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The recommendations for Rocna and Manson are "much higher"
In Response To: Rather than play with different anchors for different bottoms, 
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() We have and 65# CQR which is our "working" anchor. We have essentially an all chain rode. Ours is upsized by one "step" from CQR's recommendation. We also have another folded "Storm" anchor - a FX-50 by Fortress that has never been deployed in 16 years; and a another FX-37 fortress that's 25 years old that we've never deployed.
No wonder Rocna and Manson have such "ratings" -- they upsize the anchor weight by 25-30%.
In our case, when I looked into using these, they would interfere with our sprit pole before you went to their recommended weight premium.
I know that all of you with your small engine block weights called "superior anchors" will now hog-pile on me ;^)))))
Messages In This Thread
- anchor mount opinions
- I'd keep the Danforth in the cockpit locker, low and forward.
- I'm like Tom. I have a 22 pound Claw on the bow roller,and a 12 pound Hi tensile Danforth in the cockpit locker,
- Danforth on rail mount...
- I have my Danforth rail mounted on the pulpit
- Questions, Craig...
- Cockpit locker, 30' chain in a canvas bag for easy deployment by dinghy
- I have the same set up on my Shannon PH38. What
- Custom Bow Anchor Setup
- Rather than play with different anchors for different bottoms,
- Properly sized?
- The recommendations for Rocna and Manson are "much higher"
- They are not "upsized"
- Not only weight, the whole profile doesn't work for me
- I dispute putting a CQR & Delta in the same 'old' styele class
- OK, let's call it a transitional design then
- In the Bahamas, way back in the 80's,...you could often hear some guy bragging about his anchor on the vhf,...
- OK, let's call it a transitional design then
- My anchoring priorities are;#1-where, #2-how, #3 size, #4-$, #5-make.
- They are not "upsized"
- 1 oversized anchor and use it all the time
