Typical Anchoring Depths in Caribbean

[KISS]

Thanks guys, keep em coming.

A running tally:

Average of averages = 13.5'

Maximum depth so far = 60'

[avb3]

Originally Posted by boatman61

3-7metres...
I like to carry a minimum of 5xLOD of the boat in chain with 50metres of multi-plait as extra rode.
Tho' on delivery's I take what I get.. currently a Danforth with index finger thick all rope rode for a 64ft 29ton boat...

Good thing that once you start, your not going to have much chance to anchor.

Lord love a duck, you'd think the owner would be more concerned about what is holding his boat in place.

[poiu]

6 to 8m typically. Sometimes up to 12m. 2.7m draft and so I anchor deeper and need a bit more chain than most. If you get into the bay last and it is full, you may be next to me in 12m, so maybe a 70m min rode would be ok.

[contrail]

Usually about 5 to 25 feet, but occasionally up to 70 feet. I carry 300 feet of 3/8 High Tensile (wouldn't carry any less, since I am often last in) and a Spade A200.

[ALAIN97133]

Originally Posted by KISS

The title says it all.
Post your typical anchoring depths in the Caribbean.
You could also post your deepest anchorage ever in the Caribbean.
This information would be helpful in choosing a rode.
Thanks

Wherever you anchor, beware of charter (sail)boats : Oftentimes they don't know what they're doing, oftentimes they're three sheets to the wind ! I remember in Jost Van Dike (Virgin Islands) a charter sailboat that anchored windward of Marie-Soleil, dragged its anchor on us in the middle of the night. I had to explain to its "captain" that THEY dragged on us & not the opposite, that my 90 foot anchor & chain were holding on & that I couldn't drag upwind as there was little current & that it was also from the East