An anchor dropped in an inappropriate spot can cause huge damage to the seabed, it will also fail to hold securely or become fouled. The predominately clear waters in our charter base cruising areas means that it is quite easy to see the sea bed from the deck of the boat. Always choose to drop the anchor and lay its chain in an area of clear sand. Sea grass is very common, not only can it be difficult to set the anchor in it too can suffer from damage. The tiny young, or fry, of some reef fish inhabit the sea grass until they are large enough to live on the reef so again it should not be damaged unnecessarily.