Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:33:35 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

One anchor that never ceases to amaze me is the danforth. We just
spent a week on race committee duty in Key West. The committee head
wanted us on something lighter than our normal 120 lb Spade for
reasons relating to speed of retrieval. Fortunately it is a good
sand bottom out there, and all of our 60,000 lbs held very nicely in
20+ kts of wind, for 6 straight days, on a little 30 pound danforth
that I regard as a lunch hook.
Curious - how much water were you in?

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Typically 32 to 35 feet - Hawk Channel, 5 NM SE of Key West.

We were using a full 175 ft of 5/8 nylon rode with 20 ft of 3/8ths
chain. The fellow doing the anchoring job was being very careful to
get it set properly. That is key in my experience.


I have used Danforth in sand for years, and have never had problems. I
have had problems setting a Fortress Anchor, they seem to want to sail
through the current, instead of sitting on the bottom.