As keeping your boat securely connected to the bottom is really important for the safety and well being of all distance cruisers, an ongoing discussion of issues about gear and technique can be very helpful. Ground tackle has been dramatically improving over the past few years, and as a result techniques for deploying that tackle have been modified.

This is a great place for members to share their experience with newer anchors and related gear, tricky anchorages, and tips for effective technique.

And if you have a great story to tell, please share it. We all know that anchoring is a spectator sport, and we all love a good story.

Vice Commodore, OCC 

Hi David,
Thanks for the report, And glad all turned out safely for all concerned, and hope Rodolfo eventually is recovered.

My request is can I forward your report to Vyv Cox, a specialists Metalurgy scientist, who writes for Yachting Monthly and is a friend of mine.

I await your reply

Brian and Sue
S/V Darramy in the Peloponnisos

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bwallace - 7/21/2019

Hi David,
Thanks for the report, And glad all turned out safely for all concerned, and hope Rodolfo eventually is recovered.

My request is can I forward your report to Vyv Cox, a specialists Metalurgy scientist, who writes for Yachting Monthly and is a friend of mine.

I await your reply

Brian and Sue
S/V Darramy in the Peloponnisos

Hi Brian and Sue. That would be fine and I also have photos of the offending swivel.... well what's left of it.