So, you disagree that the longer the chain the better the holding
power in an ideal bottom? 8^)

BB

(start with a friendly grin)
You've been taking lessons from the political threads here. (1) Make an absurd
statement. (2) Defend challenges to absurd statement by finding some safe haven
in closely related logic and claiming that was *really* what you meant all
along.

And of course you're right, the longer the chain the better the holding
power....although I think you can reach a point where additional scope becomes
more of a hassle than it's worth. Will 15:1 hold better than 7:1? Likely so,
but equally likely nobody would ever notice the difference.

I had to laugh at the original statement. "One minute of holding power for each
inch
of chain." Will two inches of scope hold a boat for two minutes? :-)

Now, when you're down on the dock next spring and two guys are debating anchor
rodes and one says "I read on the internet that you will hold one minute for
each inch of chain......" you'll have cause to feel just a bit guilty. :-)