Both of us must have dozed 'cos we woke again at 6.30ish. An hour later Ian had wedged the solar panel with the boarding plank. Fingers crossed for a better night tonight!
It's Ian's birthday today and as a special treat, I braved the wind and rain on the pretence of buying milk to purchase his favourite fudge and a large fruit and nut chocolate bar. (last of the big spenders, that's me!) Of course, I'm going to help him to devour them. Good of me to think of his waistline now he is a year older, don't you think?!
From being all alone on the meadow two more boats arrived late yesterday afternoon. They too took advantage of the posts in the meadow. I'm not sure I would have felt happy relying on pins alone.
As the day wore on the gusts got worse. 40 mile an hour winds with FS going from side to side loosened the pins so much that Ian decided to put on a 'spring' from the centre gunwale fender eye to another Rhond anchor and then tie back to the handrail. That worked a treat as FS no longer swayed. Hopefully, the storm will start to subside although looking on the met office website winds are due to pick up later this evening again.
2 comments:
Rond anchors are at their most efficient if the shaft is right in line with the mooring rope with the minimum of angle between them. That way its a even pull all the way down the hook.
Hope you stayed safe all night
Brian
Hello Brian, funny how there are two different ways of spelling Rhond. Either I think is acceptable. We find this type of anchor on rivers the best way to secure the boat. Last night the wind picked up again and both anchors did the job perfectly. We have not yet had to try them on a rising river but both of us feel confident that we would be okay. Best wishes to you both. Xx
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