[Public-list] Re: Anchors

[Rob Alley]

1.  The weight of chain at the anchor roughly equals the weight of the 
anchor, holding it down until it bites.  My experience is that I do not 
need more than this, given where I sail.  If I sailed where there was 
lots of rock or coral, I would use all chain.

2.  Less weight by 20 feet of chain in the bows when sailing--20 feet of 
wet line weighs less than 20 feet of chain by a few pounds.  And, 
perhaps more to the point, getting it all aboard is easier on my back.......

R

John Kennedy wrote:

>Rob: why the 20 feet of nylon between 2 lengths of chain? Why not a longer
>length of chain at the anchor end of the rode? What's the advantage?
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>(Not sailing yet: just trying to learn.)
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>John
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