Bent anchor fluke.

john_morris_uk

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Can this be straightened? I didn’t want to pollute the other current anchor thread.
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PS it’s over 1.5 metres long on the shank to give you an idea of the size.
 

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Should have used a fisherman’s anchor….

*walks away shaking head*
 

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It would take a lot of heat and some long levers to straighten that.... I would be tempted to cut off the offending bit and weld back the rest of the shank
Ps...why did you say it’s a bent fluke?
 

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Used as an anchor for a permanent mooring in deep mud, it would probably be OK "as is" paired with another anchor.
As for bending straight= Well it bent out of straight, so it must be possible to reverse the process.
 

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I would think that no matter which port you are currently moored in there will be a local blacksmith, a couple of minutes in the furnace and a quick bash with a hammer on an anvil, and it will be straight again.
 

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Archimedes said "Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world "
Unfortunately I gather he is no longer in business...
 

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If you are in or near Martinique, round in Le Marin there was and I think still is a fab second hand chandlers above the sailmakers place.
 

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Archimedes said "Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world "
Unfortunately I gather he is no longer in business...
I'm pretty sure there's a fixed point in there somewhere?
 

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Can this be straightened? I didn’t want to pollute the other current anchor thread.
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PS it’s over 1.5 metres long on the shank to give you an idea of the size.
A good fuel gas, oxy propane or acetylene torch would soon get it hot enough to straighten by hand. Need Vyvs input as to whether to quench it afterwards. I imagine there are workshops in the Carib more than capable of doing it,
 

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A good fuel gas, oxy propane or acetylene torch would soon get it hot enough to straighten by hand. Need Vyvs input as to whether to quench it afterwards. I imagine there are workshops in the Carib more than capable of doing it,
Quenching would require a container the size of a hot tub. I should have got Mrs M to sit on it to give an idea of size…. It was BIG!
 
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