Poll - Secondary Anchor Rodes

[SVNeko]

What is your secondary rode?

[Sailmonkey]

Primary is 250' of 5/16" HT with 250' 5/8" three strand

secondary is 30' 5/16" HT with 200' 5/8" three strand

thirdary is 20' of 5/16" HT with 180' 5/8" three strand

[SVNeko]

That's a lot of rode.

[barnakiel]

30' chain then 150' polyester rope.

b.

[jcapo]

Primary 45# CQR with 300 feet 5/16 HT
Secondary ~40# Bruce with 50 feet 5/16 HT chain and 300 feet 3/4 double braid nylon
Thirdly big disassembled Fortress with some chain and what looks like 150 feet three strand. Never assembled or measured. It came with the boat.

[sww914]

1 60# CQR and 3/8 chain
2 45# Bruce (POS) on 50' 3/8 chain and 300' rope
3 Fortress FX23 on 100' 5/16 chain and 200' rope
The fortress will stick to a concrete wall.

[Tim R.]

Primary - 100 ft of 5/16 chain and 275 ft of 3 strand nylon
Secondary - 100 ft of 5/16 chain and 300 ft of 3 strand nylon
Stern/kedging - 8 ft of chain and 200 ft ½” braided

[Hydra]

Bower is 10kg (22#) Rocna with 30m (100') of 8mm (5/16") chain and 45m (150') of 16mm (5/8") octoplait polyamide
Storm is 15kg (35#) Spade with 40m (130') of 8mm (5/16") chain and 45m (150') of 16mm (5/8") octoplait polyamide
Kedge is FX-23 with 5m (16') of 8mm (5/16") chain and 50m (150') of 10mm (3/8") double braid polyamide

Alain

[Liam Wald]

Primary anchor; 33lb Rocna, 150ft 5/16 HT, 250ft 5/8 3-strand nylon.
Second anchor; 22lb Delta, 30ft 5/16 ht, 200ft 5/8 3-strand nylon.
Third anchor; 16lb Fortress, 30ft 1/4 proof coil, 150ft 1/2 3-strand nylon.
Lewmar vertical manual windlass.

[Celestialsailor]

Primary:- 200 ft. 3/8" BBB (American) chain with a 44lbs. Rocna (Canadian)
Seconday:- 50 ft. 3/8" BBB (American chain/300 ft., 3/4" rode. Danforth (American)
Tail dragger:- 30 ft. 1/4" (American) chain /100ft, 1/2" rode. Fortress FX 16.

[tonysail1]

People who like to sleep well - I like it!

[Dockhead]

Originally Posted by Sailmonkey

Primary is 250' of 5/16" HT with 250' 5/8" three strand

secondary is 30' 5/16" HT with 200' 5/8" three strand

thirdary is 20' of 5/16" HT with 180' 5/8" three strand

150 meters of primary rode for a 32' boat in the Gulf of Mexico? The word "overkill" comes to mind, but on the other hand, there's not really any weight penalty for carrying the 75 meters of rope.

[Dockhead]

Primary: 45kg Spade with 100 meters of 12mm (1/2") G40 chain
Secondary/Kedge: Large Fortress with 10 meters of 10mm chain and 100 meters of 7/8" polyester octoplait.

I used to have another secondary -- 25kg Delta with 40 meters of 12mm chain, but I gave that all away this winter. It was a lot of weight and bulk to carry for what purpose? If I, God forbid, lose the primary ground tackle, the Fortress will hold a lot better than the old Delta, and anyway I will be replacing it immediately. If I were going to remote places and really wanted a backup primary set of ground tackle, I would buy another Spade -- which can be stored in the bilges knocked-down (the shank unbolts from the fluke) -- and a long rope rode.

For rope rode, I like polyester octo because it stretches more than three-strand or double braid, while being more chafe resistant than nylon. Octo handles and flakes much better than three-strand. I still use a nylon snubber even with rope rode.

[thinwater]

Tertiary.

I don't keep an anchor or chain on the third long line as it should be available for towing or warping and removing those would take valuable time.

[gunnado]

Secondary is Fx 37 fortress, bucket of chain and 200 foot of 3 strand nylon. Can carry anchor and chain at the same time. When set in good sand i have great confidence with my 39ft boat.