[C320-list] Anchor Swivel Yes or No

[Warren Updike]

Methinks it would be helpful (at least to me,) when discussing anchoring issues to know your boating area and the kinds of bottoms and depths in which you anchor as this matters greatly.

Warren and Pattie Updike
1994 C320 "Warr de Mar" #62
Middle River, Chesapeake Bay

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Kapec [mailto:jkapec at tkdg.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2017 3:42 PM
To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] Anchor Swivel Yes or No

Hello Scott:

 

Practical Sailor magazine has performed a number of through and scientific
tests on this subject item.  The general outcome from the test is that the
swivel does not always work as anticipated and it also can be a structural
fail point in that the swivel can fail under load.    A long length of  high
quality hot dipped galvanized high tensile chain coupled to a high quality
certified forged shackle attached to a good anchor design is the best
combination.  It is reliable.  I have a Manson Supreme Anchor. The shackle
options were also tested vigorously by Practical Sailor. 

 

I have never ever dragged in all circumstances  over the past 8 years and
that combination held securely while anchored in an intense squall with
howling winds.

 

 

Jeffrey Kapec

 

Petite Suite Hull 780

 

 

 



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