Here we go - another anchor thread!!

[driver0606]

Interesting thread, because I am in exactly the same position as Hurricane, but on a smaller scale. A brand new Rocna 20 arrives next week and I already have an Osculati twist.

I think the questions that would help us are-

1) Is the Rocna more or less likely than the other types to come up the wrong way round?

2) Has anybody heard of an Osculati twist failing under load?

Any answers?

 

[MapisM]

Re. 2, nope. In a sense, it's the other way round, i.e. the thing has a pretty good reputation.
That said, if it ever happened that any of them failed, it would hardly be breaking news for the TV majors....

No idea re.1.

 

[driver0606]

Apart from the reply from MapisM, a stunning silence after my question about known Osculti Banana failures. Let's hope that's a good sign.....

 

[kashurst]

Ive got a 35kg Rocna, the chain comes up through a hawse pipe (square ish channel) and I don't have a swivel or adapter. It comes up the right way around no problem. Maybe the solution is less is more?

 

[Hurricane]

Ive got a 35kg Rocna, the chain comes up through a hawse pipe (square ish channel) and I don't have a swivel or adapter. It comes up the right way around no problem. Maybe the solution is less is more?

Thats encouraging - I'm hoping to be able to dump the Osculati

 

[MapisM]

M, as I recall, you often deploy also the anchor buoy while anchoring.
In that case, when recovering the anchor, isn't it possible to adjust/rotate its position just by pulling the buoy line attached to it?
I understand that requires to have someone at the bow, but that's necessary anyway for recovering the buoy, whenever deployed.
Just a thought.

 

[Hurricane]

M, as I recall, you often deploy also the anchor buoy while anchoring.
In that case, when recovering the anchor, isn't it possible to adjust/rotate its position just by pulling the buoy line attached to it?
I understand that requires to have someone at the bow, but that's necessary anyway for recovering the buoy, whenever deployed.
Just a thought.

Actually, thats a good point but might only work with a swivel. Without a swivel, the anchor trip line might cause the chain to remain twisted if it did get the wrong war round.
The main reason that we use a trip is to attempt to recover a snagged anchor.
We have the new 55kg Rocna here in our garage and it seems to me that it would be very unlikely that a trip line would be able to lift it so maybe our days of setting a trip are now numbered.