Last year, before I’d pull up anchor, I would raise my main sail so the anchor could keep the boat into the wind. It worked perfectly last year. I’d raise the main, pull up the anchor, leave the chain on the foredeck, sail away to an empty stretch of water so I didn’t crash into any boats, run back up to the foredeck and put the anchor chain away, run back to the cockpit and raise the genoa. Lots of running back and forth, but last year that had worked wonderfully. Last year.
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