In my personal opinion, the absolute best anchor is a concrete pier on the New York Canals. There ya have it. Fred Tug 44 ---------------------------------------- From: "Rich Gano" <richgano@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 8:34 PM To: "Great Loop List" <great-loop@lists.trawlering.com> Subject: ... GL: Anchor-to-rode connection Following along with the discussion on anchors, a detail worth going over one more time is how and what one uses to attach the "best" anchor to the "best" rode.