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Old 09-01-2021, 09:09 AM   #17
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Dragged in my story.
I have another anchor story in my career. Our boat dropped the hook in water deeper than our anchor chain was long. We lost the whole rig. Then we did the same exact thing with our remaining anchor. This was off the island of Crete. Had to go to the nearest Navy yard to get new anchors and chain.

Have seen it before. Scary stuff
Your lucky when the breakaway link works and you just loose anchor and chain. When the link doesn’t break you beercan the windlass. It gets expensive.

One time in 1991 in Crete my ship stopped the anchor on the last shot the 13 th. 90’ per shot. It’s very deep around Crete we were in 400 ft. Usually most Anchorage’s are about 90 to 120 ‘.
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Jon, 24' Nauset-Green Topsides, Beamie, North River. Channel 68/69. MSBA, NIBA
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