ANCHOR & MOORING

646 anchoring and mooring products covering anchors, winches, fenders, mooring hardware, rope and chain, and thrusters.
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ANCHOR & MOORING

ANCHOR & MOORING

Anchoring gear is the part of a boat you notice only when it fails, usually at the worst moment. Off Grid Superstore stocks 646 anchoring and mooring products in Australia, from ground tackle and winches through to fenders and thruster systems.

What's in the range

Thrusters & Accessories is the largest section at 227 products, followed by Anchors with 142 across plough, claw, sand and grapnel patterns. Fenders & Accessories holds 89 products, and Anchor Winches & Accessories covers 43 winches, remotes and spares including the Quick Spare Wired Plug HRC 1002.

For lines, Rope & Chain runs to 39 products and the ready-made dock lines are the quickest way to kit out a berth: the Premium Double Braided Dock Line 12mm x 8m ships with a mesh storage bag, and the Flexible Dock Rope 1.2m to 1.6m stretches to take shock loading at the cleat. Mooring covers the hardware that holds it all together.

How do you size anchoring gear?

Size from the boat, then add for the conditions you actually anchor in. Anchor weight follows hull length and displacement, but holding comes from the rode as much as the anchor: a chain length of at least five times the water depth is the usual starting point, more in wind or swell. Dock lines follow the same logic, with 12mm suiting boats up to around 8 metres and diameter stepping up from there.

Fenders are sized by boat length as well, and a spare pair is worth carrying. If you are fitting out the rest of the deck, Boat Hardware covers cleats, bollards and rollers, and Trailer covers getting the boat home.

How much anchor chain do I need?

A common starting point is a scope of five to one, so five metres of rode for every metre of water depth, measured from the bow roller rather than the waterline. Increase it in wind, current or swell, and all-chain rodes can sit closer to four to one because of the extra catenary weight.

What size anchor suits my boat?

Anchor weight is set by hull length and displacement rather than length alone, so a heavy displacement cruiser needs more than a light trailer boat of the same length. Seabed type matters too, with plough and sand anchors holding better in sand and mud, and claw patterns coping better with rock and weed.

How many fenders should a boat carry?

A common rule is one fender per 3 metres of hull length with a minimum of three, so you always have a spare when one is in the wrong spot. Size by boat length and weight, since a fender that compresses fully is doing nothing.

What is the difference between a bow thruster and a stern thruster?

A bow thruster pushes the front of the boat sideways, which is what you need to line up against a berth in wind. A stern thruster does the same at the back and is usually added on longer hulls where the bow alone cannot bring the whole boat parallel.