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A 100lb anchor??? What size boat do you have??
--- In , Courtney Thomas
<ccthomas at j dot dot dot > wrote:
> Anyone see anything wrong with about 250' of chain and 250' of
nylon on
> a 100lb anchor ?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> JAXAshby at a dot dot dot wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 10/10/2003 8:19:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
capella at c dot dot dot writes:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Most of the ocean-going sailors I know, including several
circumnavigators,
> >>carry quite a bit of chain...minimum 300 feet. They also carry
anchors that
> >>are at least one size larger than "recommended" for their
> >>boat size/type.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Current fad is 300+ feet of chain (that's 300# or more of weight
waaaaaaay up front, and maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe a 3 foot nylon snubber
(about as effective as a paper condom). Nylon stretches while chain
most certainly does not. In a blow that chain will come up short and
tear the anchor or the deck fittings loose (including welded samson
posts on steel deck boats).
> >
> >An anchor 2 or 3 sizes too big a little chain and a lot of rope
holds far better. Think of an 85# CQR and 40 feet of chain (about
120# total) and compare that to a 35# CQR and 300 feet of chain
(about 350# total).
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> Courtney Thomas
> s/v Mutiny
> lying Oriental, NC
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