I have personally dove on an all rode chain in winds above hurricane force and can confirm that the chain was bar tight, and sighting it, (clear water in the tropics) there was absolutely no sag. The Kelet would make no difference in hurricane force winds. Tanden anchors might--But do it right. Use the proper anchor for the bottom conditions, use an anchor appropiately sized for the boat and conditions and let out enough scope. There is no excuse for boats that consistantly drag--and it is the owners responsibility to make sure that they don't. Dragging boats will damage other boats and docks (in some cases recently also houses well above high tide mark). Bob Austin

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well, I cant comment on hurricane force with all chain but..... The last 20 feet of my anchor rode is chain (I dont recall the spec just now, but its thick. :) ), I was diving in 20kts with gusts higher. As always we dove on the anchor first, its a good meeting place and its good peice of mind. The rope was tight, the chain was not, it just sat on the bottom. the water isnt exactly clear here in New England, so when we dive, we always follow the rode down and I have NEVER seen the chain off the bottom, ever. NOW, I would never dive in hurricane winds so I dont know about that strong a wind. but, back to the original posters question.... I dont have an answer, but I am thinking of switching to all chain over the winter, when I do I plan on using the warp chart for length. I will be using a big old drum winch, so who cares how long it is, I aint pulling it up. :) On 8/29/06, Bob Austin <thataway4@cox.net> wrote: > > I have personally dove on an all rode chain in winds above hurricane force > and > can confirm that the chain was bar tight, and sighting it, (clear water in > the > tropics) there was absolutely no sag. The Kelet would make no difference > in > hurricane force winds. Tanden anchors might--But do it right. Use the > proper > anchor for the bottom conditions, use an anchor appropiately sized for the > boat and conditions and let out enough scope. There is no excuse for > boats > that consistantly drag--and it is the owners responsibility to make sure > that > they don't. Dragging boats will damage other boats and docks (in some > cases > recently also houses well above high tide mark). > > Bob Austin > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe send email to > trawlers-and-trawlering-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. > -- PaulC http://www.teampaulc.org/ Jesus saves The rest of you take damage