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I agree, I think one of the most important features in a dinghy anchor... 
In Response To: We have found a small bruce to be the perfect dinghy anchor ()
...is the ability to have it set on an extremely short scope in an emergency, and no anchor does that better than a Bruce...
I see it all the time in the Bahamas, I'm sure you've seen it as well, people using lightweight Fortress/Guardian danforths in their tenders... One of the biggest risks in a place like that, is being swept by the current out of a cut, or off the shallow banks, into deep water, and the last anchor I'd want to be trying to set in such a situation would be a Danforth - particularly a lightweight...
BTW, I know you're on top of the latest AC news, but have you seen this one?
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- Late season, another cruiser left Rockport this weekend, headed south.
- We had a rigid plastic dinghy in the Carribean and it was a good compromise.
- 128 pounds. That's a lot for a 7'7" dinghy.
- Sorry, but the appeal of those things is completely lost on me...
- The hard dinghy vs inflatable debate, is like politicts. A "fools errand",
to try to change someones preference.
- And here's that Nesting dinghy in use.
- Inflatable is better than hard. It has to do with safety.
- That's nonsense, Dan. The only time we "lost" our kids, they were in an inflatable.
- It was your choice of inflatable"Tom that was the problem...
- Funny Story on my first time using Dink
- An anchor and VHF radio
- Smart advice.
- I donno, I think I'd have a hard time with a pointy danforth
- Mushrooms don't grab the botom
- We have found a small bruce to be the perfect dinghy anchor
- I keep my dinghy danforth in a container
- I agree, I think one of the most important features in a dinghy anchor...
- Smart advice.
- our AB rowed really nice. Did it all the time
- It was your choice of inflatable"Tom that was the problem...
- That's nonsense, Dan. The only time we "lost" our kids, they were in an inflatable.
- And here's that Nesting dinghy in use.
- But if it's not going to go up on deck...
- So I guess none of these boats are you Jon?
- The hard dinghy vs inflatable debate, is like politicts. A "fools errand",
- Here's another, more complimentary picture....
- Sorry, but the appeal of those things is completely lost on me...
- 128 pounds. That's a lot for a 7'7" dinghy.
- We had a rigid plastic dinghy in the Carribean and it was a good compromise.