CQR Anchor test - new ideas

[Chris_Robb]

Hi - I have done some very scientific tests on the CRQ anchor, seeing how it would set on 1 puppy power (1PP)

Well - as you can see the anchor adopted its usual side on approach to setting - which means it will never set.

Perhaps Hylas or Craig can let me know where my tests have gone wrong.

Appologies to Ladyjesse and other CQR stalwarts!

 

[andy_wilson]

Ha!

Just try that with Tara (English Springer - aged 14) with a suitable bone 2ft out of range.

I reckon a 45 lb CQR wouldn't hold her.

 

[Poignard]

Ah yes. But is it a genuine CQR?

 

[Chris_Robb]

ah - no - its a french copy.

 

[jamesjermain]

It looks like a springer but it's obviously a setter /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Oliveoyl]

Brilliant ! Thought this was another boring anchor thingy, which would degenerate to fistcuffs. Might try it on next door's Rotties, next time they come chez nous!

 

[Emjaytoo]

But how do you recover it?.........Ah, of course, a Retreiver!!

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[Sixpence]

Easy with one of these

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[Norman_E]

I don't care that it has not set (very few anchors will in weed like that) because I bet it did not drag!

 

[FullCircle]

I am a bit concerned about the corrosion on the shank - is that Puppy Pee?

 

[hylass]

1° - as the photo is not absolutely perfect,(at least the anchor part) I can't be 103% sure.. but it seems that it is not a genuine CQR, but a cast copy.. may be a Plastimo SOC??

2° - the anchor is lying on its side.. wich is the "normal" sliding position of the CQR..

3° - as it is both well known and well documented, the favorite ground of the CQR is not at all WEED..

4° - I don't know why you did attach this poor dog to the anchor.. do you want to drown it??

5° - but I believe you found the best use of the CQR.. to decorate you back yard!..

6° - for those who doesn't have a dog.. may I suggest one other use??

 

[hylass]

oops.. I apologize.. it is not a CQR.. but one anchor which has a much longer experience.. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[ccscott49]

You big bully! Just look at his face!!

 

[bilbobaggins]

It rather looks as if the Vatican Mafia are about to 'deep six' him......

.....and what's that around his neck? His Dayskipper Certificate in Latin?

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[Bajansailor]

The Vatican Mafia Anchor wont even work like a fisherman should, as the stock is in the same plane as the flukes, rather than at right angles....... so it will slide much more effectively than any other anchor!
I'll have Chris Robb's excellent CRQ anchor any day - if 1 PP of grunt cant shift it, it has to be pretty good!

 

[Slow_boat]

I dare say it would work on a sackful of kittens, too! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[Chris_Robb]

Definitely NOT a setter!

 

[ChrisE]

Dunno, I reckon you should try a lab test.

 

[Chris_Robb]

It is indeed a cast copy - which is why I wouldn't trust it with a barge pole!