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SAILING SKILLS

Boat Cruising groundBower anchorCrossbow 40 30kg Bruce, 60m Circumnavigation
of 10mm chain spliced to 60m of octoplait nylon rope.Secondary Bügel anchor with 6m of 10mm 18kg stainless steel
chain and 55m of three-strand nylon warp. Also 16kg CQR, 16kg Danforth and 90m of 10mm chain
Windlass with capstanLofrans Tigres 1.5kW

Boat Cruising groundand GreenlandBower anchor 33ft Westerly Discus20kg Delta with North Atlantic
70m of 8mm chain (40m and 30m joined together)Secondary anchoror 11kg Bruce with 6m of mixed 20kg CQR,
6+8mm chain, and 60-90m of multiplait anchor ropeWindlass Electric with capstan


Boat Cruising groundcoastsBower anchor Malö 46 33kg Rocna on 50m North Atlantic
of 10mm chainSecondary anchorwith 8mm of 10mm chain leader and 50-100m of 12mm nylon rope, Fortress FX 37
bronze Fisherman with a similar cable to the FortressWindlass with capstanLighthouse 1501

Boat Cruising groundBower anchor 10mm of chain. Automatic anchor Hylas 4633kg Rocna, 90m of Circumnavigation
cable counter in cockpit.Secondary anchorwith 10m of 10mm chain and 50m of three-plait nylon rope. 20kg Delta
Windlass with capstanMaxwell 2200 2.2kW

Bob Shepton Nigel Calder To m Partridge Jess Lloyd-
Cruises the Arctic Circle and has sailed the Northwest Mostyn
Passage twice


Has lived on boats in Europe and the Americas for
over 30 years

Is two years into, and half way through, a round the
world voyage Is four years into a round the world voyage

Anchoring is escapism. Dropping the hook lets you
leave behind the crowds and bask in the wonders of nature – a world
of your own

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