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Breaking Out the Anchor Without a Bow Roller
Practical Sailor
September 8, 2026
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One of the challenges we faced when testing the Chesapeake Anchor, even at the 3-pound scale, was that once any anchor is set to 100 times its weight, it becomes a bugger to break loose. If you pull immediately, straight up, the recovery force is commonly 80 percent of the setting force. To continue
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