In Cleveland, the CG can stop you and order you to demo anchoring.  If you
did it your old way of walking the anchor forward from the lazaret, they
could impound your boat.

Getting the rode to run through the chock by handling the rode has to be
done even when using the boat design method of dropping the anchor while
seated in the bow pulpit.  I wouldn't chance it in rough seas for fear of
losing a finger.  Wouldn't want to show that to the CG, either.

On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 1:31 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> I wasn’t aware of this Coast Guard requirement, and I haven’t actually
> done this, but I’m pretty confident the system would work in rough seas.
>
> Launching would just be a matter of taking the rode off the track cleat
> just forward of the cockpit.  Once that’s done, the anchor drops and the
> rode plays out.  Once the anchor is set, and the rode has sufficient scope,
> I probably would go up on the bow to move the rode from bow roller to the
> bow chock, to avoid putting too much strain on the bow roller.
>
> To retrieve the anchor, I’d have to go to the bow again to shift the rode
> back to the anchor roller, and then return to the cockpit to pull in the
> rode.  If rough conditions made pulling in the rode difficult, I’d have the
> jib sheet winch right there to assist.  Once the anchor is up, the rode
> would again be cleated to the track cleat just forward of the cockpit.
>
> This process would clearly be safer and more reliable than the system I
> used to use, which involved wrestling the anchor and rode from the
> lazarette to the bow.
>
> —Peter
>
> > On Jul 19, 2020, at 11:15 AM, Frederick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > Do you know whether your setup allows you to safely and reliably drop and
> > retrieve the anchor in rough seas, per CG standards?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rick Lange
> >
> >
>
>