Picture this:
A picture-perfect day at the lake. Not a boat in sight and none anywhere
near the launch ramp. The ramp is empty, the dock is empty, the water is
empty. The sun is shining. The air is warm. Only thing left to do is
launch my boat.

Oh, one problem. While I was prepping my boat a PWC'er came to the dock
from the water and tied up on the dock near waters edge! He had 4 options
that wouldn't have interfered with my solo launching plans and he picked the
one that kept me and anyone else from using the dock for a launch.

Anyway, it forced me to perform my first water launch and solo at that. The
water launch went well. I'll be comfortable doing that from now on when the
dock isn't available.

So, the bad news: just another encounter with another knucklehead.

The good news: it caused me to learn another water skill.

Oh, and I practiced using my new anchor buddy in preparation for teaching my
wife how to use it for her upcoming boat-in camping trip this weekend. Glad
I practiced; I'll need a longer land line and I think I'll take advantage of
the suggestion to tie the anchor rode and land line to a float for easy come
easy go.

Once again, I've learned as much from this ng as I have from boating
friends; in fact, I'm finding myself more knowledgeable than most, but less
experienced/skilled.

Summer 2006: So far so good!

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:33:10 GMT, "Bryan" wrote:

Picture this:
A picture-perfect day at the lake. Not a boat in sight and none anywhere
near the launch ramp. The ramp is empty, the dock is empty, the water is
empty. The sun is shining. The air is warm. Only thing left to do is
launch my boat.

Oh, one problem. While I was prepping my boat a PWC'er came to the dock
from the water and tied up on the dock near waters edge! He had 4 options
that wouldn't have interfered with my solo launching plans and he picked the
one that kept me and anyone else from using the dock for a launch.

Anyway, it forced me to perform my first water launch and solo at that. The
water launch went well. I'll be comfortable doing that from now on when the
dock isn't available.

So, the bad news: just another encounter with another knucklehead.

The good news: it caused me to learn another water skill.

Oh, and I practiced using my new anchor buddy in preparation for teaching my
wife how to use it for her upcoming boat-in camping trip this weekend. Glad
I practiced; I'll need a longer land line and I think I'll take advantage of
the suggestion to tie the anchor rode and land line to a float for easy come
easy go.

Once again, I've learned as much from this ng as I have from boating
friends; in fact, I'm finding myself more knowledgeable than most, but less
experienced/skilled.

Summer 2006: So far so good!


Good news! Glad all went well.
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***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

John

"Bryan" wrote in message
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Picture this:
A picture-perfect day at the lake. Not a boat in sight and none anywhere
near the launch ramp. The ramp is empty, the dock is empty, the water is
empty. The sun is shining. The air is warm. Only thing left to do is
launch my boat.

Oh, one problem. While I was prepping my boat a PWC'er came to the dock
from the water and tied up on the dock near waters edge! He had 4 options
that wouldn't have interfered with my solo launching plans and he picked
the one that kept me and anyone else from using the dock for a launch.

Anyway, it forced me to perform my first water launch and solo at that.
The water launch went well. I'll be comfortable doing that from now on
when the dock isn't available.

So, the bad news: just another encounter with another knucklehead.

The good news: it caused me to learn another water skill.

Oh, and I practiced using my new anchor buddy in preparation for teaching
my wife how to use it for her upcoming boat-in camping trip this weekend.
Glad I practiced; I'll need a longer land line and I think I'll take
advantage of the suggestion to tie the anchor rode and land line to a
float for easy come easy go.

Once again, I've learned as much from this ng as I have from boating
friends; in fact, I'm finding myself more knowledgeable than most, but
less experienced/skilled.

Summer 2006: So far so good!


Glad to hear things went well with only a small bump along the way.

All you need on the stern anchor is 50 feet of line at tops as you don't
have to anchor on the beach or tie up to a tree on the beach.........setting
the anchor in the water (assuming sand or mud) will work just fine. You
also do not need a special float on either the bow or stern anchors when
anchoring near the beach. Get everyone on board except one after running
the blower for 5 minutes. Have the person in the water lift the stern
anchor and bring it to the boat, taking in the line along the way. Let that
person board the boat. Start the engine (with someone on the bow) and
slowly motor out to the bow anchor, taking up line along the way, until you
can pull it up and into the boat.

