Tonight we anchored in Carolina Beach North Carolina in an anchorage that is known for its "iffy" holding. We deployed our usual 2 anchors, 1 CQR and 1 Danforth. After 2 hours we had drifted a little but not much. The problem being a very populated area with iffy holding and a shoal behind us.
Gary decided after 2 hours to try an oft forgotten measurement, the 'Mark Twain'. Where he pulls this stuff from I don't know. He has a very selective brain...he can't remember dates or places but engineering tools... he is ON IT.
He wasn't sure he remembered it correctly but looking on the net he was spot on. Samuel Clemons took his pen name from a measurement technique. Tying a lead object to a string with tape marks every 5 feet was our Mark Twain....we found that the water off of the stern of the boat was still over 10 feet at low tide with the drift.
We are now swinging and hoping we don't drift further into the shoal. Alarms set for 11 and 2. Last night was a marina night....no worries....tonight a reminder of the road ahead.
The web explanation was informative on how the name Mark Twain came about. A bit of history for you.
.http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/marktwain.htm
No comments:
Post a Comment
We would love to hear your comments!