How much anchor is too much anchor?

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by smj

We all know? He said kts? So we go from 170kts to less than 92kts? Big difference.
On our first cruise over 30 years ago we went through a storm with 90+kts. The CQR did its usual and drug, but thank god the danforth held.

Actually in the Beaufort Scale that's a hurricane not a storm..
73mph+ or 63kts plus.. so basically your talking Cat 2 hurricane not a storm.
He was talking about a Cat 4 hurricane.

[smj]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Actually in the Beaufort Scale that's a hurricane not a storm..

73mph+ or 63kts plus.. so basically your talking Cat 2 hurricane not a storm.

It was called storm of the century, wasn’t during hurricane season.

Why was it called the Storm of the Century? To Florida residents, it was a "no-name" March hurricane creating wind gusts over 90 mph, tornadoes, and a devastatingly deadly storm surge. But it was much larger than a hurricane.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by smj

It was called storm of the century, wasn’t during hurricane season.

Why was it called the Storm of the Century? To Florida residents, it was a "no-name" March hurricane creating wind gusts over 90 mph, tornadoes, and a devastatingly deadly storm surge. But it was much larger than a hurricane.

Ahh.. 90mph gusts, sorry thought you said 90 kts..
I'm just going on Beaufort speeds, not seasonal things, a hurricane is a hurricane.. the month is irrelevant.
Its all semantics, it was windy...

[smj]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Ahh.. 90mph gusts, sorry thought you said 90 kts..

I'm just going on Beaufort speeds, not seasonal things, a hurricane is a hurricane.. the month is irrelevant.

Its all semantics, it was windy...

In the US, a storm with hurricane wind strength in March would be considered a tropical cyclone not a hurricane.
Do you have a point in this conversation?

[boatman61]

Naah.. just shooting the breeze..

[smj]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Naah.. just shooting the breeze..

We call that Bullsh!!ting in the US

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by smj

In the US, a storm with hurricane wind strength in March would be considered a tropical cyclone not a hurricane.
Do you have a point in this conversation?

Actually that would be a hurricane in the Atlantic, eastern Pacific but In the western Pacific that would be a typhoon . In the Indian Ocean and Southern Ocean it's called a tropical cyclone .
They are all the same just different names for different locations and cultures.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by smj

We call that Bullsh!!ting in the US

Same here.. that's why I joined in..

[Lodesman]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Ahh.. 90mph gusts, sorry thought you said 90 kts..
I'm just going on Beaufort speeds, not seasonal things, a hurricane is a hurricane.. the month is irrelevant.
Its all semantics, it was windy...

Not all high wind storms are hurricanes. Hurricanes are cyclonic, ie. they go around a low pressure centre. Tornadoes, down-bursts and derechoes can all generate winds over 63 kts without being cyclonic.

[smj]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Same here.. that's why I joined in..

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[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Lodesman

Not all high wind storms are hurricanes. Hurricanes are cyclonic, ie. they go around a low pressure centre. Tornadoes, down-bursts and derechoes can all generate winds over 63 kts without being cyclonic.

Ahh.. but we are talking low pressure storms..
The 1993 Storm of the Century (also known as the 93 Superstorm, The No Name Storm, or the Great Blizzard of '93/1993) was a cyclonic storm that formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 1993. The cold weather, heavy snowfall, high winds and storm surges that the storm brought affected a very large area; at its height, it stretched from Canada to Honduras.[1] The cyclone moved through the Gulf of Mexico and then through the eastern United States before moving on to eastern Canada. It eventually dissipated in the North Atlantic Ocean on March 15.
Amidest this event 15 tornados hit Florida..
A volcanic winter is thought to have started with the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo leading to the factors creating the above.

[sailorboy1]

well to make the thread full we now need to decide what gun would be best during that :-)

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by sailorboy1

well to make the thread full we now need to decide what gun would be best during that :-)

A gun to shoot a spike into the seabed

[Jubilee39]

Simple googling of news reports will back up my recollections of Luis although I quoted from memory of what other sailors where saying at the time so stand corrected on wind speed. However personal experience, Luis was one of the most powerful hurricane to hit up to that time. It hit SXM as a cat 4 storm, A cat has winds up to 150kn. The 85 mph quoted is in a sxm tourism site so again recollections may vary. I do know over 1000 boats were lost, I survived. The storm lingered over SXM which added to the problem, the damage resulted in SXM being closed to tourism for months. As I had no damage I ran my watermaker and used my freezer to store provisions for other damaged boats. While the only new gen anchor I have used is the Fortress I have been hit by other vessels dragging into me with their "superior" anchors not set properly. I only speak from real world experience not armchair philosphy. The OP asked for opinions which I gave based on experience 30 years on the same boat varying conditions and a circumnavigation and did not denigrate new generation anchors only those who only look at test results under controlled conditions to form an opion.

[Lodesman]

Originally Posted by Jubilee39

It hit SXM as a cat 4 storm, A cat has winds up to 150kn.

You seem to be mixing up miles per hour and knots. A cat 4 hurricane has winds of 113-136 knots, or 130-156 miles/hr.