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Old 08-11-2010, 09:51 AM   #125
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Choosing the Right Anchor for Your Trawler

Everyone talks about the advantage of additional weight as the key to successful anchoring.* It's never made any sense to me, except for Marin's example of using a Cat D10 chassis; I'd go for one of those!* Our boat, fully loaded with fuel, water, and all our stuff, weighs about 45,000 pounds.* What difference does it make whether your anchor weighs 44 pounds or 72 pounds, or what ever?* If it's a poor design and poorly set and*your boat weighs 45,000 pounds it will drag.* Even if the anchor weighs 200 pounds, it will drag.* It's all in the design, how it penetrates the subsurface, type of rode, length of scope, and how it's set.

My two cents worth after reading numerous threads on this subject through the years.

Ray

-- Edited by Giggitoni on Wednesday 11th of August 2010 10:53:13 AM
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