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[quote=badfish][quote=MN3]yes rocks, oysters, incoming tides, wakes, sanding off gelcoat and shifting winds are all reasons why to anchor

we island hop a lot around here (and beach it) - sometimes we stay for over an hour - that's enough time for the tide to come in and float your boat or to go out and leave you high and dry - which leads to more dragging/sanding. the occasional boat ghost sailing itself off a beach isn't unheard of eaither

as per in a capsize: several reasons to have an anchor: 
lets assume there is decent wind ... deploying an anchor (that actually grabs) will stop the boat from drifting downwind. sometimes this can be very important (like when near a seawall, other boats, or just getting blown out to sea)

another huge plus is when you get the anchor to set, your bows will swing and stay into the wind - critical for a 200 lb human to right a 400 lb boat with a sail in the water

I have not seen good results from those collapsible anchors. they wont hold my 5.5 or 6.0 in a real blow[/quote]
How big of an anchor do you have and how much rode do you keep?[/quote]

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