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capnrich@cnw.com

Wed, Dec 12, 2001 4:56 AM

If you use a kellet and the rest of the boats in a cove are also on single

hooks not using a kellet, that will creat a problem--since you hope that all
boats swing as near as possiable the same arc--of course depending on
windage and wetted surface area/keel configuration.

Alas. life at anchor is rarely so uniform at a summer anchorage.
Nice to have options to control your swing without bringing up the anchor.

Richard

>If you use a kellet and the rest of the boats in a cove are also on single hooks not using a kellet, that will creat a problem--since you hope that all boats swing as near as possiable the same arc--of course depending on windage and wetted surface area/keel configuration. Alas. life at anchor is rarely so uniform at a summer anchorage. Nice to have options to control your swing without bringing up the anchor. Richard

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vbhodges@ardmore.com

Wed, Dec 12, 2001 1:49 PM

If you use a kellet and the rest of the boats in a cove are also on

single

hooks not using a kellet, that will creat a problem--since you hope that

all

boats swing as near as possiable the same arc

(endsnip)

I guess I missed the beginning of this thread. At the risk of sounding like
a complete dummy, what the heck is a kellet?

Brent Hodges
M/V Friendship
43 Albin
Seabrook, Tx

> >If you use a kellet and the rest of the boats in a cove are also on single > hooks not using a kellet, that will creat a problem--since you hope that all > boats swing as near as possiable the same arc (endsnip) I guess I missed the beginning of this thread. At the risk of sounding like a complete dummy, what the heck is a kellet? Brent Hodges M/V Friendship 43 Albin Seabrook, Tx

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zeekstah@ktc.com

Wed, Dec 12, 2001 1:53 PM

I guess I missed the beginning of this thread. At the risk of sounding

like

a complete dummy, what the heck is a kellet?

It's a smaller version of a kell.

Zeke Anderson
Kerrville, TX

> > I guess I missed the beginning of this thread. At the risk of sounding like > a complete dummy, what the heck is a kellet? It's a smaller version of a kell. Zeke Anderson Kerrville, TX

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scaramouche@tvo.org

Wed, Dec 12, 2001 2:31 PM

vbhodges@ardmore.com muses:

I guess I missed the beginning of this thread. At the risk of

sounding
like

a complete dummy, what the heck is a kellet?

zeekstah@ktc.com answers:
It's a smaller version of a kell.

and Georges "contributes":

Only in the French language. But even there the diminutive version of
kell would be kellette (we all know that "la kell" is feminine, eh?)
<grin>

Georges en Scaramouche, lac d'ontario....

Ps: Seriously, a kellet is a heavy weight that you slide down your
anchor line to within a few feet of the anchor. This makes the rode
llie flat on the "ocean" floor and thus exerts a pull in line with
the anchor stock to improve holding ability. Gg

>vbhodges@ardmore.com muses: >> I guess I missed the beginning of this thread. At the risk of >sounding >like >> a complete dummy, what the heck is a kellet? > >zeekstah@ktc.com answers: >It's a smaller version of a kell. >and Georges "contributes": Only in the French language. But even there the diminutive version of kell would be kellette (we all know that "la kell" is feminine, eh?) <grin> Georges en Scaramouche, lac d'ontario.... Ps: Seriously, a kellet is a heavy weight that you slide down your anchor line to within a few feet of the anchor. This makes the rode llie flat on the "ocean" floor and thus exerts a pull in line with the anchor stock to improve holding ability. Gg

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