Know how: Expanding your Anchoring Repertoire
January 19, 2018
We all have our preferred choice of techniques for deploying and setting anchors, and if it works for you, that is the right choice. At
We all have our preferred choice of techniques for deploying and setting anchors, and if it works for you, that is the right choice. At
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It’s 4 a.m., and we’re taking on water. I’m kneeling beside the nav desk, gasping into a bucket. Thirty-knot gusts have us on our ear.
