My 36' sailboat already has a Danforth anchor. Looking for suggestions as to what choice for a second backup anchor. Another Danforth? The lakebed is sand, rock, clay, mud, weeds, old shopping carts...you get the idea...a bit of everything. Comments
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Something Different
I would get something different. That way if you are trying to anchor on a bottom that the danforth doesn't like you have options. Can't see a danforth working well in rocky bottom, and I know they don't like weeds. I would probably try a CQR or a Claw as a second anchor.
I would get something different. That way if you are trying to anchor on a bottom that the danforth doesn't like you have options. Can't see a danforth working well in rocky bottom, and I know they don't like weeds. I would probably try a CQR or a Claw as a second anchor.
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Paul Mieszczenski
Really like my Delta
Hey Paul, My O'day 28 came with a 14# Delta when I bought her. Having never had experience with one I was a little skeptical about that being our primary anchor for our trip down the intracoastal to Fla. After three years of heavy use I am really impressed with the anchor. It holds as well as my 22# Bruce. We had 35 Knots steady on the Saturday after Thanksgiving last year in poor holding ground and held on while everyone else was motoring into the wind. PM
Hey Paul, My O'day 28 came with a 14# Delta when I bought her. Having never had experience with one I was a little skeptical about that being our primary anchor for our trip down the intracoastal to Fla. After three years of heavy use I am really impressed with the anchor. It holds as well as my 22# Bruce. We had 35 Knots steady on the Saturday after Thanksgiving last year in poor holding ground and held on while everyone else was motoring into the wind. PM
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oceanis361
I agree with Bill
and go with a 35# CQR. You really need a different typr of anchor. Using the CQR and the Danforth will have all bottom types covered
and go with a 35# CQR. You really need a different typr of anchor. Using the CQR and the Danforth will have all bottom types covered
Everyone's right - Especially Bill
Different bottoms necessitate different anchors (to maximize their effectiveness). Get something that works well where your Danforth doesn't (like in rocks & grass).
Different bottoms necessitate different anchors (to maximize their effectiveness). Get something that works well where your Danforth doesn't (like in rocks & grass).
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Don K.
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carry all the mentioned anchors. I used a 35 lb CQR as my main anchor and it worked very well even when I anchored in the Ashley River in Charleston for two weeks and it held thru all the tide changes. I tried to anchor in Green Turtle in the Bahamas in a weedy bottom with no luck. Lucky I found a vacant mooring that night. Boats that night were draging anchor left and right. We were reanchoring boats with absent owners all night.
carry all the mentioned anchors. I used a 35 lb CQR as my main anchor and it worked very well even when I anchored in the Ashley River in Charleston for two weeks and it held thru all the tide changes. I tried to anchor in Green Turtle in the Bahamas in a weedy bottom with no luck. Lucky I found a vacant mooring that night. Boats that night were draging anchor left and right. We were reanchoring boats with absent owners all night.
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