What's the deepest water you've ever dropped anchor in?

administrator · #1 (**permalink**) 02-28-2006

What's the deepest water you've ever dropped anchor in?

Inquiring minds want to know?

SeanC. · #2 (**permalink**) 02-28-2006

28 feet in sand off Montserrat. I know, not very daring, just thought I'd get the ball rolling...

mattkab · #3 (**permalink**) 02-28-2006

Not deep enough:
http://www.matt-megan.us/i/l/C30/Gro.../Grounding.jpg

In all seriousness, we regularly anchor in 30+ feet of water in Puget Sound. Deepest, around 50' or so.

Thanks,
Matt B.

TrueBlue · #4 (**permalink**) 02-28-2006

115 feet off Can-2, 5 miles offshore from Brenton Reef, Newport. It was with 1:2 scope, while fishing for Striped Bass in my 30 ft. powerboat (gasp!). In True Blue, we anchored in 75 ft. to dive off Kettle Bottom Rock, off Horsehead, Jamestown, RI. We decided to stay awhile for lunch after the dive, since seas were calm and weather perfect.

If anchoring off other boats counts in this poll, three years ago, I dove the wreck of the U-853, sunk in 130 ft, 6 miles east of Block Island, RI, with all 53 German sailors on board. We dove off Stephen Brady's 48 ft Egg Harbor, a Newport Diving Center Charter. Incredible experience, but only 15 ft viz.