are trying to say ... they anchor in open "roads" with
a 10# Danforth on three thousand feet of dog "leash" chain.
Actually, you don't see too many of the old "Baldt" stockless anchors on
ships anymore. Generally what you now see is something which looks
similar to a heavy "Danforth".
The average number of "shots" carried, varies but 11 is a good average.
(Jax heads for google to find out the length of a shot).
G Later, dipsquat.
otn

JAXAshby wrote:
nah, they anchor in open rodes with a 10# Danforth on three thousand feet of
dog leach chain.

way to go, dum-dum.


ROFL Trying to start another argument on a subject you know little or
nothing about, I see. ...... "keep their engines running" ...ROFLMAO

otn

so, *why* are you comparing a ship manned 24/7, with engines running, to a
recreational vessel?

again, all chain rode is for old men, and those afraid of the water.

G I think you are trying to say ... they anchor in open "roads" with
a 10# Danforth on three thousand feet of dog "leash" chain.
Actually, you don't see too many of the old "Baldt" stockless anchors on
ships anymore. Generally what you now see is something which looks
similar to a heavy "Danforth".
The average number of "shots" carried, varies but 11 is a good average.
(Jax heads for google to find out the length of a shot).
G Later, dipsquat.
otn

JAXAshby wrote:
nah, they anchor in open rodes with a 10# Danforth on three thousand feet
of
dog leach chain.

way to go, dum-dum.


ROFL Trying to start another argument on a subject you know little or
nothing about, I see. ...... "keep their engines running" ...ROFLMAO

otn

JAXAshby wrote:
so, *why* are you comparing a ship manned 24/7, with engines running, to a
recreational vessel?

He wasn't. You are. But you haven't seemed to grasp the fact that navy
ships and commercial ships do not "leave their engines running" while in
port.


again, all chain rode is for old men, and those afraid of the water.

In your humble opinion, of course.

DSK

. But you haven't seemed to grasp the fact that navy
ships and commercial ships do not "leave their engines running" while in
port.

of course they do, on anchor, which is the basis of the clown's claim prior.

again, all chain rode is for old men, and those afraid of the water.

In your humble opinion, of course.


me, and 99.99876% of the world's population.

. But you haven't seemed to grasp the fact that navy
ships and commercial ships do not "leave their engines running" while in
port.



JAXAshby wrote:
of course they do, on anchor, which is the basis of the clown's claim prior.

As a former ship's engineer, I can assure you for a fact that they do
not. At least, not in the real world. I don't have the experience to say
what they do in JaxWorld.

DSK

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
Not been on a cruise ship, I see.


not on one that was anchored. you see a lot of anchored cruise ships?

Yup. Try the Carib during New Years. Lots of anchored cruise ships. In
St. John, both us and the QE2 and at least 5 others were anchored. All the
Holland America boats anchor when they go to Holland America owned Half Moon
Cay. Try Grand Cayman. You ever been on a boat / ship?