How small is yours?

Scillypete

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recently it was mentioned that a very famous yacht has a small one and since then I have been watching the visiting yachts and have been amazed at how small some of theirs are. This makes me wonder if they ever use it.
Is it just me that can only sleep soundly at night knowing that I have a nice big one.
Surely in this instance size does matter.















Anchors of course. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 

Rustyknight

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You should know by now that it's not the size that matters, it's what you do with it........ /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 

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I've got a big one /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif but I don't use it /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Hi Pete - no doubt you have had non-stop sunshine since we were there. I don't know about size but timing is everything! Roger
 

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Certain types work better than others. One of the joys of being a yachting journalist is that they get to try out all types.
(It takes all sorts, I suppose)
 

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Mine seems to get smaller as I get older..........

My latest boat is a 28 foot "sports fisher" style boat. Displacement about a couple of tons.

The anchor is a tiny little technologically-new javelin job.

Being brought up on nice chunky bruce anchors and never really used anything smaller than 10kgs, I thought "yeah right - you must be joking". /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

SWMBO said "Why dont you just try it before spending more money in the chandlery?" (Weird attitude I thought?) /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

So I did. And with about 30 feet of 7mm chain and then rope after that - it works unbelievably well.

Last weekend we were anchored in the Port Of Baleira which is pretty exposed. Sat all night in a F7 - never slept a wink - but never moved an inch.

Unbelievable.
 
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We normally use a 35lb CQR, usually in about 6-8m of water, but I see that hundreds of you use 50kg anchors in six feet of water in one part of the south coast. No wonder there is so much damage, what with strained backs and suchlike.
 

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Someone once asked how they'd know when their ground tackle was big enough. Someone replied, I suspect not entirely tongue in cheek, "When everyone else in the marina's laughing it it!"

On that basis, with an 11kg delta on 60ft of 8mm chain and a load of octoplait on a 24ft boat, I suspect I qualify. I do tend to sleep well at night, though :)
 

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Hehe. Having dragged a little 'un on a 21ft I went out and bought 90 feet of 1/4 inch chain and a 35lb cqr.
Seemed about right, brushed through a couple of 'proper' hurricanes with that set up too.

Now I am looking at a girt big Rocna ( love em or hate em) for the same sort of reason-Once you start dragging, unless you are seriously over-engined, it don't half get messy very quickly !
 
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