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Response to Old Goat The wife and I moved aboard in '83 and have enjoyed boat life far more than when we were living as lubbers. She is 74 and I am 78. We believe exercise and a diet of seafood have kept us very active and healthy. e love hiking up to remote lakes and fishing for lunker...

Reply to: Phil fill Good data! That's the way I assess my system also. buzzard

Answer to Delfin Delfin, We have two large chain lockers (Aft and Forward) and usually base the scope applied on the prevailing and expected conditions. Also, one is limited, as you know, to staying within the limitations of the size of the bay. Also, the longest fetch must be considered to...

Answer to Marin Marin, The boat weighs close to 50 tons based on the fact I was unable to be hauled out on a travel-lift rated at that capacity. The keel alone weighs 14000# and the boat is 55' in length and draws 9'. The hull alone (disregarding the keel depth) draws 4 1/2'. buzzard

Reply to: Do you live on anchor year round? We have lived on our boat since 1983. Nearly all that time was in Alaska and there are almost no places in SE Alaska where we haven't hung our anchor. We consider all the time we are on a dock to be wasted time. Most often when that occurs we are...

JD, RAMBLER, It seems apparent you haven't lived on anchor during the winter in SE Alaska. Winds are commonly 40-45 knots and at least 3 to 4 times a year rise to storm force. We have spent nights at anchor when the winds were exceeding 100 knots and we didn't feel that we had too much rode...

Phil Fill, Good post. I have found that your choices are similar to mine. I have never had any trust in the CQR after my negative experience for some three years using it here in AK. To a lesser degree the same applies to the Danforth. I use a 110# Bruce for stern anchor and an...

Anchors in Alaska I can believe the anchors are not common in Alaska. They are built by a small foundry in the USA. They do not resemble any Danforth that I have ever seen but you may have a different Danforth down under than we commonly see in Alaska. The Forjord currently resting on my bow...

Anchors in Alaska I have been retired and living on a 50' Motor Sailor since 1983. I started out with a 65# CQR and found it to hold satisfactorily only twice. We put a 110# Bruce on and though it was far better than the CQR it too required sitting up all night during heavy weather. Looking...