"Jeff Morris" yammered impotently:

It would be nice if you actually had a Herreshoff Anchor, but that
looks like a cheap imitation. On a true Herreshoff, the broad palms
extend further towards the crown.

Wrong again. Mr. Mush For Brains.

It is a genuine Herreschoff anchor manufactured by Wilcox. It has
the Wilcox Crittenden casting stamp on the inner side of the flukes.

And if you going to drop names like Herreshoff in order to sound
intelligent, the least you could do is spell it correctly.

The correct way to spell Herreschoff is the way I spell it and not
the way you imagined it was spelled.

This is certainly contrary to the universal experience of cruisers.
Of course, pound for pound the CQR is particular inefficient,
especially at the smaller sizes. Perhaps you should get a modern
version of the plow.

Cruisers where? I anchor a lot in hard sand and, in hard sand, the
CQR plow does not have a sharp enough point to penetrate the
sand in a lot of cases. It would rather just skitter along on its side.

The plow is also a rotten anchor in soft mud and grass of which
there is a lot of in Florida Bay and the Bahamas. The best all-around
anchor for setting the first time and staying set is the Danforth
Hi-Tensile. The best anchor in rocks and coral is the fisherman.

The plow comes in a distant third as far as all-around utility goes.
I can never sleep soundly when laying to a plow, especially if there
is a wind or current shift. The plow is notorious for just merrily
sliding along the bottom plowing a little trench. The only way it
can be trusted is to dive on it and manually shove it in, back and
forth, about three or four times to get it started on it's way home.

I have probably anchored a hundred times more than anyone who
posts here in this group of wannabes and I have the experience
to tell you the plow is an inferior anchor for tropical sailing .
Don't even mention the Delta anchor which is but an inferior
imitation of an inferior anchor. The only worse anchor than
a Delta is one of those Aluminum fortresses that would rather
fly like a kite in any kind of current than go to the bottom.

Bottom line, with the three anchors on my bow and the two spare
Danforth Hi-Tensile anchors stowed away in the cockpit lockers,
my vessel will hold come Tsunami, Hurricane, Hell or High Water
while all the other vessels in an anchorage relying on their one
anchor as suggested by otnmbrd go on their merry way, pounding
themselves to an ignominious death upon the nearest shore.

Heed my words of wisdom . . .

Capt. Neal
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