While contemplating anchors I remembered this picture I took of a couple of anchors a neighbor was throwing away.


I was in Nassau and this guy had had a rough night on The Banks.


The imitation CQR broke at the top pivot tab. The amount of rust indicated that it had been weakening for some time (inspect that ground tackle!).

When it separated, of course he found himself sweeping across the banks dangling a bit of chain with a shank at the end. So he dropped the Danforth. It held most of the night. But strong, veering winds soon had him pulling backwards on the Danforth. It bent as it pulled free. With the flukes bent it would not reset. Again he found himself blowing across the Banks. He deployed his "backup-backup" anchor (a small Bruce) and it held till dawn when he continued on to Nassau.