Blimey! We used our Bruce kedge dozens and dozens of times in the Med. In fact, anchoring in a bay (or virtually anywhere there) without using a kedge to hold the boat head to wind/swell, was a definite no-no if we wanted a decent nights sleep without rolling like hell. We often had superb little calas etc all to ourselves that would have been untenable (for over-nighting) without the kedge.

We loved it when almost all the other boats pushed off to the nearest boat-park in the early evening 'cos 'it was too rolly' to stay the night!

That little Bruce of ours (7.5kg) has held us in an F7 and has never (yet!) failed to set and hold first time. If one would stow on our stemhead, we'd be tempted to use a larger one as a bower for the Med.

We use it a lot in this country too!