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The problem is not how to get the anchors off the bow

with a pending storm. The problem is what do you do with two 44 and 45 pound anchors once you have them disconnected from the chain. A little grease on the threads of the pin will allow for quick removal from the chain. Now what? That's almost 90 pounds of steel to muscle down below. Two or three times of that can really dampen the old enthusiasm. I'm not going to just drop them on the teak floor and hope for the best. As an alternative, how many of you run your snubber from the base of the dolphin striker instead of the bow cleats?

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