SloopJohnB 322 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Thats why I only raced...... http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?Nid ... LID=464017 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 We've been watching a growing grizzle by greenies to anchoring in a couple of specific places. They show before and after photos which quite frankly are somewhat disturbing and that's coming from a anchor selling boater. They are currently picking on one anchor but it won't be long before they pick up others of the same design theory and I suppose some stage after that all anchors. What they describe as happening, and they are 100% correct, is exactly what makes those sorts of anchors good. Luckily there are one or 2 equally as good that don't cause the damage in question. It'll be interesting to see how it pans out and I think we may find out soon, we recently saw a Govt MP wade in on the subject so it's gaining traction. That's not in NZ by the way but one of the grizzle hot spots is just over a large ditch. Link to post Share on other sites
Battleship 100 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Don't most people prefer to anchor in sand or mud? I know I do. I would be to worried about the anchor snagging on rocks to anchor most other places. Link to post Share on other sites
darkside 61 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 I don't think it is the anchor as much as the chain that does the damage. I'm all for places like Bonaire (which got a mention) being 100% anchor free. They have plenty of moorings and you use those or go into a marina. They are well aware of the value of their resource and want to protect it. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Chain and coral don't play nice together. Anchors in open spaces can make a mess. More and more places no saying No anchoring. We're making more and more moorings for places like that. Good in a way yet bad as they are using some horrible sh*t as weights that is arguably worse than a anchor. Used and not cleaned truck or ship engines???? Hello!! Some moorings are in places you'd deploy your anchor and never see it again. Niue being one, the seabed there would grab your gear faster than a hungry porn star. Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,607 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Got grumpy when directed to a mooring at Grand Cayman, woke up next morning and looked over the side and apologised. They really do have something to look after and I now applaud them for doing so. Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 I don't think it is the anchor as much as the chain that does the damage. Both. You only have to dive around the bottom of a popular bay and see the damage. A Farmer would be proud if his Paddock had been ploughed up as well. Certainly great thought and care should be taken where one anchors and the protection of Coral and so on must be considered important, but I do think that article is over the top bollocks in respect that it is a threat to Carbon lock up. This Carbon issue is actually clouding the main concerns of Carbon production. China, and Europe, in those respective orders are producing the Carbon of concern to pollution (if you want to argue that way) and they are need addressing, rather than silly little things like that article suggests. Besides, the Carbon locked up as Calcium remains locked up, even if you put a Bulldozer through a Coral Reef. You just make a mess is all. Link to post Share on other sites
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