Attaching it to the aft is not a good idea. It may hold for a little while, but if the wind gets stronger, it will drag even so. We used one the first couple of seasons. The anchor rode got entangled around the depth sensor and pulled it out overnight--an expensive replacement. On a different occasion, the wind changed during the night and the aft rode got entangled with the main anchor rode, weakening its holding power. The boat drifted. It would have been more securely anchored with only the main one.
The tail sail seems like a much better option. The "bridle" method is also pretty effective
mastreb wrote:Did you make your bridle? I'm googling for info and find a lot of people talking about them but nothing on where to find one or how to make one.
Just a truckie hitch etc (easy to undo) in the appropriate anchor line and another line tied back to the stern or winch and adjust either to suit, preferably in daylight.
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Here is a post from way back in July of 2005. I hope this helps.
Ray
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by Jack O'Brien » Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:18 pm
Got to try the "bridle" solution last week anchored off Bimini. 5 to 10 kts breeze, 15 feet deep, single 9# danforth, 150 feet of rode with 16 ft of chain. Typical X sailing back and forth about 150 degrees.
Put a dock line on a snatch block, snatched it on the rode, ran dock line back to genoa gunwale block and then to winch. Hauled in the dockline until the snatch block was about 10 feet aft the bow cleat holding the rode. REALLY steadied the boat. Limited sailing on the anchor to 30 degrees max. MUCH better than the anchor riding sail.
Only reason I used the genoa block rather than going straight to the winch was we had the dodger in place and it was in the way.
While on the hook.
