What would be the difference in simply adding the equivalent weight of additional chain to the rode system?
As we said, the Anchor Buddy is a concentrated weight, rather than a similar weight spread out across the sea bed. By adding more chain, this increases the swinging circle of the vessel. Earl Hinz in his book “The Complete Book on Anchoring and Mooring” says that the wind creates yawing and swaying, the waves create pitching and heaving, and the anchor restraint is involved with surging. These actions all raise the anchor shank and give every reason for a skipper to question the integrity of the anchoring system and worry about dragging (see above). Surging of the boat sometimes as much as doubles the loads felt from the wind drag alone. A vessel snubs when her bow lifts to a sea and the chain is pulled taut with a jerk. If the Anchor Buddy is set just off the seabed at low tide, it acts like a spring or shock absorber to dampen these sudden jerks, rather than have them transmitted to the ground tackle.
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