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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Tue May 17 2005 - 09:43:24 EDT
In a message dated 5/16/2005 4:51:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:
> I'll start us off by stating that anchor weight has absolutely no bearing
> on
> whether a boat will stay put or not! ... and that a 50 lbs CQR is better
> than a 1000 lbs weight if it were torpedo shaped. And that 200 ft of 1/2"
> chain attached to a 12,000 lbs boat will straighten out and be as ridgid as
> an iron bar with a force 8 wind.
>
>
I have to say that while size isn't everything, size does matter. My 110
pound Bruce drags less often than my 66 pound Bruce.
Scope is just as important as weight.
The nature of the bottom vs. the type of anchor is a big factor.
But fouling will wipe out both. Even our big Bruce will drag easily if
something gets in the palm of the anchor. We have had everything from a big rock
(Governors Island NYC), a cast off lobster trap (Gloucester Harbor), our own
chain all balled up in the anchor (after weeks at anchor in St Augustine), kelp
(in Lunenburg NS), a big chunk of mud, a tree limb (Bucksport SC) and even a
child's plastic horsey (Baltimore MD).
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying St Augustine
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