Before reading on, please pause for a moment to take this week’s survey so we can share the results with the Cruising Compass family.
Do you have shore power for your cruising boat?
Thanks to all readers who answered last week’s survey on anchors aboard a cruising boat. When asked how many anchors should be carried on a well-fitted-out cruising boat 59% said three, 25% said two, 13% said four and 3% said five or more. As for the types of anchors that readers cary, 92% said fluke type, 74% said hooking type, 13% said fisherman type, 10% said grapnel and 3% said mushroom type.
Asked about favorite brands, the most popular are: Rochna (61%), Danforth Fluke (48%), Mantus (37%), Bruce (35%), Delta (27%), Spade (22%), plow (19%), Ultra Marine (6%) and West Marine fluke (3%).
