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Joined: Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:52 pm Posts: 84 Location: Marseille, France, Europe
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Hello (a bit late in coming because I had logging in troubles) Well I spent some time thinking about a good anchoring system, not for surfing reasons but spear fishing and even spending the night on board (cf the sleeping on board thread). Last summer I witnessed in a number of occasions the poor capacities of a 2.5kg / 5lbs grapnel I already use, especially on rocky and sandy bottoms : not reliable (better with sea weed beds). What I've taken in consideration : - multi hulls need require better anchoring strenght as compared to same lenght mono hulls - the best of anchors without some reasonable lenght of chain will never have a good hold (you need a good horizontal angle for it to keep catching) - as for anchoring, lighter does exist but it comes at a price (poor catching at first) - the AI can take some more weight (as we all witnessed taking kids on board I guess) without much of a problem - *all* kind of anchors are criticized one day, so one should choose the one that gets relatively less criticisms, or one whose flaws one can easily live with.
What I ended up with : Lewmar Delta 4 kg + 8 meters of chain (6kg) + 30 m of nylon rope. Not as pricey as say a Rocna or a Spade but good reliable all round performance. Only real drawback is that it does take some space in the front hatch. With that I'm OK now, up to 5m of depth without any after thought (think about ideal rode scope of more 8 to 1 than 5 to 1 !)
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