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Old 03-24-2017, 08:59 PM   #21
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A few times I have used a second anchor off the stern to keep the boat from sailing back and forth. I have a Fortress for that.
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Old 03-24-2017, 09:27 PM   #22
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I have used a Bahamian moor a number of time but prefer not to. I use it in a very narrow channel where the current will reverse strongly and there is not enough room to swing on the rode of one anchor. I have also used it when I get to an anchorage where the first boat there have used it and I don't want to swing into them. It's not hard to put the two anchors out if you use the current.

I'm confident in my anchors with the primary being a Boss. It sets immediately when first set and when the current reverses it sets in a couple of feet.
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Old 03-24-2017, 09:54 PM   #23
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we have 2 anchors with 2 separate windlass
in 2 years we never put 2 anchors but last summer we get 50kt of wind in BVI (unexpected wind) but during gust I was thinking I'm bad I suppose to put my second anchor ...
but with 50kt of wind I don't want to send some body on bow to operate windlass...
At the end we don't drag ... but that to only time we suppose to do it.

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Old 03-24-2017, 09:58 PM   #24
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You only need to explore this complication if you lack a good main anchor. Like a Super Sarca.
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Old 03-25-2017, 12:41 AM   #25
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Haven't had the need to employ two anchors. In our protective waters, the most likely scenario would be anchors off bow and stern when swing is inadvisable.
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Old 03-25-2017, 04:01 AM   #26
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Just curious, when do you put out two anchors? I seem to do it often, perhaps too much, and perhaps not enough advantage. Most of my anchoring is in fairly light winds, and often no other boats around.
Seriously, wit the anchor I use, (Super Sarca), I have never, and would never, put out a second anchor. If conditions were so bad as to even make me consider it, I'd be outa there and seeking a more sheltered anchorage.
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Old 03-25-2017, 05:42 AM   #27
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It is not as much as a better anchor but where you are anchoring. I had anchored in a channel about 8 feet deep that is only about 50 feet or less wide with very shallow water on the outside of the channel, if I use a proper ride of 60 plus feet I would swing on to the banks when the tide changes and the wind blows perpendicular to the channel. The only way to stay centered is a Bahamian moor.
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Old 03-25-2017, 05:47 AM   #28
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Yep, sometimes the need to limit swing is the deal, not holding power.

Not even the "sorta" anchors are that super...
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Old 03-25-2017, 05:50 AM   #29
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Hi Scott

Up early this morning. Thanks for making my opinion more clear.
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Old 03-25-2017, 06:03 AM   #30
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Normal morning for us.

Last day in FL. Heading out of Jacksonville for Cumberland Island, Ga.


Many routines in boating are similar no matter where you boat, but every region has some peculiarities that may require developing special techniques.
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Old 03-25-2017, 06:03 AM   #31
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Last day in FL. Heading out of Jacksonville for Cumberland Island, Ga.


Many routines in boating are similar no matter where you boat, but every region has some peculiarities that may require developing special techniques.
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Old 03-25-2017, 06:33 AM   #32
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Two anchors are routine in our area, bow and stern. Keeps the stern in about 5ft. of water on the sandy beach regardless of wind direction. I have never used 2 bow anchors although I do have 2 bow rollers. Likely never will, there is always and island to hide behind.
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Old 03-25-2017, 10:22 AM   #33
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I tried to use a second anchor only once.
That was at the head of Kynoch Inlet in northern Canada. There the bottom drops off to depths not practable to anchor on. Planed to place a stern anchor as close to shore as possible and the main straight out from shore deep. Used a small danforth on the shallows near the beach but the weed was so dense setting was not to be had. The anchor slid along the weed like it was an oiled linoleum floor. Not even a hint of hookup. Anchored deep w a single anchor and used my anchor alarm.
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Old 03-25-2017, 01:07 PM   #34
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As they say, 90 percent of anchoring is captain and technique.

Region determines peculiar requirements and practice makes perfect.

The tens of thousands that anchored before us and developed these regional preferred techniques weren't idiots...they may have been on to something even though we may have better primary anchors these days.
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Old 07-30-2017, 01:09 PM   #35
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Old 07-30-2017, 02:16 PM   #36
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When I am expecting more than 100 knots of wind.

Or sometimes when I am leaving my boat for a few weeks (when I am willing to pay the price of untwisting two rodes for piece of mind).
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20 years of anchoring out and I have used two bow anchors once. The current in the St. Lawrence was 6 kts and our choice of anchorage was close to shore so I also wanted to limit swing. Used a classic Bahamian moor.

Stern anchor I have used several times to limit swing.
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Stern anchor to limit swing, primarily. Oddly enough, I use one routinely in our Secret Cove which is the most protected anchorage anyone could ask for, but it's confined with multiple boats. The stern hook helps us hold position without swinging side to side.

We used 2 anchors, one on each boat, when Giggitoni and I anchored in tidal waters while rafted. During the night, we made a complete circle that led to a circus when it was time to pull anchors. We both vowed "never again"!

In hindsight, it would have been better to have dropped a stern anchor to prevent the swing or raft stbd to stbd and each use our main anchor to hold position and prevent the swing.
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Old 07-31-2017, 08:16 PM   #39
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Using two anchors indicates your working anchor isn't good enough or big enough ..or both.

It could be an act of paranoia too.

And if you're hand deploying anchors using two means almost all the time a relatively small anchor will be all that's necessary. A plus.
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Old 07-31-2017, 08:39 PM   #40
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when two anchors are on fire ??? bah-dum, bump !

its a twist on the ol' "when do you put the dog out?" joke. ( when he's on fire ! )
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