What size line for sea anchor? Beneteau 50

[bene505]

I'm planning on gettng a sea anchor in the future. For now, I'd like to have the extra 300+ of line on board. What size line should I get for a 28,000 pound (probably more fully loaded) Beneteau 50?

Also I'm thinking 300 feet. Is that enough?

Regards

[maxingout]

On our Privliege 39 catamaran, we used 500 feet of 1 inch gold double braid attached to an 18 foot diamater parachute sea anchor. It worked fine in a storm three hundred miles north of New Zealand.

[Sailndive345]

Layla is right around 20k lbs and the line for the parachute sea anchor (came with the boat) is 5/8" and the length between 250 and 300'

[MarkJ]

If you are talking about a parachute anchor, not a sea anchor (which are useless) Para Anchors Australia recommend 100 meters (300 ft) of 18 or 20 mm double braid.

But 3 strand nyoln anchor rode would be ok one would thinkum...

[Ram]

Mim of 1' double Braid and that might not be big enough-400ft, bigger & longer would be better
=Daves boat weighs about half of yours- so your gonna need bigger line-

[maxingout]

Originally Posted by maxingout

On our Privliege 39 catamaran, we used 500 feet of 1 inch gold double braid attached to an 18 foot diamater parachute sea anchor. It worked fine in a storm three hundred miles north of New Zealand.

I made a typo - I had 300 feet of double braid.

[bene505]

Originally Posted by MarkJ

If you are talking about a parachute anchor, not a sea anchor (which are useless) Para Anchors Australia recommend 100 meters (300 ft) of 18 or 20 mm double braid.

But 3 strand nyoln anchor rode would be ok one would thinkum...

Yes, I'm going with a parachute anchor.

I didn't see the recommended line thickness on their site. I'm going to see if I can Google somehting, but if anyone knows where there's a good table to use as a guide, please let me know.

Regards

[MarkJ]

Originally Posted by bene505

I didn't see the recommended line thickness on their site. I'm going to see if I can Google somehting, but if anyone knows where there's a good table to use as a guide, please let me know.

Just ring Alby, he'll talk the leg off a chair but he knows his stuff and is a great old guy.

+(61) 3 5144 1244
alby@paraanchors.com.au