A yacht at anchor with no visible anchor chain or bow roller (or even anchor when sailing!).

[Greenheart]

Cripes! She's bigger than I thought. 100ft. Looked a fair bit smaller in your own pics.

 

[Star-Lord]

Still can't find any pictures on this Wally anchor set up. It was probably using a Delta ?

 

[Star-Lord]

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Cripes! She's bigger than I thought. 100ft. Looked a fair bit smaller in your own pics.

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I guessed 30m. The CU was taken with a 130mm zoom (equivalent of 200mm full frame). The last picture in OP was with 18mm lens about 27mm full frame camera and shows height of mast.

 

[Greenheart]

I'd only glanced at a couple of the pics. If I'd looked harder I might have wondered why the stanchions were barely visible on what I thought was a fifty-footer, fifty yards away.

 

[Roberto]

Yes the anchor is dropped through an underwater moving panel.
Not only Wally, it is used even in "smaller" posh yachts, those full carbon "daysailer" sometimes 15-20m long often used in the Mediterranean. I think I have some more detailed pictures of the system I'll have a look.

 

[LittleSister]

Must be a good anchor to hold against the windage of that king-size red bedsheet they've got dangling off the washing line at the stern.

 

[Roberto]

other examples, though no images of the anchor setup
Mamou - Luxury Boat | Vismara Marine
Gekko - Luxury Boat | Vismara Marine

this is the deck of that 60footer, definitely suited for specific tastes

 

[Sharky34]

You have managed to reinvent the which anchor question

But do I see a ball hoisted?

Biggish boat have one of the crew on anchor watch as they probably won’t be able to sleep anyway but then you won’t hear the thruster for the Gen set

Seems a case of if I can afford it why not ?

And some years down the line when the technology fail I will have a new bigger better boat and it’s someone else’s problem

Bottom line? I really cant envision a vessel without an anchor Etc

If he's aground, one ball ain't enough.

 

[Sharky34]

Not aground! Swings in the wind.

I know the feeling.

 

[Aquaboy]

No 3 7 Wally Innovations That Changed Sailing History

 

[Star-Lord]

No 3 7 Wally Innovations That Changed Sailing History

Thanks!

 

[doug748]

7 Wally Innovations That Changed Sailing History

Interesting stuff. I am sure Wally yachts are very lovely, I'd have one, it's on my list.

However, I am not convinced that raised bulwarks are totally their own work or swept back spreaders or self tacking jibs. Journalists. : -)
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[monkfish24]

I have worked on a Wally, inovative designs and very good at maximising usable space, that IS a thing even on the bigger boats.

It does look like a hidden anchor system what with the anchor staysail up. We just used a conventional anchor though so we could drop it on the bed in the marina before racing!

 

[SaltIre]

So what kind of anchor should a Wally use?

 

[Star-Lord]

So what kind of anchor should a Wally use?

A Spade. But probably a SS Ultra. The Ultra has an unfortunate catching point (so it will not infringe Spade copyright, I suppose). But I would guess they come with a SS Delta.