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Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 09:05

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

I’m sorry but all you’re giving me is people howling with the wolves without factual base. I read the second linked article, haven’t had time for the first, and it only confirms everything I’ve said...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 07:46

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

I think we’ll have to keep disagreeing. I have been entirely consistent regarding weight:

Weight, in itself, does hardly increase holding power.
Larger anchors of the same model and build will...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 07:34

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

I live at anchor. I re-anchor every two to three days. Pretty much always in a new location. Volcanic slopes, vegetation, boulders, gravel, deep, shallow, ... I’ve hung on to pretty much...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 07:22

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

You got it all upside down. Many NG anchors are specifically designed to be lighter: hollow shanks, hollow flukes weighted only in the tip, etc. If weight were truly a contributing factor then they...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 07:17

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Boy, it’s tough to be the thread’s dissident! :wink:

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 07:11

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

I explained that in a further post about scope and angles. Going under 3:1 even with a new generation anchor is pretty risky (in bad weather) regardless of size, to put a number on it.

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 07:08

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

I agree about the uncertainty factor and that’s where experience with a specific boat and ground tackle comes in. As a beginner or with a new boat of very different proportions than what you had...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 06:49

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

I guess there’s bound to be a general difference in perspective based on whether you’re on a smaller or larger boat. On a smaller one it is easier to say to go bigger because a single fit person can...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 06:23

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Alright, I see what’s going on. We’re not catching each other’s drift exactly yet we are mostly saying the same thing.

I said weight helps with setting in my initial post. Just like you do. ...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 06:15

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

The initial question is not about getting away with less, but about needing more than enough. I’m trying to point out that enough is enough. To be clear, I’m not recommending that people follow...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 06:07

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

I do pick a fight though with recreational boaters who claim a heavier anchor has more holding power. :biggrin:

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 05:46

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

So you do wholeheartedly agree with my initial post after all. :wink: Read it again.

Yep, larger anchors hold disproportionately better (not heavier ones). Fluke area, like any area, is a...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 05:39

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Nope, it doesn’t work like that. What holds your anchor back is the weight of the substrate the flukes push against. Imagine a scope of 1 to 1, where the rode goes down vertically and is at 90...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 05:21

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Unrelated to the above example, just to put numbers on it:
If 10 knots of wind moves 10 lb then
You need 40 lb to resist 20 kn
160 lb for 40 kn
640 lb for 80 kn
And so forth.

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 05:16

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

I know, it is super counter-intuitive that weight doesn’t matter much. Yet it is the case.

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 05:12

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Not what I said! I said it hardly matters. Let’s go back to the example of the ball shaped anchor and to keep matters simple assume the rode is weightless at a zero angle and there’s not much...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 05:03

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Just would like to add that buying a larger anchor will NEVER compensate for not using enough scope. To any beginner: do not think one moment that you can get away with letting out less rode because...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

19-08-2018, 04:28

Replies: 182

Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Views: 16,469

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Minimum anchors size, what’s the point?

Sorry to say so but you guys have it all wrong. :biggrin:

Whomever talks about anchors in terms of weight (pretty much all of you so far) has been sidetracked by antique traditions that are...

Forum: Monohull Sailboats

16-08-2018, 23:34

Replies: 11

Drying out on a grid platform

Views: 1,974

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Drying out on a grid platform

That, if you can find a sandy beach. If the slope is steep you need to orient the boat differently and make sure she’ll go down with the keel towards sea and the cabin towards land. It has to be a...

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

10-08-2018, 01:22

Replies: 60

Time Keeps Slipping Away...

Views: 7,090

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Time Keeps Slipping Away...

I’m not the most tactful kind of guy but I mean well so please bear in mind that what I write below is with the intention to help and forgive me my clumsy ways.

The gist of what I want to say is...

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

10-08-2018, 00:44

Replies: 19

Prospective Live-Aboard Seeking Advice:

Views: 3,603

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Prospective Live-Aboard Seeking Advice:

Marina fees depend on the marina. Some do not allow liveaboard, some ask a supplement or will meter your electricity and water, and for others it’s just the same price and conditions as for...

Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit

10-08-2018, 00:26

Replies: 2

Beneteau Oceanis 430 windows

Views: 1,904

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Beneteau Oceanis 430 windows

Order new ones through a Beneteau dealer. That seems to be the least painful way to get about it in my opinion.

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

09-08-2018, 14:57

Replies: 25

Dumb question on storing anchor

Views: 2,850

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Dumb question on storing anchor

Glass a piece of pipe vertically in the locker and slide the shank in there (it comes with some chain so the diameter of the pipe must accommodate this too). Make it high enough so the anchor is...

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

09-08-2018, 00:18

Replies: 14

Finding "treasure" in the freezer

Views: 2,228

Posted By 2big2small

Re: Finding "treasure" in the freezer

I’ve always been wondering. What makes boat refrigeration different from regular home refrigeration that there is so much ice build-up? Is it just the more humid atmosphere or is there more to it?

Forum: Multihull Sailboats

08-08-2018, 03:44

Replies: 19

44-45 VS 48-50

Views: 2,362

Posted By 2big2small

Re: 44-45 VS 48-50

Other than shady construction I can think of only one: the beam has to be wide enough to accommodate the new length. More precisely, the stern of the one hull has to remain clear of the bow wave...

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