GL: Anchors

[ckersey at wi.rr.com]

Sorry, you changed the size, Ed changed the style. 

---- Gypsy5262 at aol.com wrote: 
> No , it was the same danforth style , just the next size up  
>  
>  
> In a message dated 9/26/2009 7:52:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> ckersey at wi.rr.com writes:
> 
> You  changed the STYLE of anchor, different anchors hold different in in 
> different  bottoms. You probably picked a better one for the bottom 
> conditions. Practical  Sailer did a study on some of the more popular ones - here is 
> the url  
> 
> practical-sailor.com/boatus/anchors/4rhod4598/99anchor2.html
> 
> Chuck
> 
> ----  Ralph Yost <ralph at alphacompservices.com> wrote: 
> > You made two  changes...anchor and chain.
> > Now you cant tell which, or both, was the  improvement. So you cant 
> attribute 
> > the improvement solely to the  anchor.
> > 
> > You do know, however, that it was an improvement, and  that is the most 
> > important thing.
> > 
> > R.
> >  
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "ed"  <ekcine at gmail.com>
> > To:  <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 26,  2009 9:10 AM
> > Subject: GL: Anchors
> > 
> > 
> > > My  observations so far...our boat (aprox 28,000lbs) came with a 45lb 
> CQR 
> >  > and 3/8" chain. On two occasions, we dragged a fair bit. One of them 
> was  
> > > in a spot notorious for bad holding. We put out at least a 6:1  scope.
> > > I then bought a 45lb Manson Supreme and 200' of 5/16 HT  chain. Went 
> back 
> > > to the same two spots and in both cases did not  drag at all under 
> similar 
> > > conditions. If anything, I put out  less scope.
> > > YMMV
> > >
> > > Ed K
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