T&T: Anchor comments

[djmarchand at cox.net]

Jeff:

I bought a Rocna after dragging twice with a Delta- a 45 lb model. I have a 35'  sailing catamaran and it has a huge amount of windage. As much as a 40 trawler with flybridge I would guess.

The 55# ( 25 kg) Rocna is as big as I could fit on the foredeck and so far in about a dozen anchorings, it has held very well. It sets immediately and I can back down with both engines to really set it at 1500 rpm. At that rpm I can motor into a 40 kt wind, so that sets it very well. And when you retreive it,  it is amazing how much bottom it brings up with it.

I am convinced. So how big an anchor for your boat. If you can fit the 55 kg model, about 110 lbs go for it.

David
---- Jeffrey Siegel <jeff at activecaptain.com> wrote: 
> All of this anchor conversation has got me thinking of switching.  I  
> had always thought that I'd get a SuperMax next but I'm liking  
> everything I read and hear about the Rocna.  Their sizing chart  
> recommends a 40 or 55 kg model for my boat (53', about 35 ton  
> displacement).  Does anyone with a Rocna have a size suggestion for me?
> 
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