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In 2011, almost all of the anchors used were 14 pound anchors (TODO -<br />
verify that!) that came with the houseboats. The came attached to 50' of<br />
line (TODO - verify that!).<br />
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As we can see from the info above a 14 pound anchor is only strong<br />
enough to hold a 31' boat in a stiff breeze while they were being used<br />
to hold 40' houseboats.<br />
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In addition with 50' of line, assuming 20' depth, the anchors only had<br />
about 40% of their holding power (2.5:1 scope). As such, they didn't<br />
hold at all. After we tied two ropes together, we had closer to 5:1<br />
scope and the anchors mostly held.<br />
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The picture below shows the approx. strategy used for anchoring:<br />
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[[file:Anchoring.jpg]]<br />
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Even with all of the anchors, the city broke free once and floated<br />
downstream.<br />
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It took a very long time to assemble the city and to take it apart. Once<br />
boats were in place very few of them moved until the end of the event.</div>Geekeasy