"Edgar" wrote in message
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"Bruce In Bangkok" wrote in message
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I would say that with the exception of an occasional manual windless
they are all equipped with electric anchor windless and probably 90%+
are using all chain rode and fairly heavy anchors. My own 40 ft sloop
displaces about 13 tons and has 45 lb. and 60 lb. CQR anchors and 200
ft. of 5/16 inch chain. If I were making off shore voyages I would
carry an additional 100 mtrs of 1 inch nylon rode for a total of 528
feet. Probably fairly typical of the anchoring equipment you see here.

Just for information (and I don't recommend it) I did make a trip down
to Malaysia and back with an inoperative anchor windless and hauled
the anchor once a day by hand, for six days.

I would suggest that your proposed 1" rode would be somewhat of an
overkill. Although the possibility of chafe is a factor the breaking
strain of your 5/16 chain is about 3 tons, while the breaking strain of 1"
dia nylon is about 10 tons. Certainly you must consider safety factors and
the question of chafe on the nylon but I would suggest 14mm nylon instead
, which would allow you to stow a longer length of it.




Bruce in Bangkok is all talk and no action. He's been stuck there at the
dock for thirty years now. He let that slip in one of his posts a couple
months ago.

5/16 chain is inadequate for a boat his size. A boat his size is too large
for his abilities to sail in the first place. That is why he's been stuck
for so long - no longer sailing - but still trying to sound like an expert.
A man should sail a boat that has properly sized anchors for it that he can
weigh without mechanical assistance. This means a boat of 30 foot max for a
single-hander. About 34 feet for a crew of two. A fit male sailor can weigh
anchors in the 30 pound range with a suitable length of chain attached by
hand.

For a 13 ton, 40-footer one should use 3/8 chain and 5/8 inch nylon. Twin
bowers should be 60 pounds each minimum and storm anchor stowed below over a
hundred pounds.

Wilbur Hubbard