The decision to stop at the Dry Tortugas was a good decision. We arrived 24 hours before the front. With the wind light we used the spade anchor with 90 feet of chain. That should hold in a protected anchorage. We enjoyed agreat 24 hours on the hook. Well Tony's question about a danford type anchor was prophetic. Yes we dragged, reset, draged, reset, dragged until we got out the danford which grabbed and held in 35 knots of wind on the first set. So next time your at the boat show let the spade anchor sales person know.
We are now waiting for the wind to subsided before heading to Panama.
