Bow anchoring

I was told I could anchor with a soft shackle. My bridle is dyneema and very expensive; so I am going to anchor ball at the end of the bridle.

Has anyone used soft shackles?

Of course, I have no chafing guard and probably need to order a couple..

 

I would not trust soft shackles for anchoring longer than lunch.

I suggest a short cat tale tied to the bridle eye then bent to the horn cleat.

 

I have an anchor on each bow. Bruce port CQR starboard. 37' cruising cat. I have weathered 40 knots never set a bridle once . A little dagger board down and she points into the wind.

 

This boat is an outboard, but probably they may be enough to point to wind as well. But why not bridle, the reduced loads are a lot of reasons to use a bridle.

 

At the moment, I have no bridle eye. I only have the cleat and the bow eye, but am interested to understand what you mean here.

Do you mean to make a short whip with rope catpawed to the bridle rope and just bowline the whip to the horn cleat?