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The nice thing with chain is that the rode *itself* is dead weight. You
can use less scope with an all chain rode than with a mixed or pure nylon rode. chain don't stretch, and when the winds pull the chain more or less tight, Which won't happen, unless A) you don't have enough scope or B) there is a _lot_ of freakin' wind. Do you have /any/ idea how much wind force would be required to pull any appropriate scope of chain *straight*?? wind gusts can and do put HUGE loads on the anchor system, and jerking from wave actions as put orders of magnitude more load on the system. Like I said, NObody chains a boat to a dock or rock on shore. Why are you comparing an anchor to a dock or rock on shore? Why would anyone think they can chain a boat to a rock under the water? Why are you comparing an anchor to a rock under the water? ans: they don't think so. they KNOW the anchor will drag. Drag, probably not. Reset, yes. An anchor isn't this immovable object you seem to think it is. they are just too lazy to use anything but all chain in their electric windlass. It's not a matter of laziness. All chain has several advantages over all nylon, not the least of which is chafe resistance and weight. 20 knots is not "a blow", especially not if you are behind any kind of protection in terms of where you are anchoring (e.g. behind a barrier island, in some kind of protected waterway, etc.) Those are reasonably stiff operational conditions around here, but are definitely not "a blow". I've been out in 20 knot winds (not by choice), but I sure wouldn't want to anchor in them!  -- ~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat" "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." -Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows |
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