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Category: Anchor Chain Series

The Anchor Chain Series is a three-part story that leads up to how our anchor abandoned us in a bay near Phuket, Thailand, and ends with a Salty Sea Ballad, which I wrote in part for brevity.

Diver Michael and Lorraine watch the Mantus anchor retrieval from the bow.
09/18/202502/18/2026 Lorraine Escher

Part 3: Diving for a Lost Anchor: A Salty Ballad from Phuket

105-lb Mantus Anchor with anchor chain
09/13/202503/12/2026 Lorraine Escher

Part 2: Losing our Ground Tackle: A Continuation of our Malaysian Anchor Chain Debacle

Rick Escher, sailor, skipper, husband amazing human
09/05/202503/10/2026 Lorraine Escher

Part 1: Re-galvanizing our anchor chain. What could possibly go wrong? Adventures at Pangkor Marina Malaysia.

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