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Old 01-09-2016, 12:17 AM   #39
Mako
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Originally Posted by manyboats View Post
My talking about using a bigger anchor has always gone along w reducing the chain rode weight by eliminating 3/4 of the chain and using a some bit of the weight saved to increase the remaining chain weight and some to increase the anchor weight.
I experimented a bit with my previous boat which was 60 tons. The primary was a big 100lb anchor with 400ft of chain.

However, I took the secondary 40lb Danforth-style, attached a fathom of really heavy chain (don't remember the size though) and the rest was nylon. It worked excellent. Never had really high winds to test it in, but I was often anchored just off Newport Beach in heavy swells and rollers.

So I'm following the same principle out here in the Gulf on my 20ft CC with a 22 lb anchor, 1 meter of 3/8" chain and the rest is polypropylene (too many sharp limestone rocks here). Never had a problem in gusty winds to 30 knots.
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