[Public-list] Anchor and Rode

[Robert Kirk]

Pete... A little late in replying, but I just noticed the thread.

Your configuration looks good to me. In the Chesapeake, with a mud/sand 
bottom and shallow anchorages,  a  Danforth is ideal, and 7/16th looks ok. 
If I was rafting up with a bunch of boats, maybe I'd pull up to Mike Lehman 
with his thicker line, but that's not a real problem.

Remember, it's never the line that breaks, it's the anchor that drags, or 
the cleats that pull out, or the chocks that chafe thru the rode. The only 
function of the rode is to separate the anchor from the boat. There is also 
no need for any chain at all, cause if you  do the trig  you see that the 
chain doesn't add anything and is just extra weight. I can just see John 
Birch sailing along,  looking like a bloodhound with his nose to the ground 
with that extra 300# or so in the bow :=)   In fairness, he anchors in 
deeper water than we ever see in the Bay.

So, a couple of hundred feet of 7/16 with a Danforth and all rope rode is 
ideal for the  Bay.

Can't help you on the Keys & Caribb, because, alas, I never go there,

Bob Kirk
Isobar #181

At 06:12 AM 3/15/06 -0800, Peter Staehling wrote:
>This talk about anchor chain makes me wonder...
>I would have thought an all chain rode might be
>overkill here in  the Chesapeake Bay.
>
>What anchor and rode combination do you Chesapeake Bay
>sailors use?
>
>I have no experience with the A30 yet, but I would
>guess that a 20 lb Danforth, 20' of 5/16" chain, and
>100' of 7/16" nylon would be about right for most
>conditions here.  A smaller lunch hook with lighter
>nylon and no chain is probably OK for mild conditions
>when the boat is attended.
>
>What do those who range to the Keys and the Carribean
>find they need?


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