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Wonder if there would be space for our 9m boat . . . 20m is a pretty large boat, I prefer something small that most marinas and...

Hang on, your friend's boat is 20m and you are complaining that the space is being taken up by twelve 22m boats plus some bigger ones? I...

A good few years ago, Madame tutored French. One of the snottier parents she had to deal with said, one day, "we went to St Tropez for...

Yes, I have kept an anchor watch, two, perhaps three times, in 50 years as a yacht owner. On each occasion the wind was in excess of 60...

Some more ideas: If this is indeed a temporary fix rather than a metal sleeve perhaps filling with "metal repair epoxy" then drilling a...

Possibly. Assuming the hole that is elongated was carrying the load of the forestay ensure that the new hole has at least the same...

It still is simple. Many are anchoring without worrying about it beyond the usual care that a skipper has to take when anchoring.

If I've understood the web page, it releases automatically as soon as there's a strong pull! I can see how that's useful for a reef...

Anchoring used to be such a simple skill, practiced by generations of seafarers. Then the internet came along and everything became so...

I'm just so glad that I can anchor successfully without knowing or caring about all the mathematics that some seem to need. 😀

Mid 70's I had a 50ft decommissioned fishing vessel. Needed ground tackle so bought a 50kg (newfangled) Bruce and half inch galvanised...

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...

50 mph is only 43 knots. 43 knot gusts means it is a nice peaceful day on the west coast of Ireland or the Shetlands. :D

Stainless steel will set up internal galvanic cells when part is enclosed and part in an oxygenated water flow. Have seen this on...

Could it be crevice corrosion rather than galvanic? If it was in the mud then no oxygen would get through.