No need for anything fancy Bryan.

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
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"Bryan" wrote in message
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Picture this:
A picture-perfect day at the lake. Not a boat in sight and none anywhere
near the launch ramp. The ramp is empty, the dock is empty, the water is
empty. The sun is shining. The air is warm. Only thing left to do is
launch my boat.

Oh, one problem. While I was prepping my boat a PWC'er came to the dock
from the water and tied up on the dock near waters edge! He had 4
options that wouldn't have interfered with my solo launching plans and he
picked the one that kept me and anyone else from using the dock for a
launch.

Anyway, it forced me to perform my first water launch and solo at that.
The water launch went well. I'll be comfortable doing that from now on
when the dock isn't available.

So, the bad news: just another encounter with another knucklehead.

The good news: it caused me to learn another water skill.

Oh, and I practiced using my new anchor buddy in preparation for teaching
my wife how to use it for her upcoming boat-in camping trip this weekend.
Glad I practiced; I'll need a longer land line and I think I'll take
advantage of the suggestion to tie the anchor rode and land line to a
float for easy come easy go.

Once again, I've learned as much from this ng as I have from boating
friends; in fact, I'm finding myself more knowledgeable than most, but
less experienced/skilled.

Summer 2006: So far so good!


Glad to hear things went well with only a small bump along the way.

All you need on the stern anchor is 50 feet of line at tops as you don't
have to anchor on the beach or tie up to a tree on the
beach.........setting the anchor in the water (assuming sand or mud) will
work just fine. You also do not need a special float on either the bow
or stern anchors when anchoring near the beach. Get everyone on board
except one after running the blower for 5 minutes. Have the person in the
water lift the stern anchor and bring it to the boat, taking in the line
along the way. Let that person board the boat. Start the engine (with
someone on the bow) and slowly motor out to the bow anchor, taking up line
along the way, until you can pull it up and into the boat.

No need for anything fancy Bryan.


Your description is a little confusing to me. I'll be dropping my anchor
about 30 feet from shore (to take advantage of my stretchy anchor buddy) and
backing to the shore as close as possible. A line will go from the boat to
land and tie around a tree. The anchor buddy will pull the boat away from
shore while the land line will hold the boat as close to shore as I choose.
The shore isn't soft (lots of rocks) so I can't land the boat. My anchor
buddy comes with a tip to use a float to attach the anchor rode and land
line to when not in use making it easy to reconnect when returning without
having to drop achor run the land line each time.

Now if I had a nice soft mud or sand beach to land on I would just drive up
and land the boat and attach the bow line to a tree or something like that.

Am I missing something?

"Bryan" wrote in message
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" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
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"Bryan" wrote in message
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Picture this:
A picture-perfect day at the lake. Not a boat in sight and none
anywhere near the launch ramp. The ramp is empty, the dock is empty,
the water is empty. The sun is shining. The air is warm. Only thing
left to do is launch my boat.

Oh, one problem. While I was prepping my boat a PWC'er came to the dock
from the water and tied up on the dock near waters edge! He had 4
options that wouldn't have interfered with my solo launching plans and
he picked the one that kept me and anyone else from using the dock for a
launch.

Anyway, it forced me to perform my first water launch and solo at that.
The water launch went well. I'll be comfortable doing that from now on
when the dock isn't available.

So, the bad news: just another encounter with another knucklehead.

The good news: it caused me to learn another water skill.

Oh, and I practiced using my new anchor buddy in preparation for
teaching my wife how to use it for her upcoming boat-in camping trip
this weekend. Glad I practiced; I'll need a longer land line and I think
I'll take advantage of the suggestion to tie the anchor rode and land
line to a float for easy come easy go.

Once again, I've learned as much from this ng as I have from boating
friends; in fact, I'm finding myself more knowledgeable than most, but
less experienced/skilled.

Summer 2006: So far so good!


