[Public-list] Delta anchor question

[Taylor Echlin]

I bought a 10 kg Delta (that's 22 lbs) 3 years ago for my boat.  We cruise
in the Bay of Quinte and Thousand Islands - and the anchorages are quite
weedy with mud bottoms.  I bought the Delta because my Bruce anchor broke
out several times in such bottoms.

The Delta is tremendous.  It digs in immediately (that's why they call it
quick set) and holds.  We use 35 feet of chain with nylon rode.

Being one piece the Delta is easy to manage as well.

In July we anchored at Witlow Point in anticipation of a bad storm.  Winds
were 60 knots plus - with a 5 minute gust of close to 80 knots.  We had let
out 12 to 1 scope.  The boat broached at anchor and put the lee rail in the
water.  The anchor held solidly.

There were two Corbins beside us with all chain rode.  They both broke out
and dragged for more than 500 metres.  They probably didn't have enough
scope.

An Alberg  22 was near us as well.  She let out lots of scope and didn't
move.

A lone fisherman drowned in that storm.

The 10 kg Delta works well on an  Alberg 30.  It's not too heavy to haul up
by hand and it's easy to manage.  I would highly recommend it.

Taylor
-- 
Taylor Echlin
le papillon  KC 612

> From: Bill Burke <BurkeNH at verizon.net>
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> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 21:58:35 -0500
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> Subject: [Public-list] Delta anchor question
> 
> Anyone using a delta anchor as their primary anchor?  I'm curious as to the
> size.  I used a 35 lb delta with my previous boat, a 37' trimaran.  Much
> higher windage but 2000 lbs less displacement when fully loaded for long term
> cruising than a light A30.  The 35 lb delta performed flawlessly in a variety
> of bottoms, much better than the 45 lb CQR I also carried.  So good in fact,
> that I'm considering possibly downsizing to a 22 lb delta for the A30.  Yes, I
> know bigger is always better, but I'm feeling like a 22 might be plenty
> adequate for the A30.  Lewmar rates the 22 for 25-41 foot boats, which seems
> to leave plenty of room for even a heavy displacement A30.  Less weight on the
> bow, and even more importantly at the end of the 40' of 5/16 chain when
> hauling it in by hand are considerations.  Anyone using a 22 lb delta?
> Thoughts?
> Thanks,
> Bill Burke
> #116
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