Anchor Woes

When I purchased Chinook a few years ago it came with a plough anchor that weighed .... wait for it 20Kg, the boat weighs in at less than 1.5 tons and as such i really didnt need an anchor that size or weight. Also as i only use the boat as a day sailer with the occasional overnight and at over 65 years old  that is a hell of a lot of weight to pull back on board.

I had a spare 5kg danforth but it was next to useless, so a lot of research and talking to different boaters both wind and stink i arrived at a SARCA number 2.

Well the first time i dropped it on only a rope rode in 25 ft of water with about 2.5 knots of tide running it hit the bottom and set instantly. just for fun i dropped and set 5 more times in soft mud and hard sand and the result Instant set every time.  I then decided to pull back at full power ( what you could call full pwer with only 8hp) and it simply stopped any movement of the boat

$230 well spent me thinks.

I spent so much time reading about all of the anchors and all of the arguments put up by all of the netziens. Finally spoke to some older sailors at westernport marina and yaringa and decided the Sarca was the one for me.