Table 22-7 presents the minimum recom-
mended number of anchors. It’s not unusual
for a boat to carry one to three more anchors,
depending on how serious their crew is about
cruising. In fact, traditional sailing vessels
carried as many as eight to ten anchors.
Table 22-8 shows HMS Victory’s standard
anchor complement.
HMSVictorywas 226 feet long from
bowsprit to taffrall and carried 104 guns
into the Battle of Trafalgar. Chances are
you won’t need as many anchors or an-
chors as large, but more and bigger is often
better.Chapter 22:Anchoring Systems, Anchor Types, and Anchor Selection
TABLE 22-7. RECOMMENDED ANCHORS FOR INSHORE AND CRUISING BOATS OF VARUOIS SIZES
(CONTINUED)
1st Working 2nd Working Lunch Hook Storm or
Boat Size Type or 1st Bower or 2nd Bower or Stream Street
Large Boat over Inshore, Fortress or Delta, spade, (optional) (optional) large
50 ft. (15.2 m) Lightweight Guardian plow, claw Fortress or Fortress stowed in
(different from Guardian bilge
1st bower)
Heavy, Cruising Delta, spade, Delta, spade, Fortress or Luke or very large
plow, claw plow, claw Guardian, or Fortress stowed in
(different from Danforth hi-bilge
1st bower) tensile
Heavy, Cruising Danforth hi- Danforth hi- Fortress or Luke or very large
with hawsepipe tensile; (optional tensile; (optional Guardian, or Fortress stowed
anchor stowage for boats over for boats over Danforth hi- in bilge
90 ft. [27 m]): 90 ft. [27 m]): tensile
Manson “kedge Manson “kedge
anchor” or anchor” or
Wortelboer Wortelboer
“D'Hone Special” “D'Hone Special”
TABLE 22-8. HMS VICTORY’S STANDARD ANCHOR COMPLEMENT
Type Number Weight
Best bower anchor 1 4 tonnes/4.54 tons
Small bower anchor 1 4 tonnes/4.51 tons
Sheet anchors 2 4 tonnes/4.31 tons
Stream anchor 1 1 tonne/1.10 tons
Large kedge anchor 1 1 / 2 tonne/0.51 ton
Small kedge anchor 1 1 / 4 tonne/0.30 ton