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Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 28-05-2017, 17:12
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Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting

Ann,

Please understand, I am not knocking Noelex per se. I think the effort he has gone to, with the diving skills and photography of the mermaid, are exemplary. I have said in the past that from...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 28-05-2017, 14:56
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Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting

No, it is not common to have the current set you back as per Panope's test regimen, but what is your point? Are you suggesting that somehow the anchors in Panope's test that did not reset well would...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 15-12-2015, 07:06
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Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting

That's great to hear. It sure is nice to not have to jump out of bed every time you hear those bullets come whistling through the rigging, isn't it? :thumb:

Was it a chafe point on the bridle that...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 30-11-2015, 04:22
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Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting

gspeak,

That swinging anchor chain pattern in the sand looks exactly like what we saw when we were on the FreeFlow 46 with the Excel #5, except that the Excel had completely buried the shank well...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 07-11-2015, 03:48
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Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting

Noelex, thanks for those thoughts, particularly wrt multihull anchoring considerations. I had already decided to go with G7 all chain as it is kept back towards the center to reduce pitching. And I'm...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 06-11-2015, 14:21
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Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting

Noelex,

Can I respectfully suggest that if your post #2074 indicates the degree to which an anchor needs to be oversized (bigger is better) in order to work properly, then most anchor designs...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 10-08-2015, 22:27
Replies: 2,806
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Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting

And while I think of it, one trick you can use with "rock slot" anchors if you are concerned about the resetting, is you can cable tie the shackle at the end of the slot. For normal anchoring it will...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 10-08-2015, 22:20
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Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting

"I think if the small number of people that use the "rock slot" for overnight anchoring could see the anchor working, or more correctly not working , they would go back to securing the shackle...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 14-04-2015, 15:41
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Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting

Hydra,

Ok, got it now:smile: You are trying to slow down the boat "springing back" during a lull, using a parachute anchor. But do you think there would be THAT much stretch? I think the parachute...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 13-04-2015, 17:20
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Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting

Hoppy: the issue is the weakening of nylon with repeated cycles of stretching, so if that is nylon going through the rubber thingamabob, it doesn't solve the problem, seems to me.

Hydra: Sorry, I...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 13-04-2015, 01:28
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Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting.

Hi Jim,

Yes the whole idea is to find a workaround to the vulnerabilities of nylon. I do not have the stats that Noelex questioned re % stretch and WLL to polyester diameter, but from memory you...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 12-04-2015, 21:58
Replies: 2,806
Views: 779,445
Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting.

" For a snubber you need the maximium stretch so you want the thinnest diameter that won't break. I do seem to have a lot of problems with breaking snubbers. I thought I had solved the problem moving...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 03-04-2015, 18:54
Replies: 2,806
Views: 779,445
Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting.

Hi Ann,

Hope you get in touch when you guys hit Sydney!

I watched (snorkelling) the set in 8 meters of a 30kg Sarca Excel from a 46' cat I was visiting. Actually several sets (as the owner...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 03-11-2014, 04:54
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Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting.

Thanks Noelex. The definitive anchor test would be to underwater video how anchors set, and then all manner of scenarios could be tested. It would be a massive job trying to undertake several anchor...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 02-11-2014, 19:54
Replies: 2,806
Views: 779,445
Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting.

Noelex,

Compliments to the mermaid on these photos, they are excellent.:thumb:

Your last photo in the harder bottom substrate made me wonder re the bigger is better question. In that bottom,...
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 08-10-2014, 15:57
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Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting.

Hey Monte,

Aren't you lucky you didn't drop your anchor into that big black hole just to the right of your set on the rock!!! :thumb:
Forum: Anchoring & Mooring 07-10-2014, 19:45
Replies: 2,806
Views: 779,445
Posted By BigBeakie
Re: Photos of Anchors Setting.

Having been on boats (not mine) that dragged, at night, up on the GBR when the wind piped up, I have for some time had a strong interest in anchor design so that when it came time to pick an anchor...
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