[Public-list] Anchors

[Theodore M. Liszczak]

SwiftLaw at aol.com wrote:

>Having just spent the night anchored off the Weepecket's in Buzzards Bay,  it 
>occurs that there may be better solutions and safer ones than I am using. I  
>have a 20 lb "plow anchor" with 5 feet of chain.
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>Any other favorites or weight combinations ? Thoughts, wisdom or advice  ?
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Having spent 24 years in your location, Cape Cod, Marthas Vineyard, 
Nantucket, I have always used a 45 lb. Danforth with five feet
of chain  attached to two hundred feet of line. The amount of line being 
determined by the conditions, i.e. dept and mooring location.