What size anchor...

[Mr Cassandra]

I am a previous owner of performance yachts but don't need or want to race them , For my needs I did not notice a big difference in performance that extra 5kg anchors made.

I used to buy, keep and read many sailing magazines. I remember the designer of Spade used to post on here until would be journalists started arguments on every post.
Should have binned them to save weight

 

[Neeves]

You never know how badly you sail - until you race.

But we are not talking about 5kg.

Its a philosophy, some of us want to sail our yachts to their maximum potential, some are just out for a drink, or race, with friends. We happen to like sailing over 100nm and averaging 10 knots - so we are conscious of weight.

There was an old saying - look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. Conside saving 5kg here - and extend that philosophy to your chain, the water you carry and those long passages can, for some, be more pleasurable. With less weight you don't need to turn the engine on - quite so quickly - and if you are crossing oceans - its important - as there is not a limitless supply of fuel.

I frankly don't actually see the point of buying a 'performance' yacht, with the extra costs it involves, and then weight it down with a bigger engine, speedsheet sized chain, a bigger and heavier windlass and an extra 15kg on anchors (as you will not carry one anchor - but 3).

Each to their own

Jonathan

 

[Bouba]

So it comes down to Spade verses Excel. But the Spade is too old and (let’s face it) the Excel is a plough (so I’m not having that). Perhaps my Rocna is the correct choice ?

 

[Mr Cassandra]

You never know how badly you sail - until you race.

But we are not talking about 5kg.

Its a philosophy, some of us want to sail our yachts to their maximum potential, some are just out for a drink, or race, with friends. We happen to like sailing over 100nm and averaging 10 knots - so we are conscious of weight.

There was an old saying - look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. Conside saving 5kg here - and extend that philosophy to your chain, the water you carry and those long passages can, for some, be more pleasurable. With less weight you don't need to turn the engine on - quite so quickly - and if you are crossing oceans - its important - as there is not a limitless supply of fuel.

I frankly don't actually see the point of buying a 'performance' yacht, with the extra costs it involves, and then weight it down with a bigger engine, speedsheet sized chain, a bigger and heavier windlass and an extra 15kg on anchors (as you will not carry one anchor - but 3).

Each to their own

Jonathan

I drive an 1989 911 Carrera turbo that I don't race either. The weight in the ends effect that more

 

[Neeves]

I drive an 1989 911 Carrera turbo that I don't race either. The weight in the ends effect that more

Good for you.

Personally I don't see the point in driving a car whose potential speed is twice the legal speed limit and within which you cannot carry a mainsail and granddaughters (simultaneously), but I'm a parsimonious Scot and don't feel the need to enhance my personna. .

Take care, stay safe

Jonathan

 

[Mr Cassandra]

With a diminishing market in regurgitated words I think your right as it would be difficult to enhance your personna .

 

[geem]

SUNFAST 39.
SUNMAGIC 44
BRUCE FARR 45 PERFORMANCE.
BENETEAU 46.1.
Perhape i should order aluminium chain ... Tell me which one was /is crap

Yes, I was right?????

 

[Mr Cassandra]

Yes, I was right?????

There's a first time for everything

 

[Neeves]

Perhape i should order aluminium chain ...

No need to be exotic (difficult to anodise chain), just get some galvanised G100 chain of the next size down. That will draw admiration.

Jonathan

 

[geem]

You never know how badly you sail - until you race.

But we are not talking about 5kg.

Its a philosophy, some of us want to sail our yachts to their maximum potential, some are just out for a drink, or race, with friends. We happen to like sailing over 100nm and averaging 10 knots - so we are conscious of weight.

There was an old saying - look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. Conside saving 5kg here - and extend that philosophy to your chain, the water you carry and those long passages can, for some, be more pleasurable. With less weight you don't need to turn the engine on - quite so quickly - and if you are crossing oceans - its important - as there is not a limitless supply of fuel.

I frankly don't actually see the point of buying a 'performance' yacht, with the extra costs it involves, and then weight it down with a bigger engine, speedsheet sized chain, a bigger and heavier windlass and an extra 15kg on anchors (as you will not carry one anchor - but 3).

Each to their own

Jonathan

On our last ocean passage I moved the 35kg 15hp engine off the transom and stowed it in the heads. The spinnaker, storm jib, mizzen staysail all moved to the saloon behind a lee-cloth. All easy access if needed them but centralised some weight. The contents of out huge bow deck locker were moved to the sail locker under the front bunk. This brought more weight out of the bow. As much weight as possible was moved to the bilge under the saloon. Stuff that we wouldn't need on passage. Our 30kg Spade stayed on the bow roller. Too difficult to stow elsewhere. The chain locker is under the front bow locker at the waterline so it also stayed there. Even on a heavy boat like ours the centralising of weight to the middle of the boat was noticeable. We pitched less. There was less strain on hull and rig as a consequence. We had a fast Atlantic crossing which I like to think was helped by the removal of weight out of the ends