What is the best anchor to use on the Loop?
To address this, we’ve pulled a posting from AGLCA’s Cruisers’ Email Group, where Rick Butler, Captain, US Navy (Retired), and AGLCA member since 2002, responded to just such a question posed by another member. Rick’s reply steers away from specific brands and speaks in general terms, based on his “ten years of liveaboard cruising” – his observations are: “Having two anchors, of different types (say, one with largish flukes and one with a variant of the plow) is way better than trusting only one type –every type anchor works better in some bottom than another. With two types, you have a second shot if your favorite simply won’t grab for you. “All chain beats a combination of chain and line every time. Chain is never going to chafe through on some hidden obstruction (or on your own prop!). A combination of, say 30-60 feet, of chain, and then some line rode beats a line rode with only a few token feet of chain. Any all-line rode on my boat is for stay-aboard lunch stops only, since it w
