Great video. Much better than the "hey we bought a boat watch us clean it" videos that are so prevalent on KZfaq. Anything that gives me the confidence that when I anchor my boat and go to sleep that I will be in the same place when I wake up is awesome.

Great shots guys! Thanks for sharing your experience. We've had similar results with our Rocna 55# (Though our boat is a 36' and about 9ton) It's amazing how fast and hard they set, and never seem to budge after that.

I've been watching various sailing channels on YT for a few years now, just found yours, and it is my new favorite! Very informative, excellent production value, and beautiful scenery all wrapped in one.

Excellent video and informative - seeing how the anchor behaves under loads is better than any text book!

You can really hold your breath, Paul!!! Thanks for making this - very interesting. We too love the Rocna - but we've never had the chance to visit it at work.

You guys do such a great job at this stuff! Clear examples, excellent production and an obvious level of expertise combine to make the best cruising vids on the net. Thank you! Please keep them coming.

Thanks for the videos, good reminders of our cruising years there. Also I timed a free dive to 30 feet and back and was amazed it only took 30 seconds, one of my efforts to overcome fear.

loved the spotted eagle ray passing by :) subscribed

Ah! One of my favorite videos! So great to see a Rocna dig in! I use my #55 in sand at scorpion anchorage at Santa Cruz channel island. 3.5 scope in 40 feet - all chain (with stern anchor when the place starts to fill) thanks! We're on a 43 ft custom bob perry cutter.

Fantastic underwater shots !

you guys really give alot of great info..thanks

great video, I've always wanted to know what anchors looked like physically when dragging, good to see the rocna perform.

Very informative. Thank you.

Great info and the video demonstrating how to set an anchor. Thanks for sharing! 😍⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Really cool to see what is actually going on down there.

Nice video...easy to watch...good job...

Well done. Really important.

Superb video. No catenary In a storm, but so useful in normal conditions

This is great information.

From April, 2007 through Oct, 2010 - I circumnavigated most of S.E. Alaska on a 27 ft Albin Family Cruiser, of which I had added a hard top above the center cockpit and aft cabin, along with eisenglass sides. I anchored close to 500 anchorages at a 3:1 for the most part. I had 33 ft of chain and then my rode on a Rocna Anchor. Few things I loved more, than never dragging anchor - and being able to anchor in small coves and nooks. Whenever I was in doubt, I would clip a sentinel 10 lb anchor onto the rode and let it down 20 ft on a bridal system. That kept the rode and chain at a better angle than your curve. I even anchored right off Pt Adolphus in a rock bed. Knowing full well the rip tides that went through. More than one boat came by to ask if I really intended to stay there over night. I stayed for 3 nights and slept well. I never would have been able to use an all anchor rode. The deepest I anchored was 60 ft. Still on a 3:1. I did anchor a few times on a 5:1 near other boats and accounted for swing. I also never could figure out how to anchor deeper, which I was hoping to learn in this video. There were a few isolated coves up there that the minimal anchor depth was over 100 ft. and thus, I never got to explore those areas. When I anchored at 60 ft, I did so very close to a stream/waterfall, trying to keep off the shallow tidal flat that aligned that area, as it went from deep to a tide flat that went dry. When I awoke in the morning, I would see the boat was almost beached on the tidal flat, but not that bad. Had a keel slightly grounded while the rest of the boat was wet. The winds had almost offset that stream which kept me from really going hard onto the flats. I had to pull a little extra by hand that day, but laughed. Life was so good then. Yes, I pulled my anchor by hand over 500 times. Probably closer to 800, as often I would set the pick for lunch and go kayaking and explore, then come back and pull and move for a night anchorage.

excellent video . very well executed! i learned a lot .D

I found this very interesting, informative, and entertaining. I was searching for how boats anchor in deep water, I guess they need that much chain otherwise the anchor just acts as a bobber dragging along. Great footage. Don’t know how you held your breath for so long. Very nice video.

