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[njsail]

I found a few good links for anchor comparisons. Interesting results I must say.

http://billspringer.blogspot.com/2011/03/which-anchor-holds-best-14-anchors-are.html

I happen to carry a CQR #45 that came with the boat and a big fortress on my bow. On my last boat I stopped using a danforth after I lost my engine and was drifting into rock wall and I couldn't get it to set. Right before I went into the wall it grabbed the bottom. I was a little stressed after that. The next day I went to the store and bought a big delta anchor and loved it for several years.

 

[Stu Jackson]

Ron, while your concepts are admirable, they really may be unrealistic. Why? "...the water provides physical resistance (lateral and frontal) to the flukes allowing the anchor to pivot and dig in which is not possible on land..."

At the speeds involved, I find that hardly a reason that the differences would matter the littlest bit, if any at all. One might suggest that the weight of the water would make a difference. WDR, I really don't think so.

I find one of Maine Sail's oldest posts on our C34 Message Board to be one of the better anchoring "debates" and he discussed these issues then, too: Reply #47 and others: http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,2705.45.html

 

[RON20406]

CQR continued

Ron, while your concepts are admirable, they really may be unrealistic. Why? "...the water provides physical resistance (lateral and frontal) to the flukes allowing the anchor to pivot and dig in which is not possible on land..."

At the speeds involved, I find that hardly a reason that the differences would matter the littlest bit, if any at all. One might suggest that the weight of the water would make a difference. WDR, I really don't think so.

I find one of Maine Sail's oldest posts on our C34 Message Board to be one of the better anchoring "debates" and he discussed these issues then, too: Reply #47 and others: http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,2705.45.html

Without getting into a discussion of elemental physics, I would say that for the water to have no effect on the anchor when deployed is to assume the aqueous environment of a anchorage exists in a vaccum. We all know that is not the case. The bottom line is we all have different anchor choices that give us the mental security we need when on the hook. Whether you're a weekend sailor, a full-time cruiser or an armchair captain, we draw upon our successful previous experiences in the choices we make. If you say tomato and I say tomatoe, that's what makes the world go round. I seek no devotees to the Cult of the CQR. Good luck and good sailing, Ron