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Old 08-30-2008
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The drag on the mooring is not reallya function of displacement (it is not holding the boat up, but of wind force, current and surge.
You will find a useful source at Anchors Principle & Performance
where he discusses this, anchors, scope, and bottom type.
For your boat with a windage of less than 7 sq m the force at 80 knots would be roughly but conservatively 525 kg or 1160 lb well within the safety range as he has built in a 2x.
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Chris,
Thank you for the link and calculations. Another reason to consider the helix mooring.
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