As noted above, get the biggest anchor that you can comfortably carry - and that should be one or two sizes bigger than the manufacturers recomendation. AND - carry the most chain you can. It's really the weight of the chain that allows the anchor to do its work.
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As noted above, get the biggest anchor that you can comfortably carry - and that should be one or two sizes bigger than the manufacturers recomendation. AND - carry the most chain you can. It's really the weight of the chain that allows the anchor to do its work.
As noted above, get the biggest anchor that you can comfortably carry - and that should be one or two sizes bigger than the manufacturers recomendation. AND - carry the most chain you can. It's really the weight of the chain that allows the anchor to do its work.
As noted above, get the biggest anchor that you can comfortably carry - and that should be one or two sizes bigger than the manufacturers recomendation. AND - carry the most chain you can. It's really the weight of the chain that allows the anchor to do its work.
As noted above, get the biggest anchor that you can comfortably carry - and that should be one or two sizes bigger than the manufacturers recomendation. AND - carry the most chain you can. It's really the weight of the chain that allows the anchor to do its work.
And when anchoring - make sure that enough rose is played out. Most anchoring problems are related to simply not haveing enough rode, and the anchor simply gets yanked out of it's grab. I use an all-chain rode, and have spray painted splotches on the chain at intervals to reduce the mental arithmetic in determining how much rode is going out. There are many different sschemes, but I use the roman numeral system. I have calculated that for a 4:1 scope, when I look at the depthsounder and it's telling me I'm in 5m of water, I will put out enough chain until I see the splotches that represent 5m. I use 1 white splotch for 1m of water on the depthsounder; two splotches for 2m and so on. The Roman numeral 'V' is represented by one red splotch. Whenever I haul the boat, I usually repaint the splotches as the paint does wear off over time.
Of course, the painting scheme described is only the starting point. It's the minimum under good anchoring conditions, winds, tides, etc. But, at least you know where to start and then make judgments as to how much more rode to put out. In making caluclations, include the freeboard height to the point where the rode departs the boat (sometimes surprisingly high), how deep the depthsounder transducer is, etc.