Glad to hear things went well with only a small bump along the way.

All you need on the stern anchor is 50 feet of line at tops as you don't
have to anchor on the beach or tie up to a tree on the
beach.........setting the anchor in the water (assuming sand or mud)
will work just fine. You also do not need a special float on either the
bow or stern anchors when anchoring near the beach. Get everyone on
board except one after running the blower for 5 minutes. Have the person
in the water lift the stern anchor and bring it to the boat, taking in
the line along the way. Let that person board the boat. Start the
engine (with someone on the bow) and slowly motor out to the bow anchor,
taking up line along the way, until you can pull it up and into the boat.

No need for anything fancy Bryan.


Your description is a little confusing to me. I'll be dropping my anchor
about 30 feet from shore (to take advantage of my stretchy anchor buddy)
and backing to the shore as close as possible. A line will go from the
boat to land and tie around a tree. The anchor buddy will pull the boat
away from shore while the land line will hold the boat as close to shore
as I choose. The shore isn't soft (lots of rocks) so I can't land the
boat. My anchor buddy comes with a tip to use a float to attach the
anchor rode and land line to when not in use making it easy to reconnect
when returning without having to drop achor run the land line each time.

Now if I had a nice soft mud or sand beach to land on I would just drive
up and land the boat and attach the bow line to a tree or something like
that.

Am I missing something?





Nope. Different conditions and I guess I am as I never heard of this anchor
buddy thing. If it has worked for you in your situation........great.

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
...

"Bryan" wrote in message
y.net...

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
. ..

"Bryan" wrote in message
. com...
Picture this:
A picture-perfect day at the lake. Not a boat in sight and none
anywhere near the launch ramp. The ramp is empty, the dock is empty,
the water is empty. The sun is shining. The air is warm. Only thing
left to do is launch my boat.

Oh, one problem. While I was prepping my boat a PWC'er came to the
dock from the water and tied up on the dock near waters edge! He had 4
options that wouldn't have interfered with my solo launching plans and
he picked the one that kept me and anyone else from using the dock for
a launch.

Anyway, it forced me to perform my first water launch and solo at that.
The water launch went well. I'll be comfortable doing that from now on
when the dock isn't available.

So, the bad news: just another encounter with another knucklehead.

The good news: it caused me to learn another water skill.

Oh, and I practiced using my new anchor buddy in preparation for
teaching my wife how to use it for her upcoming boat-in camping trip
this weekend. Glad I practiced; I'll need a longer land line and I
think I'll take advantage of the suggestion to tie the anchor rode and
land line to a float for easy come easy go.

Once again, I've learned as much from this ng as I have from boating
friends; in fact, I'm finding myself more knowledgeable than most, but
less experienced/skilled.

Summer 2006: So far so good!


Glad to hear things went well with only a small bump along the way.

All you need on the stern anchor is 50 feet of line at tops as you don't
have to anchor on the beach or tie up to a tree on the
beach.........setting the anchor in the water (assuming sand or mud)
will work just fine. You also do not need a special float on either
the bow or stern anchors when anchoring near the beach. Get everyone
on board except one after running the blower for 5 minutes. Have the
person in the water lift the stern anchor and bring it to the boat,
taking in the line along the way. Let that person board the boat.
Start the engine (with someone on the bow) and slowly motor out to the
bow anchor, taking up line along the way, until you can pull it up and
into the boat.

No need for anything fancy Bryan.


Your description is a little confusing to me. I'll be dropping my anchor
about 30 feet from shore (to take advantage of my stretchy anchor buddy)
and backing to the shore as close as possible. A line will go from the
boat to land and tie around a tree. The anchor buddy will pull the boat
away from shore while the land line will hold the boat as close to shore
as I choose. The shore isn't soft (lots of rocks) so I can't land the
boat. My anchor buddy comes with a tip to use a float to attach the
anchor rode and land line to when not in use making it easy to reconnect
when returning without having to drop achor run the land line each time.

Now if I had a nice soft mud or sand beach to land on I would just drive
up and land the boat and attach the bow line to a tree or something like
that.

Am I missing something?





