Something just occured to me that I had never thought about when trying to describe anchoring to someone who has not done it. REALLY.
Until you have anchored in salt water..OVERNIGHT..in some remote cove on the coast of Maine somewhere....with a 10 foot tide rise and fall...going to sleep at night with one eye open all night....listening to the wind..looking up at the
taletale compass over your bunk every 30 minutes....waiting....you have not anchored.
This is not to disparage anyone who anchors on a sandbar in 5 feet of clear water on a sunny afternoon. It's just different.
NB