Wayne.B wrote in
:

On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:44:33 -0500, Geoff Schultz
wrote:

I will state that the CQR has also held very reliably once set
properly. I've ever ridden out a 72 kt storm at anchor in Honduras
that bent the anchor roller like a pretzel. The winds blew 40-50 kts
for 20+ minutes and the storm lasted about 2 hours in total. When I
looked at my instruments later, I saw a max wind speed of 72 kts! See
http://www.geoffschultz.org/2002_Sai...n/P6040586.jpg
for a photo.

Ouch.

We use a "hook line" on the chain to take the strain off the anchor
pulpit and roller. The hook line also acts as a shock absorber since
it is 3-strand nylon with a bit of stretch to it. The hook line runs
through a deck chock (hawse pipe on our boat), and then to a cleat.

I do too, but I removed it when I was attempting to let more chain out for
more scope. Unfortunately I had forgotten (having just awoken in the dark
with lightening crashing down and sideways rain) that the anchor chain was
wrapped around the gypsy and then going to a cleat in the anchor locker.
Once I had released the snubber line, there was no way to unhook the chain
to increase the scope and/or re-attach the snubber.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org