[C320-list] Anchors

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Thanks as always for the great responses from this group. Experience, articles and videos all of great help. 

We dock in Deltaville at Doziers Regatta Point. Sounds like most of you are in the Potomac/Maryland area. Give us a heads up if the rendezvous idea takes hold. 

Jerry Sheets 
JellyRoll


> On Mar 29, 2018, at 1:14 PM, Doug Treff <doug at treff.us> wrote:
> 
> Jerry,
> 
> I spend all my sililng time on the Chesapeake - Here's my take on it:
> 
> My C320 came with a Danforth - style anchor which let me down way too often, including once in a thunderstorm. NOT the best time to be out on deck dealing with a dragging situation. And I didn't have a spare anchor. I had had enough...  Since I was going to be buying one, and I was unhappy with the Danforth, I spent a lot of time researching anchors.
> 
> I ended up choosing a Mantus. Best decision I ever made. It grabs on the first try every time and I have not yet dragged in 4 years. I have the Danforth buried in the bottom of the locker as a spare but I doubt I'll ever need it unless I lose the Mantus somehow.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --
> Doug Treff
> doug at treff.us
> 
>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018, at 12:45 PM, John Meyers wrote:
>> It may have been mentioned before but there is a YouTube channel out there
>> called SV Panope where over that last couple years many types of anchors
>> have been tested and documented. What this guy does is suspends (floats) a
>> Go Pro camera a few feet above the anchor and records how the anchor sets.
>> He also pulls on the anchor from other directions to show what happens with
>> a wind or current shift.  There are several videos and they are, in my
>> opinion, very educational.
>> 
>> Enjoy
>> 
>> John Meyers
>> Muskegon, MI
>> 
>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 12:23 PM, Edward Thompson <edthompson3 at outlook.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I've had the best luck with a Bruce type plow anchor on the Chesapeake.
>>> 
>>> Ed Thompson
>>> Bellavia #739
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of
>>> Jerry Sheets
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 1:54 PM
>>> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
>>> Subject: [C320-list] Anchors
>>> 
>>> We're getting there! Spring weather can't be far off. Whew!
>>> 
>>> This question is primarily directed to our friends on the Chesapeake Bay.
>>> We have a Danforth and a Plow anchor. Curious as to the consensus on which
>>> holds better in and around the Bay.
>>> 
>>> Thanks as always for input.
>>> 
>>> Jerry Sheets
>>> JellyRoll   #890
>>>