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Anchor Rode
From our first trip, we knew we could count on our twenty-kilogram Rocna anchor for
holding in just about any kind of conditions. However, the one hundred feet of 10mm stain-
less steel chain that served us well in the Mediterranean and Caribbean would not be ad-
equate for many deep-water Pacific anchorages. Therefore, we swapped the chain for
200-plus feet of 8mm galvanized chain. That's one of the many trade-offs of cruising:
weight versus length and price. We packed an additional one hundred feet of line to extend
the overall rode length. In a stern locker, we carried two Danforth anchors and another
thirty feet of chain and line for the rare instances when we anchored bow-to-stern. One
good snubber and a second back-up line worked wonders, even when we sat out several
gales at anchor.
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