Here's our comparative anchor story on one stormy night.... Wish this online anchor discussion was available 3+ yrs ago when a Kentucky sailor sought answers for ground tackle for Chesapeake to Exuma cruise. Got lucky. Ended up going to Annapolis boat show and got a 88lb Rocna for 42' Lagoon catamaran sailboat (30,000lbs). Oversize... and Overzealous...we carried 250' 7/16" chain and dropped 10:1 whenever possible. We learned how good the Rocna was when a Feb storm came through West Palm Beach (Lake Worth anchorage) at forecasted 10pm. I was on anchor watch-stand for anticipated 40-60 mph gusts and 80-90 degree windshift. Storm hit at 10:05 with never-before-experienced suddenness... very light, balmy to stern flag snapping like someone firing a 22cal. Instantly. Scanning anchorage, saw everything veering, shoreline reference points, boats, channel markers, etc... horizon moving...and then Bam... I was knocked off balance and crew was jostled awake....all thinking we had swung into 135' Motor yacht anchored downwind... or were ashore. Couldn't see. What happened was wind had swung 80 plus degrees and we were floating and bobbing through the arc and then BAM... the Rocna reset hard in the strong wind...with a very stout jerk....throwing me off balance to grab handholds. Through the squall we could barely make out the high speed patrol/ chase boats w/ blue beacons emerging from all points. We heard yelling, saw lights, and engine noise, spotlights....confusion ....and then finally we matched them up with the distress calls ...and we saw what was going on through the driving rain.....at least 4 boats in our anchor field had broken loose...and one of them was headed towards us. Fortunately, the Capt got control in time and evaded contact with us but 2 other boats (one was 100' plus) got rodes tangled and dragged ashore. The fourth stayed at helm throughout night w/engine idling, reset after reset, afraid to move and get tangled in other floating lines/debris. Met this bleary eyed guy the following morning and he said he had a Danforth, which looked undersized to me when he pulled it to depart. Not saying Rocna is best...just saying we were lucky no one dragged over our rode,.... but it did serve us well in this test, and sleeping was in fact a lot easier for the rest of the trip south. Pete Wollison Lexington,KY