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What's the worst anchor?
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There’s no such thing as a worst anchor. It’s just that you have the wrong bottom. I do have a fake Bruce that requires a JCB to dig a...
12 Sep 2024
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Because he creates great stuff nobody else did? I agree, creating from the ground up a company that makes electric cars in a world where...
12 Sep 2024
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Whether a yacht should be designed to sit on its keel will (I guess - I don’t have access to it) be defined by the appropriate EN ISO...
10 Sep 2024
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Well I don't think that. However it is a natural reaction, if someone is working on your boat and it breaks, to think they have...
9 Sep 2024
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I have been using CQRs for some forty years. Once set, they are fine and will hold well enough and I have tested that to 50kts of wind...
9 Sep 2024
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I find it hard to believe as with others that this is not a single failure, more likely a cumulation of incidents. So this then begs the...
9 Sep 2024
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Here we go again, recycling perceptions and half truths. Yes one Ben 40.7 was tragically lost - mid Atlantic in terrible storm...
8 Sep 2024
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I’m not a blue water sailor and if I was, it’s not the sort of boat I would choose. But a competent naval architect would have designed...
7 Sep 2024
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I think if you look at the work done by Neeves on anchor testing, you might find he has substantial experience. Perhaps you might like...
5 Sep 2024
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From what I remember he was right at the time but an unforseen combination of conditions caused the low to change direction, moving it...
5 Sep 2024
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boomerangben
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Should I swap to a smaller / 3rd gen anchor?
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I think weather forecasting has moved on a bit since then
5 Sep 2024
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boomerangben
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Should I swap to a smaller / 3rd gen anchor?
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Snubbers, riding sails, having a better awareness of the weather forecast
5 Sep 2024
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boomerangben
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But what sort of loads do you get in your anchor rode? If I remember correctly, you don’t experience the dynamics that lighter vessels...
5 Sep 2024
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I’m sure Neeves will be along to explain it more detail, but I think if you experienced a rode load of 600kg (which will be a dynamic...
5 Sep 2024
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There is weight and weight. I agree that a 12kg NG will have higher holding than a 12KG old gen. But I am grateful of the weight saved...
4 Sep 2024
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