But seriously though, folks, the fisherman's anchor

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Now to be just a tins-winsy bit controversial It always seems a bit odd, that for centuries, sailors have been using the fisherman type of anchor to good effect

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yep and for centuries boats have dragged onto reefs and sunk...........

for thousands of years people used axes to cut wood - really don't know why as a chainsaw is so much easier!

Anyway back to TK's excellent post - I think a nice fishermans anchor makes an excellent garden feature; use it for what it's good for. A Delta makes a rubbish garden feature however /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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Now to be just a tins-winsy bit controversial It always seems a bit odd, that for centuries, sailors have been using the fisherman type of anchor to good effect

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yep and for centuries boats have dragged onto reefs and sunk...........



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Yes, and they still do! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif regardless of what is on the end of the string!
 
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the fisherman anchor, but mostly the folding ones that has the large wide flukes

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I imagine you mean the 'Big Fisherman' of biblical fame, but in more recent times manufactured by the likes of Tennamast, to a design by Ian Nicolson FRINA which he called 'The Belfast'.

As this was derived from a requirement for a stowable flying-boat anchor /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif, there may well be a resurgence of use - especially by Cessna 260 operators on the upper reaches of the Clyde! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I have one of these monsters holding down my boat cover, and a sterling job it does - all 70 lbs of it!

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"Fishermen" by their very nature are a tight fisted bunch but they are also a very practical lot as well. IMHO they continue to use the "fisherman's anchor" because its a good all round bit of kit + for them they can knock one up out of re-bar /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Sure some modern designs are far more efficient, especially in holding the "softer" grounds but when it comes to hard ground or kelp you'll have to go a long way to finding something better. I've seen CQR's c/w all chain rode bounce along the bottom off Ramsgate going backwards at 1.5knts in a 2 knt tide.

It's horses for courses - I'm sure after all these years of ownership it's (the anchor) standing you nothing - so make your mind up - keep it for a rainy day or flog it and forget about it.

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In some cases the fishermans the only anchor that will hold!Untill id been to the baltic id put my fisherman away as a waist of space and weight.

In the Baltic several times found i wanted to anchor in a very weed full stoney area weeds thick on the bottem and 2 meters plus high! I did try a bruce and CQR but they wouldent hold i used a fisherman (cos id been told the were useful like the mushroom which i drew the line at!)

I ancored with a 25lbs fisherman and it really held!I stayed in the same spot more or less for a week i did change my place from one very weedy place to another when the wind forcast changed

Twice i had very strong winds and waves and to my joy my fisherman held really well! I was just 20 feet from shore with the wind blowing me on the weed on the surface i couldent have left by sail nor motor without been blown on shore!


When i came to leave the anchor had dug in to the mud between the rocks (judging from the mud on the fluks) and the weeds were really strong i brought quite a lage lump for them up The fishermans is rarely useful but when its needed its the only one that will work!

Would i carry one?Yes! in the Baltic. No in the med! After haveing carried one around for so long i was really pleased to use the fisherman for its merits albeit another secondhand one bought in Sweden!!

/forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif To sell a fisherman?? no point they dont cost much new 25lbs new cost around 20 euros or £10 so just keep it unless your really hard up????
But then you couldent think of being a liveaboard! Even they have a very small income!
 
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Now to be just a tins-winsy bit controversial It always seems a bit odd, that for centuries, sailors have been using the fisherman type of anchor to good effect

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for thousands of years people used axes to cut wood - really don't know why as a chainsaw is so much easier!



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And yet if you want to split a lump of firewood the axe is still the best tool for the job.

Carry a CQR and a fishermans. If one doesn't hold, then the other should. And if neither hold then nothing will.
 
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Carry a CQR and a fishermans. If one doesn't hold, then the other should. And if neither hold then nothing will

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cue long anchor thread................................
 
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Carry a CQR and a fishermans. If one doesn't hold, then the other should. And if neither hold then nothing will

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cue long anchor thread................................

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That's ok, we can always blame that Ken Fella! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I was just chuckin' in what is used around here, neither anchor is used around here for any other reason that it's the best tool for the job. In other areas this may not be the case, but judging by some of the posts, it also seems that some folks agree? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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Bloody hell Smiffy you dont go letting your anchors get all scratched and dirty do you?

Walking around some Solent Marinas I couldnt help noticing how many high spec expensive anchors still had the chandlers barcode sticker on them /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

My father allways welded up his own design of Danforth for use on sand and mud. Biggest problem was breaking it back out again,some are still down there rusting away quietly after we failed and gave up.
 
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Bloody hell Smiffy you dont go letting your anchors get all scratched and dirty do you?

Walking around some Solent Marinas I couldnt help noticing how many high spec expensive anchors still had the chandlers barcode sticker on them /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

My father allways welded up his own design of Danforth for use on sand and mud. Biggest problem was breaking it back out again,some are still down there rusting away quietly after we failed and gave up.

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Ah! well now Graham, I was gonna bring that up, but I thought some of 'em would get all defensive. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif Seems that a lot of stuff they sell to some yotties are just trinkets to adorn their marina wall flowers with, and if Falmouth Marina was anything to go by, (judging by the amount of growth on the bottom of a lot of the boats there) and the toys dangling from boats anatomy various, I would say that this seems to be the case.

Still, if it makes 'em happy eh? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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In oceanography, a peice of equipment that goes to sea and comes back unused is usually called "deck furniture". Isn't that a category in the Nauticalia catalogue? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
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In oceanography, a peice of equipment that goes to sea and comes back unused is usually called "deck furniture". Isn't that a category in the Nauticalia catalogue? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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Do you know, I think you are right, and a very profitable one too, I would imagine! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Heavy weed ...... yes it has uses

But normally - you probably have like me had one in the locker for years and never got it out ..... anchor I'm talking about !!

I am still loathe to discard it though. But considering new location of SA .... maybe I can consign it to garden ornament .....
 
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I did" invest "in an overpriced spade anchor but found it dragged repeatedly on sand or rock. An old grapnel that the kids found wile beachcombing has never let us down.
 
Well, mines a vote for the fisherman.

Yeah, I haven't joined in a good anchor debate for a while.

Many, many years ago, a group of friends took their anchors to a sandy beach and we had a competition to see how far we could drag them on the end of a 50ft rope. We had a fisherman, CQR, Bruce, Danforth, Meon and a lightweight grapnel. Even on sand, the fisherman proved to be the ONLY one that no-one could drag more than a few inches. All the rest could be shifted by a combination of changing direction and yanking.

Trouble with fisherman is that it needs to be heavy and is a SOB to launch, retrieve and stow. So I actually use a CQR.
 
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was the pub closed for redecorating then? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

The only worry I have with a fishermans is if drying out at anchor the upper fluke could be landed on (unlikely I know but enough to stop me sleeping easy.)
 
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A danforth (Brittany) is the best anchor for the Atlantic and med!!!!
The CQR is the best anchor ever for hard mud sand? and mixed ground!

My bowers a Brittany my kedge a CQR (becouse the head swings and attacks me when woken up!!

(it becose the scots made the CQR it likes its sleep! probably becouse the ones that made it drank to much whisky! so it to likes to sleep!!But when roused and deployed hes a formidable beast!)
 
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A danforth (Brittany) is the best anchor for the Atlantic and med!!!!
The CQR is the best anchor ever for hard mud sand? and mixed ground!

My bowers a Brittany my kedge a CQR

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what an amazing coincidence!
 
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Why did Yachting Monthly neglect to test the good old fishermans in their Anchor test this month? Surely an anchor design that has barely changed in 500 years has the right to be the benchmark in any test.
 
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