Nope. Different conditions and I never heard of this 'anchor buddy'
thing. If it has worked for you in your situation........great.


Wow. Major edit.

Bryan wrote:
Picture this:
A picture-perfect day at the lake. Not a boat in sight and none anywhere
near the launch ramp. The ramp is empty, the dock is empty, the water is
empty. The sun is shining. The air is warm. Only thing left to do is
launch my boat.

Oh, one problem. While I was prepping my boat a PWC'er came to the dock
from the water and tied up on the dock near waters edge! He had 4 options
that wouldn't have interfered with my solo launching plans and he picked the
one that kept me and anyone else from using the dock for a launch.


It's a shame you couldn't have helped him secure his PWC to the dock
via a locking cable... ?:

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
...

"Bryan" wrote in message
y.net...

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
. ..

"Bryan" wrote in message
. com...
Picture this:
A picture-perfect day at the lake. Not a boat in sight and none
anywhere near the launch ramp. The ramp is empty, the dock is empty,
the water is empty. The sun is shining. The air is warm. Only thing
left to do is launch my boat.

Oh, one problem. While I was prepping my boat a PWC'er came to the
dock from the water and tied up on the dock near waters edge! He had 4
options that wouldn't have interfered with my solo launching plans and
he picked the one that kept me and anyone else from using the dock for
a launch.

Anyway, it forced me to perform my first water launch and solo at that.
The water launch went well. I'll be comfortable doing that from now on
when the dock isn't available.

So, the bad news: just another encounter with another knucklehead.

The good news: it caused me to learn another water skill.

Oh, and I practiced using my new anchor buddy in preparation for
teaching my wife how to use it for her upcoming boat-in camping trip
this weekend. Glad I practiced; I'll need a longer land line and I
think I'll take advantage of the suggestion to tie the anchor rode and
land line to a float for easy come easy go.

Once again, I've learned as much from this ng as I have from boating
friends; in fact, I'm finding myself more knowledgeable than most, but
less experienced/skilled.

Summer 2006: So far so good!


Glad to hear things went well with only a small bump along the way.

All you need on the stern anchor is 50 feet of line at tops as you don't
have to anchor on the beach or tie up to a tree on the
beach.........setting the anchor in the water (assuming sand or mud)
will work just fine. You also do not need a special float on either
the bow or stern anchors when anchoring near the beach. Get everyone
on board except one after running the blower for 5 minutes. Have the
person in the water lift the stern anchor and bring it to the boat,
taking in the line along the way. Let that person board the boat.
Start the engine (with someone on the bow) and slowly motor out to the
bow anchor, taking up line along the way, until you can pull it up and
into the boat.

No need for anything fancy Bryan.


Your description is a little confusing to me. I'll be dropping my anchor
about 30 feet from shore (to take advantage of my stretchy anchor buddy)
and backing to the shore as close as possible. A line will go from the
boat to land and tie around a tree. The anchor buddy will pull the boat
away from shore while the land line will hold the boat as close to shore
as I choose. The shore isn't soft (lots of rocks) so I can't land the
boat. My anchor buddy comes with a tip to use a float to attach the
anchor rode and land line to when not in use making it easy to reconnect
when returning without having to drop achor run the land line each time.

Now if I had a nice soft mud or sand beach to land on I would just drive
up and land the boat and attach the bow line to a tree or something like
that.

Am I missing something?





Nope. Different conditions and I guess I am as I never heard of this
anchor buddy thing. If it has worked for you in your
situation........great.


Tomorrow will be a real test of my wife. She has never anchored. She'll
also have to perform some precision driving and stopping in order to hook up
to my preset anchor buddy system. I'll be home in my comfortable house
while my wife and kids are roughing it and my wife is trying out her boating
skills.

I arranged a mother daughter boat in camping weekend; that's why I won't be
there after dark. Should be a hoot to see how much gear they want me to
bring in the boat for their weekend. I'll be patient and quiet and will
make no comment about the amount of stuff. I should take photos. I'm
imagining a boat that looks like the Joad family truck heading from Oklahoma
to California.

wrote in message
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Bryan wrote:
Picture this:
A picture-perfect day at the lake. Not a boat in sight and none anywhere
near the launch ramp. The ramp is empty, the dock is empty, the water is
empty. The sun is shining. The air is warm. Only thing left to do is
launch my boat.

