Anchor Rode for Caribbean?

[goeasy123]

What's a good length of anchor rode for the Caribbean. 40ft, 12 ton sailing vessel.


I'm currently in the Med with 180ft of chain on a 33Kg Rocna.

[boatman61]

That's plenty good enough..
Some may disagree..

[Cheechako]

That sounds fine for all the E. Caribe. I had 150 feet of chain with nylon backup on one boat and it was fine. Seldom anchored over 30 feet and most often more like 20 ft.
Although I usually like to have 200 feet of chain.

[SV_Sweet_Ruca]

Your current setup should be just fine, no worries.

We have 218ft of chain w/ the same 33kg Rocna on a 12 ton 46' sailboat. We never needed more in the Caribbean. We can't remember using more than 150ft.

Fair winds!

[Zanshin]

I draw just over 2.5m (8 1/2 feet) and tend to have to anchor further out than others. I rarely have to anchor in 50" in the Caribbean islands so your chain is sufficient. Holding is usually quite good, so I tend to look at scope more than anchor type.