Our Journey Today Ends with Anchoring


This was a surprise!

We didn’t expect to see a river cruise ship right after a tow:


After a long, hot day of cruising, we came to our destination, Little River Diversion Channel just south of Cape Giradeau, Missouri. 



Some of you may know that we have an aversion to anchoring in this boat. Prior to acquiring Taurus, one of our favorite things to do was take our boat out and anchor. You’re on an island where the two of you are the only inhabitants. 

However, this boat is like a wild mustang at anchor. It has a lot of windage (the part of the boat sticking up above the water that is solid) which makes it behave like a huge sail. One time at anchor in Connecticut, we tracked how far it moved — 72 degrees!  That’s a lot!

The Navigators are active boats at anchor.

So you can imagine that we weren’t looking forward to a night at anchor. It was unavoidable; the distance between marinas couldn’t be done in one day. As a matter of fact, it took two long days. 

However our Captain took precautions and brought several new tools to help us. We had a trip line float, which floats above the anchor off the bow. And a stern anchor, to try to hold the stern in place, and lots of chain and line. Bottom line, after 45 minutes in the 95 degree heat and humidity, it worked! We still moved, but less than 10 degrees. Success! 

And this morning, it only took 30 minutes to remove the two anchors. They were well set.   🙄 

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  1. Tom PastorSeptember 20, 2021 at 5:39 AM

    Its good you have an engineer on board. 😀

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    1. Taurus Great LoopSeptember 20, 2021 at 7:56 PM

      You’re right about that! It took a lot of sweat and tears (just kidding about the tears), but the stern anchor certainly did the job in that cove.

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