[Public-List] Mahseer anchor dragging in "Good Old Boat"

[Richard Mair]

We have done a lot of anchoring. A lot depends on the seabed and scope. The
chart usually gives a good idea. We have had the Bruce hold in 45 knots on
a sand bottom and 7:1  scope on an all chain Rhode. It was probably due
more to the bottom and scope why the boat dragged. That said I have not
read the article and have had a situation with steep waves and a hard
bottom when we had two anchors down and we were still dragging. There was a
Marina close by so we took that option.

Richard
On Feb 1, 2014 12:59 AM, "Stephen Gwyn" <stephen.gwyn at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> wrote:

>
> I just read about Mahseer, an Alberg 30 dragging anchor
> in the January edition of Good Old Boat.
>
> I'm mildly concerned since I have the same boat and
> possibly the same anchor, namely a 15kg Lewmar Claw.
> My personal experience with it is that it has never
> even slightly dragged, even in 25-30 knot winds.
> In fact, the next morning, since I don't have an
> anchor winch, I had to tie a line to the anchor rode
> with a rolling hitch and bring it back to a
> jib winch.
>
> SG
>
>
>
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