Anchor Woes

[DBreskin]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

Thoughts on the sliding ring aspect? Someone mentioned using a zip tie to keep it at the end as it works better that way and if by chance it got stuck, a tug would break the zip tie to free it.

The slip ring anchor is sensitive to how it's deployed. You should lower it; do not simply drop it off the side. Lowering it ensures the slip ring stays at the boat end of the slide. My crew used to just drop the slip ring anchor and half the time it would end up getting dragged backwards and wouldn't set.

We ended up getting a slightly larger standard Danforth and it sets every time. Both the slip ring and Danforth have 6 feet of chain.