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Originally Posted by jasonr575
Sounds to me that people say because of a cqr's design it is not a good anchor, but the people who have had experience with is have great things to say about it. |
You will always find this. Most people do not have a wide range of experience with
anchors, as they tend to make what they have work to an acceptable degree, and that generates contrary "results". What you will find is anyone with good experience with "new" vs "old", to generalize, will expound the benefits of the new over the old - but never vice versa.
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Originally Posted by jasonr575
A bruce anchor seems to be a good one to have on board. what size is suggested for the boat? (look at first post for boat details). Also since they are not in business any more what is a comparable brand/model?
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It isn't... only an alternative to the
CQR. You have taken one step forward in the history of anchor development and are now in the 1970's instead of the 1930's.
The Bruce in general terms sets better than the CQR, but holds worse on a weight-for-weight basis. Since setting isn't your problem (I assume, given your intended cruising grounds), going to the Bruce is leaning the wrong way unless you massively oversize it, and what's the point of that... find something more efficient. Frankly you shouldn't consider anything older than the
Delta.
The final nail in the Bruce's coffin is that you can no longer buy the genuine version, and what Bruce say on their website about the copies is pretty well right. Knock-offs are always much worse, as they typically need to be cheaper than the original in order to compete. The
Lewmar copy, the Chinese built "Claw", is in that testing above.
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Originally Posted by sailingdog
Also, get an anchor the size up from what is "recommended" for your boat. Most anchors are sized for relatively benign conditions, and won't really hold your boat in a blow. Going up a size usually remedies that.
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True but not universally if I may sing my tune briefly; we size with 50 knots in mind, together with surge, and moderate holding.