Anchor watches (re my March 14th adventures)

Hi, Y'all,

So...

We're at anchor, with the toplight lit and the cockpit lit up, and
various of our redlighting below illuminating (if you're close enough
to see them) the windows in very faint red. We're not in an
anchorage, designated or not, but we're lit according to the regs,
along with other lighting to make us more visible.

We should be standing watch based on all the responses to my last log
posting.

Oh, ya, let's just add in that we're dragging slightly, so our
position isn't constant, but there's nothing we can run into, and we
are confident in the bottom such that we know we won't move anywhere
fast, nor dangerously, so we don't bother with finding a more suitable
bottom - this one just lets us move a bit - to make us not move at
all.

We should have constant watch standers, right?

Or, we could be hove to with handkerchiefs of sail up, anchor lights
lit, etc., as above, and drifting slightly in an area where we can't
run into anything, and there's no traffic due to the area... You'll
see, on review, that such was the case which generated all the
bonhomie in response to my log,

If we're anywhere there's traffic, or we're under way, we have 24/7
watch, regardless of where we are, or how deep it is...

--
L8R

Skip, installing a few replacement electronics and rewiring all the
computer related gear to eliminate 120VAC in favor of 12 (and some
5)VDC, still heading to Maine in a week or so, weather and gear
permitting, enjoying the 20A solar and 15A wind in Fernandina Beach
all the while under Shadetree 15* temp reductions...

Morgan 461 #2
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