Anchor in front garden

[Snowgoose-1]

Anything nautical in your garden ?
If an anchor does it have to be a Fisherman's?
I'm not too far from salt water so ornaments seem popular .

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Anything nautical in your garden ?
If an anchor does it have to be a Fisherman's?
I'm not too far from salt water so ornaments seem popular .

Are we counting whole, functional boats?

 

[chris-s]

Does a Laser count?

 

[Snowgoose-1]

Are we counting whole, functional boats?

Only if some kind plant is sprouting from them or if crewed by a gnome .
Double points if made into a water feature.

 

[Lightwave395]

Got two CQR's on the front patio and a Lark sailing dinghy festooned with xmas lights on the front drive

 

[Snowgoose-1]

Does a Laser count?

Only if the mast is stepped and showing illuminations .

 

[Snowgoose-1]

Got two CQR's on the front patio and a Lark sailing dinghy festooned with xmas lights on the front drive

Excellent !

 

[Stingo]

You need one or two of these

 

[Roberto]

showing illuminations .

preferably laser beams

 

[Seashoreman]

Local beach launching fishermen have been hauling up interesting antique and large old anchors for years.
One guy I know just leaves them by his shed/boat for visitors/punters/tourists to search him out.
He sold one a couple of years ago for around £1000. Certainly must have been a job to lift it for transport.

 

[Snowgoose-1]

You need one or two of these
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Very sandy soil area I notice.
Is it Neeves back garden ?

 

[Poignard]

I have a 35lb (genuine) CQR anchor on the patio.

I daren't put it in front of the house because I know from this forum how highly-regarded CQRs are, and I am sure it would be stolen.

 

[capnsensible]

Anything nautical in your garden ?
If an anchor does it have to be a Fisherman's?
I'm not too far from salt water so ornaments seem popular .

Swimming pool.

 

[Corribee Boy]

I had a large bronze prop by the door. One day I realised it was no longer there and we couldn't remember when we'd last seen it, despite it being a really prominent feature.

I imagine someone with a white van had grabbed it and weighed it in.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

I have a 35lb (genuine) CQR anchor on the patio.

I daren't put it in front of the house because I know from this forum how highly-regarded CQRs are, and I am sure it would be stolen.

Au contraire, my friend. My neighbour has had one outside his front door, a 30kg size, in stainless, with about 30 metres of stainless chain, for at least 4 years. He took it off his 8m class, but it’s not big enough for his new ride, so sits in state, at the edge of the road. I would hardly know where my drive was, at night, without it’s dull gleam in my headlights. I will suggest fairy lights.

 

[Roberto]

You need one or two of these

Ah I eventually found the exact place, we accidentally saw it during a walk, I only remembered vaguely the area.
Good for a "Where is it?"

 

[The Q]

If a fishermans anchor of a reasonable size were on my front garden, then passing cars would object to being hooked.
The other side of the fence though there are 2 aluminium masts, two wooden masts and one sailing boat.
One ally mast is in use, the other will become a flag pole. The wooden ones are now a source of wood..

 

[Stingo]

Ah I eventually found the exact place, we accidentally saw it during a walk, I only remembered vaguely the area.
Good for a "Where is it?"

If memory serves me correctly, I did a "Where Is It" thread with the very same photo several years ago. Alas, someone, possibly you, guessed correctly on the 2nd or 3rd reply, which qualifies that thread as a candidate for the most boring thread of the year. Hey ho....

 

[Goldie]

I have a 35lb (genuine) CQR anchor on the patio.

I daren't put it in front of the house because I know from this forum how highly-regarded CQRs are, and I am sure it would be stolen.

It would probably wander off on its own

 

[boomerangben]

We managed to salvage the anchor from a ship wreck just south of Robin Hoods Bay and put that on my parents lawn. It was an Admiralty Pattern type and weighed best part of a ton iirc. Was a bit of an epic adventure retrieving it, involving a raft, a fishery protection vessel and the local coastguard (the last two weren’t planned!!)