Oh, one problem. While I was prepping my boat a PWC'er came to the dock
from the water and tied up on the dock near waters edge! He had 4
options
that wouldn't have interfered with my solo launching plans and he picked
the
one that kept me and anyone else from using the dock for a launch.


It's a shame you couldn't have helped him secure his PWC to the dock
via a locking cable... ?:


Now that would be funny! Mean, but funny.

"Bryan" wrote in message
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" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
...

"Bryan" wrote in message
y.net...

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
. ..

"Bryan" wrote in message
. com...
Picture this:
A picture-perfect day at the lake. Not a boat in sight and none
anywhere near the launch ramp. The ramp is empty, the dock is empty,
the water is empty. The sun is shining. The air is warm. Only thing
left to do is launch my boat.

Oh, one problem. While I was prepping my boat a PWC'er came to the
dock from the water and tied up on the dock near waters edge! He had
4 options that wouldn't have interfered with my solo launching plans
and he picked the one that kept me and anyone else from using the dock
for a launch.

Anyway, it forced me to perform my first water launch and solo at
that. The water launch went well. I'll be comfortable doing that from
now on when the dock isn't available.

So, the bad news: just another encounter with another knucklehead.

The good news: it caused me to learn another water skill.

Oh, and I practiced using my new anchor buddy in preparation for
teaching my wife how to use it for her upcoming boat-in camping trip
this weekend. Glad I practiced; I'll need a longer land line and I
think I'll take advantage of the suggestion to tie the anchor rode and
land line to a float for easy come easy go.

Once again, I've learned as much from this ng as I have from boating
friends; in fact, I'm finding myself more knowledgeable than most, but
less experienced/skilled.

Summer 2006: So far so good!


Glad to hear things went well with only a small bump along the way.

All you need on the stern anchor is 50 feet of line at tops as you
don't have to anchor on the beach or tie up to a tree on the
beach.........setting the anchor in the water (assuming sand or mud)
will work just fine. You also do not need a special float on either
the bow or stern anchors when anchoring near the beach. Get everyone
on board except one after running the blower for 5 minutes. Have the
person in the water lift the stern anchor and bring it to the boat,
taking in the line along the way. Let that person board the boat.
Start the engine (with someone on the bow) and slowly motor out to the
bow anchor, taking up line along the way, until you can pull it up and
into the boat.

No need for anything fancy Bryan.


Your description is a little confusing to me. I'll be dropping my
anchor about 30 feet from shore (to take advantage of my stretchy anchor
buddy) and backing to the shore as close as possible. A line will go
from the boat to land and tie around a tree. The anchor buddy will pull
the boat away from shore while the land line will hold the boat as close
to shore as I choose. The shore isn't soft (lots of rocks) so I can't
land the boat. My anchor buddy comes with a tip to use a float to
attach the anchor rode and land line to when not in use making it easy
to reconnect when returning without having to drop achor run the land
line each time.

Now if I had a nice soft mud or sand beach to land on I would just drive
up and land the boat and attach the bow line to a tree or something like
that.

Am I missing something?





Nope. Different conditions and I never heard of this anchor buddy thing.
If it has worked for you in your situation........great.


Tomorrow will be a real test of my wife. She has never anchored. She'll
also have to perform some precision driving and stopping in order to hook
up to my preset anchor buddy system. I'll be home in my comfortable house
while my wife and kids are roughing it and my wife is trying out her
boating skills.

I arranged a mother daughter boat in camping weekend; that's why I won't
be there after dark. Should be a hoot to see how much gear they want me
to bring in the boat for their weekend. I'll be patient and quiet and
will make no comment about the amount of stuff. I should take photos.
I'm imagining a boat that looks like the Joad family truck heading from
Oklahoma to California.




Who sold you on this 'anchor buddy' system? Do you have a website for the
it?