Rigging Modern Anchors (eBook)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Basics

One Anchor

Anchor Selection

Anchor Rode

 

Rope Versus Chain

Galvanized Versus Stainless Steel

Snubber

Swivels

Picking Your Spot

Placing the Anchor

Windlass Safety

Chapter 2: How Much Load?

Current Force

Snubbers

Practical Notes on Using a Snubber

Rope Rode

Polyester Rode

High Tensile Chain

Even Heavier Chain

Chain Locker Size

Kellets

Buoys

Yawing

Slow vs. Rapid Forces

How Strong Does Our Gear Need To Be?

Rope

Chain

Chapter 3: Stop Horsing Around

Chapter 4: Scope, Cyclical Loading, and Soil Consolidation

Chapter 5: Just How Good is That Bottom?

Chapter 6: How Much Does an Anchor Hold?

Chapter 7: Anchor-Specific Observations: Setting a Fortress, Roll Bars, and Angles

Chapter 8: is an Anchor Ever Really Set?

Chapter 9: Tandem Anchors: Small-Scale Testing

Chapter 10: V Tandems for Soft Mud

Chapter 11: V Tandems for Good Bottoms and Big Wind

Chapter 12: in-Line Tandem Anchors: A Closer Look

Chapter 13: This and That

Dragging

Marking Chain

Anchoring the Bitter End of the Chain

Anchoring Signals

Rope-To-Chain Splice

The irony Splice—instructions

Ditch the Swivel

Connecting the Anchor to the Chain

Connecting Snubbers, Bridles, and Secondary Rodes

Chain Rode Connectors

Rope Rode Connectors

Long Bridles (or Snubbers) Without Snagging or Chafe

Dive Gear

Mixing Stainless and Galvanized

Fatigue

Chapter 14 Summary

Glossary Terms

Appendix i Data Tables for Chapter 10

Appendix ii Data Tables for Chapter 11

Appendix iii Solomons island Test Program Data

Appendix iV Bridle Plate and Anchor Turner. Open Source Designs.

Anchor Turner

Bridle Plate

Appendix V Chain and Rope, Strength and Toughness

Appendix Vi Anchor Size Recommendations—Emphasis on Mud Bottoms

Index