Its a great advices fore any sailing people.

Wish I could hold my breath like that. All good information. We use 150' chain, 200' rode. Am nervous about anything less than 4/1, prefer at least 5/1 for a good nights sleep. Excellent video. And to cruisers, always snorkel the anchor when feasible.

Very cool ❤️

Well I like what you did, and I came across your vlog from Gone with the Wynns. And I am now a Subscribed.

job well done.

This is a superb video, thank you. I also have a 73lb Rocna and a big fan! I wanted to ask how much chain you carry and whether you notice if the weight of the chain once in the chain locker, plus the weight of the anchor, improves the sailing characteristics of the vessel by keeping the bow from hobby horsing and ultimately a more comfortable sail in choppy seas. Thanks again!

Great videos tyvm

I learned a lot of this from the Navy but i wondered how it was done on a smaller scale. The smallest ship I was on was 609 ft.

Hi, thanks for all, i need to change for a new diesel marine engine on my old 40 feets camper Nicolson. What and where do you sugjest to do it ? Yanmar, Volvo... Around corsica...thanks, see you soon

Very beautiful ☺️

Really cool video. I watched it twice, which I never do on KZfaq. Wish I could hit 50 feet holding my breath, but I only get about 30, or maybe 40 of I am really working at it. But I'm old. Russ

Nice job watching and filming anchor. You appear to be free diving, so you can hold your breath and exercise in deep water WAY better than I can.

very wise of you to get a rocna - the only thing a cqr does well is drag without setting

I'm sorry if this is perceived as "thread drift" but anyone wanting to free-dive should be aware of shallow-water blackout. It's fatal, and caused by trying to increase diving depth or endurance by hyperventilating.

I went all rode, chain made no difference at 45 knots. 100' of rope stretches nearly 10' for nice dampening and lighter weight for planing boat. Must agree the Rocna is impressive, except when rocks or objects clog the roll bar. Thanks for the vid!

What kind of chain do you use? I think big heavy chain adds safety with shorter scope - meaning the 3:1 scope might work for 12 or 10 mm chain but could fail for 8 mm (I use 8 mm grade 70 chain with my 55lb Rocna)

I just solo sailed my Pearson 323 for the first time today. I anchored with a little more scope then I was shown by the boats previous owner and wanted to freshen up My anchoring knowledge.

nice color waters

Hey Paul, just out of interest as a freediver(amateur and untrained), what is your longest breath hold? Do you pack air or like me just fight the need to breath until "it goes away". That Rocna sure does a great job.

Good info ya'll, you should make more of them vids.

How often do you anchor in 40 feet of water in the Caribbean? Very informative video btw.

Great video! You said the Ronca is a 73lb anchor. What size boat is that recommended for and what size is your boat. I am looking at different anchors now for my 40' P/B, don't hate me, Hope to be cruising Bahamas in another year. Love your channel.

how the hell do u manage to dive like that ,10 points.well done.

You have some impressive diving skills. How long did it take you to build up the ability to dive so deep and long without air?

I've never seen it done, but I've always wondered what would happen if you had a chain rode and anchor, and to that anchor you attached another length of chain followed by a second anchor. I wonder if they'd both set and create an even better holding situation.

Cheers

How much chain do i need? I will have a cat and want to avoid weight I don't need. Does.scope.acbeived via nylon help.at all? Would 100 feet of chain and 300 feet of nylon be better than what chain u used in the video?

A bit misleading as wind waves, swell, surges will get the anchor quickly dragging.

I think this and S/V Panope's excellent videos demonstrate how anchoring technique, not just anchor type, play such a huge role in anchoring success. I assume you are measuring the scope from the snubber at the WL and not from the bow.

Can you hold your bong hits as long as your breath? Nice video bro!

In this video 3 very important aspects are forgotten; 1.tides, 2. waves, change of wind direction for 180.

