How much anchor rope

[Young Entertainer 61]

For a 1020, so not a lot of space in the anchor locker once you get the anchor in there but would like to be okay anchoring at the barrier when I need to, thinking 20metres of chain then how much rope would you buy?

[erice 732]

50m/16mm 3 strand nylon? 

[Young Entertainer 61]

would a total of 70 metres be enough for barrier?  have not cruised there much but know it tends to be the deepest place around here

[Farrari 4]

I have 15m of 8mm chain, approx 80m warp and a 25 lb Manson Supreme and it all fits in my 1020 locker.  I have approx half the warp loose in the locker and the other half is neatly tied up and clipped on out of the way just for Barrier trips.  The extra warp is there for the very odd times where I need to anchor in deeper water and it's blowing.  I had 20m chain last time around and if I was going to do it again I would go for the longer length; 15m is a bit short for me.  I see Max Headroom has 30m chain for cruising and that looks to be really useful for tight anchoring situations.

 

My 2c go see KM for the warp.  I bought some rubbish stuff from a local swindlery (was sold as top of the line) two years ago and it's nearly due for replacement.

[tuffyluffy 76]

would a total of 70 metres be enough for barrier?  have not cruised there much but know it tends to be the deepest place around here

 

My thoughts as well.

70m gives you a max anchoring depth of 14m and I thought you needed about 20m for the barrier

[Farrari 4]

I would have thought 70m total is probably a bit on the short side.  A lot of bays are in the 10-15m depth range but in a blow you will want more than 5:1