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Danforth: This is used by many recreational boats They hold best in mud and clay. I use this and I use it on alot of rocky bottom.<br /><br />Grapnel: This has 4-5 hooks They can be used in mud or clay<br /><br />Ells: These are popular among salvage operations.<br />These hold well in soft,sandy bottoms. This anchor minimizes effects of canting<br /><br />Mushroom: As this anchor moves in the sea bottom it buries itself deeper. And these are frenquently used for moorings and channel buoys.<br /><br />And remember that you should pay out a 5-1 or 7-1 in calm weather[sometimes more ] This means that if you are in 30' of water you should pay out 150' of anchor line.
"SCOPE !!!" <br /><br />The scope of the anchor line is the length of anchor line in relationship to the depth of water!<br /><br />For your boat you only need about 5-6 feet of chain.<br /><br />The scope of anchor chain is 1 "shot" [90 feet or 15 fathom] for every 15 feet of water 6-1.<br />1 shot is marked by one turn of wire on the detachable anchor link or it is painted red<br />2 shots are marked by two turns of wire or are painted white<br />3 shots are marked by three turns of wire or are painted blue <br />The numbers of turns on the wire continue to increase for every 15 fathoms and color of paint repeats itself!!!!