Can you please tell me the name of the curve? Im trying to look it up and cant find info

by the way , i have the same setup .. a macho-Man real heavy iron plow anchor and ...... the aluminum fortress ... the fortress , well I hate it !! so many failed anchorings ..! i have it only as a spare and becuase of the weight ,,,,,,,,,,,

I wonder how much difference wave action would make??

I wonder if in deep water like this an extra weight could be attached on the chain close to the anchor, say 10' up the chain to ensure that the last section of chain is flatter, and pulling the anchor (more) parallel to the bottom position for setting. I think if this added mass were the same as the anchor this would almost certainly happen. But this would be cumbersome (Unless instead of the 73 pound anchor a 40 pound anchor and a 40 pound weight were used, one to dig in and set the other to flatten the chain at the bottom (the extra mass would flatten the bottom end of the catenary). Either this is a very clever conjecture based on first principles, or there's 200 years of yellowing analysis of why this can't work. The way an anchor works has components. There has to be enough weight to sink the anchor to the sea floor, it has to dig into the bottom, and the weight of the chain makes it so the anchor is pulled parallel to the bottom to set. (But how important is the actual weight? In the video 200lbs of chain, 73lbs of anchor. Wouldn't 270lp anchor and a good Dyneema or Spectra line work better? If that 270lbs were just a ball, it wouldn't dig in and set, just drag... so how important is the weight? Modern anchor designs seem less about the weight (though of course that's always a factor) and more and more about the set. Does it matter if at dock you tie off to massive iron cleats or aluminum ones? In this case the critical factor is that the cleat is firmly bolted to the dock. That's like the set of the anchor. Somewhere between weight and set is the 'sweet spot' and sure maybe 200 lbs of chain is only useful in some situations but not most others.... in those other situations the extra mass is never a problem. Just thinking out loud. It's probably best that I learn how it's done and practice that before I try reinventing the anchor.

In even deeper water you can go with even less scope. I recently had to anchor in 38m with 100m of chain. The forecast was good, but the engine couldn't drag the anchor....

you make reference to 3 to 1 and 4 to 1 to the novice can you explain what this means please

I can hardly hold my breath long enough to scrub the bottom of the boat for 10 seconds.

Scope is not a good criteria for deciding how much chain to pay out. It really depends on the anchor depth. In very deep water, a scope of just 2:1 can be perfectly fine to weather even a massive storm!

Shit...when we were commercial fishing we used to anchor in 50 FATHOMS of water with maybe 1 1/2 :1 scope. 5 fathoms of HEAVY chain right after the anchor helps. Oh and you really learn to appreciate hydraulics when you have that much ground tackle out.

Pressure release by nos blow blockage

"The chain hangs in a curved shape called a CATEENIARY"? Surely you meant to say catenary (kăt′n-ĕr′ē, kə-tē′nə-rē - I believe that the second form is the way the Brits pronounce it), right? I cringe at such an error because, as comments from very skilled sailors attests, this vid is of excellent quality and great value. Cheers!

why anchor is so important ?

Why not attach a 2nd anchor directly to the chain a short distance from the main anchor? Say 20-30 feet.

Where's all the AM frequently, though. ghz 🏴‍☠️

OK when i go underwater like 10-12 feet my head feels like its going to explode. HOW DOES HE DO THAT???

الحمد لله نعمل في البحر ولدينا خبرة ليست بقليه من أجدادنا مصريين وسعوديين ويمنيين تعلمناها من أجدادنا فى هذا المجال بالفطره ولاكن ينقصنا بعض الشهادات

Sandy ground and a good anker. Not really a high risk situation.

that didn't seem like deep or short.

No offense, but this made me want to go nighty night. Gonna dream about being embraced by the sea...snore

Why not add numbers on screen in metric system? It would be very helpful.

How the f***k does 200-4--lb of weight hold an entire boat??? I never understood how anchors work. It's some bullsh*t magic.

I like your videos but they all seem so 1990s. Still good information.

I could make this video a lot shorter.......A single frame for 15 seconds with the following text, "DON'T DO IT!."