"I could see where a huge chain leader could interfere with the burying of the anchor."
The chain might help set an anchor but its primary purpose of a leader is to absorb the chafe on rocks and the bottom .
Chain can be scratched by rocks ,cable can be chafed or bent enough to perhaps to part?
Although with a 3/4 or one inch diameter cable its a remote chance.
Danforths was set with no leader , until after WWII and sales for the recreation market , where a boat might be anchored for a long time.
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