LONG_KEELER
Well-known member
Name this Anchor - How is it used.
- Thread starter LONG_KEELER
- Start date
James_Calvert
Well-known member
Wasn't it marketed with a free-spinning reel of flat webbing rode?
Think the reel turned out more useful than the anchor...
Think the reel turned out more useful than the anchor...
newtothis
Well-known member
BabaYaga
Well-known member
Flook.
FLOOK The Flying Anchor
Something along the same lines was introduced here in the 1970s.
It didn't catch on.
FLOOK The Flying Anchor
Something along the same lines was introduced here in the 1970s.
It didn't catch on.
Laminar Flow
Well-known member
Ah, the stealth hook: holds so well, you don't even know its there.
michael_w
Well-known member
It didn't work as an anchor, might have some use as a large paperweight or garden ornament.
Poignard
Well-known member
It looks like it might be useful for cutting through other people's anchor rodes . . .
LONG_KEELER
Well-known member
Personally, I use a king sized drone to fly my anchor out.
With a note attached , comes in handy for flying ashore to ferry a nice cool pint back.
claymore
Well-known member
Is it not a W anchor?
interloper
Member
Are you sure it's an anchor?
It looks like the hood ornament from a 1953 Studebaker.
Bajansailor
Well-known member
I have had one of these sitting in the garage for the last 20 odd years, and last year I found a use for it - a friend borrowed it to use for his Catalac and he seems to be quite happy with it.
Neeves
Well-known member
I'm impressed it reached as far as Sweden! It is or was Australian. I thought it was developed to be used from a seaplane. I did actually see one in a second hand boats part shop (the inventor lives, or lived, not far away). It did not catch on here either.
Jonathan
Goldie
Well-known member
Dragged?
Bilgediver
Well-known member
It is shown in its stowing position. Just have to unseize it, Move the blade to the anchoring position and tighten the assembly bolts and deploy. Beware of sharp corners.
Boathook
Well-known member
I will carry on using the rocna on my Catalac. Other good anchors are available but I'm not sure whether the one being discussed is good. Purley a personal view.
Tradewinds
Well-known member
I've got one of these in the shed! Is it worth anything?
Edit . The glory days of Earl's Court. When you would make that impulse purchase!
Edit . The glory days of Earl's Court. When you would make that impulse purchase!
Bajansailor
Well-known member
My pal is using the one I gave him as part of his mooring in sand, and it seems to work ok for that.
noelex
Well-known member
The Flook anchor’s unique feature was that it was designed to “fly”. The main use was as a stern anchor for trailer sailors and small fishing boats, or as a kedge anchor. The boat could be tied up on shore and then the Flook anchor was launched from the stern. It would “fly” away underwater landing at around the correct distance for 3:1 - 5:1 scope.
Once the anchor had landed on the seabed the rode was given a sharp tug and the flukes would change from the “flying” position to the setting position.
Thus there was no need to drop a stern anchor as you approached the bank.
It would only “fly” with an all rope rode.
Overall it was a clever idea, but a bit of failure in the real world. The holding was not great in anything in other than soft substrates, and in practice the “flying” function was not very reliable.
Once the anchor had landed on the seabed the rode was given a sharp tug and the flukes would change from the “flying” position to the setting position.
Thus there was no need to drop a stern anchor as you approached the bank.
It would only “fly” with an all rope rode.
Overall it was a clever idea, but a bit of failure in the real world. The holding was not great in anything in other than soft substrates, and in practice the “flying” function was not very reliable.
SteveAus
New member
I feel that the "Name this anchor - how it is used" posed by Long Keeler was far too easy for the members of this website. Below are photos of an anchor which I trust will present more of a challenge to name and describe its use. The prongs fold as shown in the photo.
