1. Yacht Sales & Marketing. Simplified
CHOOSING THE RIGHT ANCHOR
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2. CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANCHOR
The kind of anchor to be used varies depending upon the type
of water body you would be boating in.
current levels are different for rivers and seas
the terrain at the bottom of the water body—whether it
would be sandy, weedy or rocky
the type of boat you have—anchor types for larger boats
are different from those for smaller boats

3. Fluke or Danforth Anchors
The most common types of anchors available are:
• Fluke or Danforth: The fluke anchor has two large flat
surfaces attached to a stock at its crown. The fluke anchors
are quite compact and have a surprisingly strong hold on
sandy and muddy bottoms.

4. CQR or Plough Anchors
• Clyde Quick Release (CQR ) or Plough: The CQR anchor has a
single plow with a pivot attached to it at the shanks end. CQR
anchor holds good even when there are changes in the wind
velocity and water currents.

5. Bruce or Claw Anchors
• Bruce or Claw anchor: The bruce anchor is good for smaller
boats and sandy, muddy bottoms. The bruce or claw anchor
holds very well even if there are directional changes of 360
degrees owing to wind and water currents.

6. Mushroom Anchors
• Mushroom anchor: The mushroom anchor resembles a
mushroom. It has a wide cap like bottom and is best suited
when anchoring in muddy, weedy soil. The mushroom anchor
won’t be of much use when in rocky bottoms.

7. Navy & Electric Anchors
• Navy anchor: The navy anchor is well
suited for rocky bottom.
• Electric anchor: With an electric anchor,
the task of lowering or pulling up an anchor
happens at the switch of a button.

8. Anchor right
• Anchoring is not as easy as dumping the right anchor into the
water and forgetting about it.
• Even after selecting the right anchor, make sure you lower it
correctly.
• Anchoring a boat right takes skill, but can be learnt with
practice.
• Be extra careful if you are sleeping aboard the anchored boat
because wind velocity and currents tend to move it and in
extreme cases cause the anchor to come loose.

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We feature thousands of new and used boats for sale and yachts for
sale including motor yachts, sailing yachts, cruiser boats, sailing
boats, motor cruiser, luxury yachts, power yachts and cruiser yachts
for sale. With more than 200 yacht brokers listed with us and with
their yacht listings being over 1000, we have yachts and boats of
various makes listed with us. Some of these include seabourn, sea
ray, sun seeker, hatteras etc..
Please contact us at:
3 Diamondleaf | Irvine |CA-92618 | p: (949) 436-9268
e: info@seetheyachts.com | w: www.seetheyachts.com