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Originally Posted by YesIsail
Ok. But the weight of the chain is also important. Arent you concerned about this?
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No, while the weight of the chain has some effect, it is your
anchor and the total length of the
scope that matters more.
I did drag a few times when I had the 26kg anchor and the 13mm chain, never with the 40kg anchor and 10mm chain.
Last month we were in Pago Pago in 48kn gusts, 4 buats went adrift, we slept well!
This is just my opinion, never read it anywhere, but I would say that 1kg of chain would have the same holding
power that 10kg of chain.
Should I have been able to buy a chain/rope gypsy, I would have had only 20 to 30m of 10mm chain and 100m of 19mm Nylon
rope.
The
rope is strong enough, sinks and is elastic, a much appreciated property.
With such a long
scope I would have been able to anchor in many deep lagoons in the Society Island where I could not with just 60m of chain. (had the same problem in Turkey), so all in all, I'd go for heavy anchor, short chain + long rope.