Gordon wrote:
Actually, Gordon said he would like to get rid of 300 lbs in his
bow! Altho he does have 300 foot of 1/4" hi test chain.


Well then, the simple answer is to get rid of all that chain. But I'm
guessing you think you need it, so your options for balancing the boat
are to reposition the chain elsewhere, or to balance it by moving
other weight aft. Of course too much weight in the extremes increases
hobby horsing, but its hard to tell how much your boat is affected by
that.

In my case, my catamaran's performance would suffer from adding that
much weight, so I'm forced to use the "high tech, light weight"
approach to anchoring - Delta & Fortress anchors, mostly nylon rode.
For most situations, this is equal in holding power to the "brute
force" approach of all chain, usually attached to a large Bruce or CQR
anchor. Actually, on my previous boat, which didn't have a (good)
windlass, my anchoring got much better when I switched to lightweight
gear, because I was always sure when the anchor was well and truly
set, and I did not hesitate to haul the anchor if I was in any way
unhappy about the setup.