well I agree most deck hardware is toooo small and needs replacement and additional BIGGER ONESCarl Thunberg wrote:Troy,
Your post gives me some appreciation for what our Gulf Fleet friends have to deal with. We in New England haven't had a "real" hurricane since 1938, although we did have the Perfect Storm. I did some web research (off the clock, really ) and found many many articles on this topic. One of the better ones is on yachtsurvey.com. The author is David Pascoe and the title is "Hurricane Preparations". He seems to discourage the use of heavy ground tackle, not because of lack of holding power, but because of the strain on deck hardware. Anyway, here's the link.
http://www.yachtsurvey.com/hurricane_preparation.htm
I wish you the best as we enter another hurricane season.
Carl
to handel a big a line 3/4 is a minimum in a storm and bigger is better
but would favor bigger deck hardware mostly for bigger lines and more lines I think 6 lines is a minimum for a real storm
you cannot have tooo big an anchor or too many
just to small or too few
and expect to losse a few lines to
so put floats on the anchors so you can find them after
both my boats survived ANDREW in open water [realy the safest place] at anchor in the bay
and all the hurricanes after that too
btw a 22 danforth or bigger is good in a sand bottom
but a old style 100lbs Herreshoff Yachtman is a good other type
and I DONOT LIKE CQRs or most other plow types