Klass
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Reged: 10/08/2005
Posts: 42
Loc: Gosport Hampshire
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Can I please have your opinions on the best stern anchor for the Med
We intend doing a lot of anchoring and not so much marina visiting during the summer months
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Jonny_H
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Reged: 15/08/2006
Posts: 1496
Loc: Me - Newcastle, Boat - Fleetwo...
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Lots of debate on anchors - watch the can of worms open before your eyes.
If its specifically a kedge anchor then there is a lot of support around for the Fortress/Guardian anchors - good holding power in a straight line pull and being aluminum are light enough to be man handled (as most people don't have a stern windlass).
Not cheap - but then the best kit never is!!
Jonny
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BobnLesley
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Reged: 01/12/2005
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Loc: Aground in Wensleydale for 200...
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The most commonly seen appear to be danforths.
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tiercel
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Reged: 22/02/2008
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Loc: Eastern Aegean
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I can thoroughly recommend the Fortress anchor. Our FX23 has held our Westerly Falcon in some very difficult and windy situations, sometimes for days on end. We have 10metres of 8mm chain and 50 metres of 14mm multiplait. It is always easy to recover and is light to handle.
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Tranona
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Reged: 10/11/2007
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Yes, most common setup now is Delta for bower and Danforth Brittany Fortress (for the rich) for stern.
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MapisM
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Reged: 11/03/2002
Posts: 2722
Loc: Italy
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Why are you bothering about it, in the first place?
After years of anchoring (and also overnighting) in the Med, neither I ever used, nor I can think of one single situation where I could have used, a stern anchor.
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Dockmaster
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Reged: 18/03/2008
Posts: 115
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After 3 years sailing the Med I have used a kedge on a number of ocasions mainly a fortress copy bot also carry a Bruce as a 2nd anchor.
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jerryat
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Reged: 20/03/2004
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Loc: Nr Plymouth
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Why are you bothering about it, in the first place?
After years of anchoring (and also overnighting) in the Med, neither I ever used, nor I can think of one single situation where I could have used, a stern anchor.
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!
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MapisM
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Reged: 11/03/2002
Posts: 2722
Loc: Italy
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Huh? What sort of boat do you have, that doesn't stay head to wind on a bow anchor alone?
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Grehan
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Reged: 11/06/2001
Posts: 1081
Loc: Inland France
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What's your fore and aft anchoring system?
I assume it's something like (a) set the bower anchor (b) drop back on additional scope (some distance?) (c) drop the stern hook (d) move forward to set the stern. How d'you do (d)? On the windlass or using the motor (chance of prop fouling the stern cable?).
And leaving is essentially the reverse?
Interested in your comments.
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