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I'm slightly more generous. The 'inventor' has put in lots of money (the shank is cast stainless) and effort and his ideas are...

I'm not sure that Thinwater will be that knowledgable of all the 'colours' of Manchester Ship Canal. :) Jonathan

The galvanic isolator is there to stop galvanic action from stray currents. more detailed explanation here...

A factor of 30 seems about right for any anchoring business. We’ll be doing it later today, some substrates it goes straight in, yet 20...

Re the wind pressure chart. I assume that pertains to flat surfaces, ie motor craft. Those of us with more pointy boats are maybe a...

This is not a discussion its Noelex trying to niggle me :) For a change of tack. This is a screen shot of all the test results for...

When I've tested anchors I always compare with a known anchor, one off 'that list' as I know how those anchors perform. If I get a...

Quite easily Independent Anchor Performance Testing Just check the holds from independent testing for Rocna. Every time I mention the...

2,000kg is a nice round number, aka 2 ton. Most anchor makers today know exactly the seabeds they can choose to produce the maximum...

I love these discussions that take place in a vacuum. I do not care whether my anchor's holding power is 2000kg, 1000kg or 500 kg. All...

No..,for example you might want your boat to in St Tropez….while it’s actually in the Manchester Ship Canal

I used 2050MPa as an example - its the extreme I found. I'm not aware of anyone using it for an anchor. It would be difficult to work...

They did not drag - the snubber (chain lock) they appear to have been using (secured to the rode with a swivel snap shackle) failed, the...

Pretty intense at times. It would be interesting to know what anchors the other yachts were using and how they had their snubbers rigged.

I'm a bit time short and only saw the first 5 minutes - but thought to share. This is a quote from the owner of the yacht sent to the...