It can be your ultimate downfall on an otherwise, wonderful voyage. Learn as much as you can about this art form. Read, practice and most of all, buy the proper anchors for your boat and use the correct rode in type and length. Examine your position after you have 'set' and check regularly to see if you have moved. You will swing but your position should be relative to a fixed point that you have selected as a reference point.
Some sailors actually take a bearing and check it regularly.
You will sleep better knowing you won't go anywhere. This and other content on their web site has been offered to us by the Author of the book and the Web Site, Dr. Darrel Wyatt. Darrel has offered us some insight into the book and work involved in it. Darrel's book is taken from the original which was prepared by Mr. Bill DeMoranville and deserves a lot of the credit, according to Darrel. It was in 1976 that CSY's first edition came out.