Hi Steve – You were kind to advise me regarding the draft for my new boat last year. Now I am in the process of equipping the boat for a circumnavigation primarily in the tropics. My boat is a 57-foot sloop from X-yachts in Denmark with little windage, the weight is 20 tonnes. I am going to use the Bruce as main anchor and the suggested size for stormy conditions is 30kg, but as I remember from your book you suggest to move up in weight, which in this case will be 50kg. Can you help me to decide between 30 and 50 kg?
I am bringing a 100m stainless chain. Can you recommend an appropriate dimension? Kind regards, Mogens
Hi Mogens: 30KG is fine for normal conditions, but it will not be big enough for poor bottoms or storm conditions. My suggestion would be the 50Kg Bruce. I would not use stainless chain as it is weaker than the higher grades of carbon steel chain. We normally use a schedule 7 lifting chain, galvanized. For our Sundeer 56/60 we recommend 5/16" schedule seven – for Beowulf we used 3/8" schedule 7. – Steve
Posted by Steve Dashew (November 30, 1999)
