I have done what Bob McLeran describes on a number of occasions. We had several anchorages in the southern Caribbean where at night swells would come around a point and roll the boat if it was laying into the wind. I attached a long 1/2” line to the anchor chain with a rolling hitch and lead the line to a stern cleat then warped the boat so that the bow headed into the swells. It took a little tweaking but I could adjust the angle by letting out additional chain and reattaching my snubber. That is much easier than trying to adjust it from the stern cleat. I did learn to keep enough line at the stern that I could release it in the middle of the night if a squall blew through and I wanted the bow back into the wind. Tom Collier Pirate - KK42 Sent from my iPhone