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have you got one of these?
I dont mean just as an ornament in your old dears garden, though it's quite fitting that they mostly end up there.
Do you rate it still?
does it do all thats asked of it without fuss?
 
I have no problems with mine and still use it! Why do you ask, by your tone in your post you obviously dont think much of them. Are you a mate of the hylas the anchorman?
 
I must own up to it ...

Yep - got one .... in fact got quite a few based on the principle of them .... light ones for dinghy, mod' for my day-boat .... heavy job as lunch-hook for my motor-sailer ....

Not for me these new fangled over-rated light-weight ones .... A good plough anchor for general work + all chain. For kedge / short stay stuff ...the fishermans is fine ...

Of course the Fishermans is unsurpassed in weedy / rocky sutuations .....

Compromise .... who said that ???

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after the stom that just past black clouds touching the sea lightning and wind which wiped the sea hail and just after i had wonderd if having don 360 during the day i should -anchor given doubt abot the fisherman
if it had failed---!!
now with the sea steaming the next strom waiting i would not use anything but this fisherman in this area
In the med it not the same,and theres no reason to belittle the fisherman its the best in certain condition s
Im going to Finland in august so ill show you the photos if i pop down on the booz route!
It was a real hard storm today,just as i hoped it would miss=i wished as my dingy was 3 feet above my transum that id been in a peacegul bay tied to a boreing tree! peww why are these storms so fast? and the hail! i just got a water sack over my solar panel in time
how do i get back to France?
 
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I can only SECOND and re-iterate the experiences of Nigel Luther in this thread ..I have ridden out a couple of tropical blows with the old big fish , on a 3ton 28 footer when NOTHING else in the boats anchor arsenal(mine) would get a grip...... .Interestingly if you ever see a Canadian'' Luke'' Storm Anchor ,it is a neat stowable version of the trusty Fisherman ,a very comforting thing to have lurking under the cockpit .
 
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Yeah my bruv has an ozzie version of the same anchor, lays flat on his coach roof, clamped down, he's used it in hurricanes! Never dragged.
 
Got one, use it, love it. If I am having trouble getting the CQR to stick I get out the fisherman's and it never fails. Have to get it out of the locker so it is not as convenient, but in some areas (e.g. around South West Australia) it seems to be the best choice.
 
Got two, actually.

One is the dinghy's anchor (only a Fisherman does for this job - you can stamp it into a beach or bend it to the painter if you lose a rowlock or oar and need to anchor in a hurry)

The other is the second kedge (we have two CQRs) and is about 28lb. Holds most surprisingly well.

I am always looking out for a good 60lbs Nicholson pattern Fisherman, which is just about the idea rock pick - I know where there is one but the owners won't part with it!
 
Just a \"pontoon gossip\"

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Of course the Fishermans is unsurpassed in weedy / rocky sutuations .....



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Dear nigel_luther

Just again a "pontoon gossip"... Nigel, could you tell me exactly what is your experience COMPARING Fisherman anchors to any “new technology” anchor??

On the July 2001 (Independent) Anchor tests done by the French sailing magazine “ Voiles magazine” they wrote.. (translated from French)

It is well known, by principle, the only anchors which are susceptible to hold on weed are the Fisherman and the Grapnel. To check it, we went to a weedy place (Zostères) with a Fisherman and a Grapnel.

The folding Fisherman is nice and looks like models used by our ancestors.
Unfortunately, the results we have obtained have been mediocre and none significant. Don’t bother.. we have tried our 12 kg Grapnel in the same conditions.. with as bad results..

Due to this deceptive experience, we have tried two non hinged anchors with a ballasted tip: the 16 kg SPADE and the 16 kg Brake. These two anchors have had the same behaviour than in previous grounds: Immediate setting and an holding without dragging from 500 to 600 kg with peaks up to 1000 kg..
Conclusion: on a weedy bottom a “new generation” anchor give good results. Its ballasted tip cant rapidly penetrate the sea bottom under the weed…

Now Nigel, if you have any DOCUMENTED comparative study saying something different, I will be pleased to change my mind on this subject..

Now, about rocks!!.. On flat surface rocks.. neither the fisherman, nor any other anchor will hold!.
On “boulders” any lump of steel, wedged between two rocks will hold.. and most of the time, this is the chain itself, wedged somewhere which hold.. difficult then to make any comparison..

But please forget about Biblos anchors, Gorgone anchors or Fisherman anchors.. Keep them for your museum..
 
Re: Just a \"pontoon gossip\"

You just wont let go will you? No, I am not going to buy one of your new generation very expensive anchors. the older generation CQR's and anchors like those will do nicely thankyou. Good bye!
 
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but "ccscott49" all of these "new generation" anchors are cheaper than the CQR!!! Then, I don't understand your answer?? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

But I also know that I will never convince "conservative"poeple that progress could improve things..
 
Re: Just a \"pontoon gossip\"

Your telling me a 100lb approx one of yours is cheaper than a CQR?
One other problem with your big one, wont fit in my hawse pipe. I even considered it before I saw the price, I am not a luddite!
Anyway, no point in this discussion, sorry. You will not get me into your Hylas school of anchoring, I've done fairly well in quite a few spots with "old! technology!
 
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