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Why slopes are bad for anchoring
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We anchor in an awful lot of places which are not "recognised anchorages", some more suitable than others. Re sloping seabeds: Many of...
23 Sep 2024
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Inverters
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There are two main types of uses. The first is for charging low power devices such as chargers for tool batteries, toothbrushes etc. It...
23 Sep 2024
noelex
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Why slopes are bad for anchoring
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That’s not anchoring. That’s parking :).
23 Sep 2024
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Horn malfunction
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They now have tablets for that ;).
22 Sep 2024
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My view…last week
22 Sep 2024
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Why slopes are bad for anchoring
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Interesting thoughts. I think you may be correct about some of the reasons why the holding is worse on a significant downslope...
22 Sep 2024
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My View. Let's See Yours
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22 Sep 2024
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Backing plate material
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G10 perhaps.
22 Sep 2024
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Plywood is the most common. Chopping board (HDPE) is not good as it creeps and compresses.
22 Sep 2024
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Stainless Foundation and Alloy Footblock Corrosion Risk
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Yes. This is a relatively large mass of stainless steel compared to the aluminium. I would use a plastic spacer underneath the block in...
22 Sep 2024
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Fortress scaling plot
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This is a good point. It is easy to underestimate the effect of the slope of the seabed on the holding ability of an anchor. One simple...
22 Sep 2024
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My anchor is ignorant. It can't tell and therefore doesn't know whether it's being "power set" using an engine (commonly used by motor...
21 Sep 2024
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Fortress scaling plot
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Fortress produce a great anchor, but they don’t set well (or sometimes at all) in hard substrates and are poor at responding to changes...
20 Sep 2024
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Fortress scaling plot
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I will show the results from a small Guardian G-5 as an example. This is the slightly simplified version of the Fortress anchor. It is...
20 Sep 2024
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Fortress scaling plot
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Absolutely. At maximum holding capacity (just before it breaks out) a larger anchor will have a greater maximum penetration depth than...
19 Sep 2024
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