Bronze Thimbles with Keepers

[Ian McColgin]

Remind them that more storm anchor gear fails at the chocks than anywhere else - fair leads and chafe gear.

By the way, a pair of anchors in series is exponentially stronger than a pair of anchors on seperate rodes. I try to put about the water depth of chain between the two for convenience in bringing the super-dug-in gear aboard at the end of the storm any you still want a trip line to the crown of the farther out hook. In situations where there's likely to be a large wind shift, better to have the anchors shaft to crown with but a short or even no chain between as they will then turn and reset better.

I am a big fan of the series anchor pair on a single rode. That means being very serious about protecting that rode but, think about it, what's you chance if you've two anchors out in the classic V and one rode fails? The other's likely to go pretty soon after.

G'luck