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Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:46 am**

I use a Danforth with about 30' of chain. NEVER moved even when the tide turns.............John

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:51 am**

Thanks guys, seems the Danforth is the "standard" per se.

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:56 pm**

gettaway wrote:Thanks guys, seems the Danforth is the "standard" per se.

Maybe because it is the cheapest

Personally I use a Bruce and 25' chain... I find it works well in mud, weeds and sand with great holding power even when swinging.

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:59 pm**

ready,

what size bruce are you using?

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:08 pm**

I use delta plow 35lb with 30 foot of chain holds great...danforth as a back up

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:09 pm**

16#Danforth with 8ft. of chain & holds great while anchoring in the Great Lakes.

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:19 pm**

can i use a chain if i install a pullpit?

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:45 pm**

jefflaw35 wrote:can i use a chain if i install a pullpit?

yes

but when we say 30' a chain there's 250' of rode in the locker...when you set up yours it should have around 20' of chain and maybe 150 to 200 of rode.

have bought a hook yet ?

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:25 pm**

Hook? Aka anchor? No not yet, I have 300 foot of the correct rope, we just measured tonight, that's all I have

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:37 pm**

want a 30lb delta... and trust me it's used !

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:40 pm**

That would be very nice you and appreciated, I can fixed anything used, the cheaper the restore cost the better, I'm not rich by any means, just wanted a boat worthy of off shore striped season lol

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:49 pm**

doesn't need any work, it's good to go...but it's been used alot in the past 3 yrs. I bought a new S/S one to replace its shines....

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:42 pm**

Wander if I can make it shine again, I could always sandblast it and clear coat hahaha

, no really I would really appreciate it...

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:26 pm**

Commissionpoint wrote:I really don't know too much about the waters you boat in, so that being said I can't really comment on what I think is best to use there.

Personally I use a 14# Danforth. I boat on protected waters though, and its mostly either sand or mud on the bottom. There is a 32# Bruce included in the sale of the F-32, but I am gonna most likely replace it with my trusty 30+ year old Danforth, which has never let me down. It held a previous F-32 in a major storm until it passed several hours later. There were 3-4 footers rolling in head on in that storm, and I was hooked up in a sand bottom. Didn't drag at all, but I did have the engines idling in neutral the whole time in case the $#it hit the fan.

Keep the Bruce! That thing is the best! Heck, if you don't want it, we'll be glad to keep it....we can swap you a nice Danforth off the Albin for it. lol!

To answer the original question: 32 lb. Bruce, obviously, with 20' chain and 200' of rode. It doesn't budge. I think you can't be over-anchored, especially if you have a windlass.

Posted: **Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:38 pm**

thanks for the reply nancy
i sold it today for $ 250.00 to a retired guy who cruises, and will use the anchor.
My boat does not have a windlass, which is why I want a smaller Lewmar bruce knock off, (22#)

I have had tremendous luck with a 33# bruce on a boat twice the displacement, and I did get cold feet before I sold it today.

anyways, I'll probably regret selling a real Bruce, but not while I'm hauling anchor!

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