"Jere Lull" wrote in message
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On 2007-11-03 07:02:47 -0400, "JimB" said:

YES! And the test of good anchoring is to check that your anchor holds
aginst full astern.

Maybe, but only AFTER it's been set and settled in for a while with lesser
strain. It's so amusing to watch someone immediately punch it and drag
through the most friendly anchorages.

With our Maxprop, full reverse will drag pretty much any anchor if it
isn't thoroughly buried first, and we have 20 HP.

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Jere Lull
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I did say 'holds', as apart from 'set'. I assumed that no-one is foolish
enough to try and set a anchor with full power, or with inertia forces
present. Apart from the fact that it's bad technique with old plough anchors
and flat anchors, with a quick setting modern anchor there's a high risk
you'd screw the winch apart, if you didn't pull it out of the deck.
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JimB
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