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Originally Posted by MarkWood
My wife and I are cruising our C36 to the Bahamas in the Fall, and considering converting to a dual anchor set up. Wondering if anyone can offer their experience related to this.
We are now using a now using a Fortress 16, with 20' of chain and the rest rope. Works fine for the Chesapeake Bay, and easy to handle. But for the Bahamas, we are thinking of ending up with the Fortress/rope road combo as a stern anchor, and a CQR and Delta off the bow with all chain rode on both. Any thought? |
Why do you want a dual
anchor set-up on the bow? People do have their preferences for this, but it comes down to intended application, and most of the time it is the case that a single
anchor is a much more sensible option. You can have a larger more effective
anchor and less total weight on the bow. Store spares down below.
For the stern
anchor, similar logic should apply to its selection as to the primary. Unless you need to be able to row it out, don't go with an aluminium
anchor, which is just expensive and light of weight for no reason - in fact for your C36, you're only talking about a 20-30lb steel
anchor for the stern anyway, which should be easily manageable by hand.
Fortresses are very specialist, not especially reliable at setting, and really only effective for straight-line pulls.
The
Delta is good but the
CQR to be avoided, particularly in the Bahamas. Take note of Acoustic's post above, although realize he is using a rather cheap copy of the Rocna and the original is always better...
Don't go with all rope for the stern, you should use fairly balanced
rodes so the boat will lie more happily between the two
anchors.