There's a story here, & I have time to tell.

My father-in-law and I were going out fishing and get out to the jetties and the wind is just howling. We stop short of the end to decide what we want to do. As I'm idling, both engines die, one right after the other. Widgida-widgida-widgida is all I get out of the engines. Neither one is starting and I'm get stressed real quick since the 25mph wind is sending us right toward the jetty rocks. We gotta get the hook out and stop this trend. At the time, just one anchor was mounted; no big deal there, but the brand new anchor rope that came out of the forward hatch in the cuddy was a rats nest. Ever try to pay out a line in a hurry when it's in one big knot? It sux, let me tell you. I ended up de-tangling the line in time and we got the hook to the bottom before the rocks got to us. Then the engines started right up. I'm guessing I flooded them in a hurry to restart them. A bit later, when we anchored at the boat cut in the north jetty, with the ripping current and good wind, we had a difficult time setting the anchor. To fix all that stressfullness, I put the larger anchor on board and installed the deck pipe so the rode will pay out as needed from now on. That cover will be of teak since the 'test piece' seems to work pretty good.

/Ramble off/