Attached is The Boater's Guide To The Federal Requirements For Recreational
Boats.  The Rhodes 22 is a recreational vehicle.  Page 52 lists required
equipment - the Coast Guard can ding you if something is missing or
non-operational that is listed there.  An anchor and rode is not required.

Page 53 lists recommended equipment and the anchor and rode appears on this
list (personally I want an appropriate anchor and rode aboard with a spare).

Page 59 describes anchoring guidelines.

Thanks,

Jerry


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On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 2:59 PM Frederick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>