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Bubba
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Initially Posted - 10/07/2005 : 21:32:20

I'm confident Garmin has more nautical know-how than their ad agency...

aweigh - v. to raise an anchor off the bottom; adj. the position of an anchor hanging clear of the bottom.

In this month's SAIL Magazine.

Dave & Deb

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 10/07/2005 : 22:49:48

I guarantee you Garmin approved that copy. But Garmin's marketing department probably deserves your comment...

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 10/08/2005 : 09:51:49

This "misnomer" is pretty common. One that I wasn't aware of until I started reading Duddly Pope, C.S. Forester, and Patrick O'Brien. Tfhe concept of "anchors away" - deploying th anchor, and the correct phrase, "anchors aweigh" - the anchor is clear of the bottom and ready to bring aboard. The true meaning became lost in semantics.

The are many such phrases wthich have survived the test of time. One in particular, "toe the line", meaning to strictly follow the rules, comes from the tall ship days in the British navy when the Captain inspected the ship and and sailors every Sunday. In order to form a straight line for the inspection, the sailors lined up on the line formed by the joining of two deck planks. Since they were normally bare footed, the bosuns's command became "toe the line".

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Oscar
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Response Posted - 10/09/2005 : 22:01:35

It makes perfect sense. Anchors away is when it is deployed without tying the bitter end to the boat. After the rattle of chain, the whooshing of line and the splashing stops....the anchor is "away".....and only a diver will recover it.....

This is where Garmin comes in. For the numbnuts who just did this, only has to be able to plug the cable into the unit, and get his position, or for the really estute, hit the MOB button, so he can direct the (paid) diver to the EXACT location where his $500.00 of ground tackle resides.....

See?

Captain Oscar, USCG/OUPV ATP/737-757-767
C42 # 76 "Lady Kay" (Ex. C250 WB #618 )
Georgetown MD/Fort Lauderdale FL

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Ed Montague
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Response Posted - 10/10/2005 : 15:59:33

I love the statement in Patrick O'Brian's books of 'winning the anchor back'. With all the rocks and old tree stumps at the bottom of the lake I sail, getting the anchor to let go of the bottom truly is a competition. I haven't lost the anchor yet, therefore I am a winner.

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