jimi
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Boat I'm buying has got one of these, Are they any use? Or is it better off in the skip to be replaced by a Brittany?
Fisherman's anchor
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sailorman
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Tranona
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Really depends on where and when you intend using it. They have their place, but would not be the first choice for a bower anchor, but may be useful as a kedge or in rocky bottoms where plough type anchors may be less effective.
Twister_Ken
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Keep it as an anchor of last resort when you're being swept towards a rock-strewn coast. I have one. It's been in the garden shed for ten years. If the shed is ever swept towards...
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I carried one for 5 years, sailing more or less full time, mostly West Coast of Scotland, anchoring frequently. I used it once in the Flannel Islands on what was effectively a shelf of rock. Most rocky places the CQR hooked up and we were OK. So I am not so sure that it is worth carrying around on the yacht.
IIRC they have to be quite large to be somewhat effective.
I carried one for 5 years, sailing more or less full time, mostly West Coast of Scotland, anchoring frequently. I used it once in the Flannel Islands on what was effectively a shelf of rock. Most rocky places the CQR hooked up and we were OK. So I am not so sure that it is worth carrying around on the yacht.
IIRC they have to be quite large to be somewhat effective.
minnitt
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I wouldn't have it as main anchor but keep it provided it can conveniently be folded away on board; it may be useful if sea bed is either rocky or very weedy [e.g. kelp].
Michael Minnitt
I wouldn't have it as main anchor but keep it provided it can conveniently be folded away on board; it may be useful if sea bed is either rocky or very weedy [e.g. kelp].
Michael Minnitt
Blueboatman
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Takes up very little space because it stows flat. I have 20kg Naval pattern forged one ( read Solid Barsteward). Heavy kelp over rocky bottom? Go for it.
Try it at say Trefusis Point for that..
Try it at say Trefusis Point for that..
jwilson
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Good stored away as a 3rd anchor - for specific rocky/weedy bits. There are some places where nothing else seems to work.
If you usually anchor in sand/mud a cheap Danforth or expensive Fortress takes a lot of beating - the Brittany is a variant of the Danforth. Or for a multi-purpose anchor choose either a Bruce, a plough type or one of the horrendously expensive "modern anchors".
BarryH
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Will it be set in gravel with a backdrop of bamboo? Ungainly and they normally collapse...
Kelpie
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Hmmm, if Jersey is where the pullovers come from, the Flannel Islands must be where you go to buy towels...?
mikeinkwazi
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Odly enough they work very well in the Med! It is well known that they pick through weed, kelp etc. But in S Spain there are a lot of places where you find soft fine sand over a hard stuff. A fisherman will dig into this when a Danforth or a CQR drag in the soft layer.
Seajet
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I use a folding grapnel as a kedge, it's only ever been used as an angel on the bower ( Bruce ) warp but I carry it as insurance in case one day I'm swept towards Twister Ken's rocks.
I'd imagine the fisherman can do the angel function too though not so tidily, but to be honest is probably better on rocks in emergency.
I'd imagine the fisherman can do the angel function too though not so tidily, but to be honest is probably better on rocks in emergency.
toad_oftoadhall
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Spent one night on one on sand/weed in half a gale but flat water. Worked a treat.
toad_oftoadhall
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The fact your shed hasn't been dragged onto rocks & dashed to bits would seem to be a sound testament to the Fisherman.
Sybarite
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It's all I had on my first boat. It worked fine and I only lost the boat a couple of times. (It was subsequently found.)
puddock
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Perfect for rock/ kelp ... used mine twice, not in anythng really taxing but I felt it was holding pretty well (plenty of scope out).
psp
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Mine was left in the garden when i got devorced.
Mine was left in the garden when i got devorced.
wiggy
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It may not be a great all purpose anchor but a Brittany, in my opinion, is as much use as mud flaps on a tortoise.
Seajet
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mud flaps on a tortoise.
Must admit I've never tried that, but can see obvious advantages such as a well trained tortoise with a keen sense of self preservation keeping the warp heading for shore; this must be why Galapagos Turtles were prized...
Next generation of ways of fleecing 'rich yotties'; motorised GPS guided anchors going to waypoints - and you think I'm joking !
Must admit I've never tried that, but can see obvious advantages such as a well trained tortoise with a keen sense of self preservation keeping the warp heading for shore; this must be why Galapagos Turtles were prized...
Next generation of ways of fleecing 'rich yotties'; motorised GPS guided anchors going to waypoints - and you think I'm joking !
