Sorry to say it but this sounds like a technique issue!
Demonboy, I understand you have column inches to sell but lets not get too heroic!
When a prudent liveaboard like yourself is at anchor then you would have at least 5 to 1 out. So 30 metres of chain equals 6 metres of water which would have given you a hanging weight of 6 metres of chain - say 7 including your freeboard. A burly bloke like you could handle 14kg of chain with ease blazing sun or not
That said the last 7 metres with the toothpick on the end would have been a tad harder at 14kg of chain plus your 33kg toothpick would have totted up to a more manly 47kg at most. So at that point I admit I can imagine even Demonboy would have had to put his beer down and use both hands.
Jealous? you bet I am.
Water goes to 15m deep? I didn't know it could go that deep, isn't that a bit dangerous? We sail on the East Coast and it's only allowed to be 5m deep maximum, I think it's a local bylaw.
