The above statement should be repeated often. If your not comfortable anchoring overnight you need a skipper onboard.
G
In my experience the comfort level depends on the anchorage and on the night :-)
Those are always a given however being comfortable involves looking in advance at the weather and having a plan to be in a safe anchorage given forecast conditions. I trust my anchor far more than a Moorings ball. I have ended up drifting twice at night. Both times I was on a mooring ball. One was a BEYC ball and one a Moor secure ball. In both cases the failure was in the ground tackle. I can inspect every component of my anchor system. I can’t always do that with a mooring. The anchor and the ability to anchor are basic safety items. You would be surprised at how many people sailing charter boats have no idea how to deploy the anchor without windless power.
G
P.S. Be very afraid of Moorings using sand screws with a swell running!
