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An old friend and I were sailing off Oahu, heading for a night crossing to Kauai....
In Response To: My anchoring priorities are;#1-where, #2-how, #3 size, #4-$, #5-make. ()
We puttered around the island to an area I remember (always risky process these days) as Yokohama Bight. Just a bit of a headland from which to kick off to the crossing. We anchored his 35# CQR in shallows about a 1/4 mile from shore, fished a bit and then turned in for an afternoon nap before the night. When awakened by something "off" we had dragged anchor into deeper water and had drifted nearly a mile parallel to shore but at a slight outward angle. Holy cow. Mercifully no issues save embarrassment at having dragged. Hardly anyone on the shore so not the usual ten thousand to witness a faux pas.
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- anchor mount opinions
- I'd keep the Danforth in the cockpit locker, low and forward.
- I'm like Tom. I have a 22 pound Claw on the bow roller,and a 12 pound Hi tensile Danforth in the cockpit locker,
- Danforth on rail mount...
- I have my Danforth rail mounted on the pulpit
- Questions, Craig...
- Cockpit locker, 30' chain in a canvas bag for easy deployment by dinghy
- I have the same set up on my Shannon PH38. What
- Custom Bow Anchor Setup
- Rather than play with different anchors for different bottoms,
- Properly sized?
- The recommendations for Rocna and Manson are "much higher"
- They are not "upsized"
- Not only weight, the whole profile doesn't work for me
- I dispute putting a CQR & Delta in the same 'old' styele class
- OK, let's call it a transitional design then
- In the Bahamas, way back in the 80's,...you could often hear some guy bragging about his anchor on the vhf,...
- OK, let's call it a transitional design then
- My anchoring priorities are;#1-where, #2-how, #3 size, #4-$, #5-make.
- An old friend and I were sailing off Oahu, heading for a night crossing to Kauai....
- Anchoring Priorities
- They are not "upsized"
- 1 oversized anchor and use it all the time
