Of all systems in a voyaging sailboat, the Anchoring System is one of the most important, IMHO.
A good, well designed anchoring system will save a sailor’s bacon if he/she is ever caught at the wrong place at the wrong time. And for the 99%+ of situations when he/she is at the right place at the right time (knock wood), such a system will warrant wonderful, worry-free nights of sleep.
For these reasons, i spent a considerable amount of time redesigning Pesto’s anchoring system for this journey. It was a bit more comprehensive than the picture below suggests:
