anchors

alice · 05-09-2011, 03:29 PM

what is the calculations on how big an anchor you need ? thanks

ya cuzuns cuzun · 05-09-2011, 10:56 PM

rite woody lisen up a good rule of thum is for every ft of the boat u need 10 kg so if ya bumskweeka is 38 ft thats 380 kilos wont drag that will it even wiv 1000 hp

peterunwin · 06-09-2011, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by alice

what is the calculations on how big an anchor you need ? thanks

Hi Scott,
I bought this one at last years Southampton show it has a slightly bigger surface area than the anchor fitted to cheetah but it is all marine grade aluminium and comes with a padded bag and only weighs 2KG.

Peter

andyxs · 06-09-2011, 01:36 PM

fortress ally ones are really really good, all the racing yachts swear by them, really light and really easy to pul back in.

alice · 06-09-2011, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by andyxs

fortress ally ones are really really good, all the racing yachts swear by them, really light and really easy to pul back in.

cheers i will look at them,light is good too

lain · 06-09-2011, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by peterunwin

Hi Scott,
I bought this one at last years Southampton show it has a slightly bigger surface area than the anchor fitted to cheetah but it is all marine grade aluminium and comes with a padded bag and only weighs 2KG.

Peter

I've used one of these (FOB) for years on my boats and anchored quite a lot over the years, they hold well even in strong tide. I have 40ft of chain on it, then rope. However I think they lack the weigh to pull into a pebbly/small rocks sea bed, and that's the only time I didn't manage to get it to bite.

On sand they are peachy; as a 30ish ft hunton rib found out after reversing onto my anchor line at shell beach in Herm.

alice · 06-09-2011, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by peterunwin

Hi Scott,
I bought this one at last years Southampton show it has a slightly bigger surface area than the anchor fitted to cheetah but it is all marine grade aluminium and comes with a padded bag and only weighs 2KG.

Peter

cheers peter,i am planing to have a look at the boat show.are you going this year

neil payter · 07-09-2011, 05:13 PM

Bruce anchors have the best holding to weight ratio. 7.5 kg with 10 metres of phil's chain and at least 50 metres of min 12mm nylon warp should hold your boat ok. The ratio of depth to warp length is 7 to 1 , e.g anchor in 5 metres, let out 35 metres of warp.