Can you anchor in 10ft of water?

[denverd0n]

Originally Posted by nimblemotors

The downside of a many hundreds of pounds of anchor and chain, a massive winch and a whole lot of prime space to store a bunch of dirty wet stuff seems obvious to me.

Yes, the downsides are quite obvious to everyone. I don't think you have to tell anyone here what the downsides are.

It's just that, so far, no one has come up with a system that is better overall. Your system may well be better for shallow water with a soft enough bottom, but that's pretty limiting. If you can live with it, great. More power to you. If you can come up with something that works in any sort of bottom, and any reasonable depth, then the world will beat a path to your door.