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I wonder if you will still display it on the bow when the shank bends.
All that money & you have to lean through the pulpit on your knees to undo a shackle with the pliers to release a bit of elastic which then pings the pin in the oggin. Very well thought out? I think not.
Might help if you parked the boat back a bit as well. Very inconsiderate if someones small child walks into that load of scrap metal over the pontoon.
 

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Having taken a closer look at the bright, shiny thing I am looking forward to seeing a bow roller made to hold the bright, shiny thing without all these bits of bungy cord.
 

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A beautiful anchor, but a potential concern is the poor geometry of the pivot pin. This issue affects many older, even genuine CQR anchors, but only as they age. Any slop can be easily observed on a genuine CQR, but this stainless model has welded the pivot pin in place, making it impossible to inspect the structure.

The droop between the shank and fluke in the photos suggests that there’s a reasonable amount of play in the pivot pin bearing, even though the anchor appears new. The position of the wear marks on the side doesn’t align with my expectations.

The geometry can be easily checked by laying the anchor on the dock and observing if, when it hits the stops, the fluke shank angle matches that of a genuine model in good condition. Don’t worry about a slight difference of a few degrees; the angle changes on a genuine CQR anchor as the pivot wears with age. However, a significant discrepancy will severely impair the anchor’s performance, especially when anchoring in anything other than soft mud substrates.
 

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The amount of play in even a genuine CQR seems quite large, as this picture of a new one shows:

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But the inventor of the CQR, Prof. Taylor, makes clear in his patent specification that there should be a lot of play in the joint:

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The amount of play in even a genuine CQR seems quite large, as this picture of a new one shows:
And that is when new. As they age, the pivot pin and the faces wear down.

The first photo is the type of wear typically seen on a CQR anchor in regular service. This was a photo I snapped in sand seabed of an anchor in Greece:

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Below is an anchor showing excessive wear that hopefully will be retired. I took this photo in a boatyard, rather than when deployed on the seabed:

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I wonder if you will still display it on the bow when the shank bends.
All that money & you have to lean through the pulpit on your knees to undo a shackle with the pliers to release a bit of elastic which then pings the pin in the oggin. Very well thought out? I think not.
Might help if you parked the boat back a bit as well. Very inconsiderate if someones small child walks into that load of scrap metal over the pontoon.
It’s not my boat, but on the same pontoon. I chose a genuine Lewmar Epsilon, sadly in galvanised steel not shiny stainless.
 
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