Anchor Riding Sail

Last year in our 370 we found that the boat weaved about through a huge arc when at anchor in a breeze. It could be quite uncomfortable at times. For our 415 I had an Anchor Riding Sail made to a design I saw on the web.

I hoisted it yesterday to get all the lines setup & then a F5/6 wind came in shortly after. The effect was dramatic. The boat only moved slowly through an arc of about 15/20 degrees. The evening before in 10 knots, 45 degrees.

If you would like further details or pics send me a PM with your email address as my photos are too big to load on the forum.

Happy anchoring guys.

I would be very interested in photo and/or design
Think you have my email

Simon
P.s. Thank you for the engine parts

The link to the US supplier is: www.bannerbaymarine.com. There are several sizes of sail for different size boats. I increased the dimensions of the foot & fin leech from 2.4 to 2.5 metres as the 415 was partway between 2 of their "from & to boat sizes.

Private message me if you want more info or photos. My photos are too large for the Forum.

Nigel (Riding-Quietly)

I have done a lot of anchoring with both my older 430 and my existing 545. Both were "traveling" quite a bit and sometimes it was uncomfortable. The solution we found was an anchor plow sail. It works very well leaving the boat fairly steady up to 10-12 ms.

We bought the sail from this supplier http://www.lundhsails.se/ankarplog

Cheers

I use my storm try sail to stabilize the boat at anchor, although this day is dead calm.  Pics follow.  The second pic shows the track that runs from near deck-height.