Old anchors?

[bilbobaggins]

I came across a pair of Admiralty-pattern 'fisherman' anchors in a reclamation yard near here. They still have their MoD zinc tags on, showing they weigh 25lb each.

if anyone is seriously interested, PM me and I'll point you towards them.

NB - I have *no*personal interest in 'em, not even to start another 'anchoring' thread......

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[William_H]

Together with some heavy chain they would make an ideal mooring ....olewill

 

[bilbobaggins]

I'm hoping that someone will find a nautical use for 'em. So does the young yard owner. Someone has asked for more info, and I'll pass along the gen.....

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[Sgeir]

No disrespect, and at the risk of starting a new anchoring thread, but I would be very unhappy at the thought of anyone believing that 25lb fisherman's anchor would make a good mooring.

Fisherman's are widely used for anchoring in our area (on Scotland's west coast) in places where the ground is rocky or, more likely, covered in thick kelp. Even then, 25lb would be at the lightweight end for cruising yachts of over 30' IMHO. They are not known for their holding power in sand or mud.

I would be surprised if any insurer would agree with you.

 

[Danny Jo]

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I would be very unhappy at the thought of anyone believing that 25lb fisherman's anchor would make a good mooring

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So would I. The guy who laid my mooring showed me the two second-hand fisherman's anchors he was proposing to lay at either end of 40 metres of 7/8 inch chain (with a 1/2 inch riser in the middle). The span of the flukes was about 30 inches. I did not attempt to lift one to assess its weight, but they looked to be well over 50 kg (112 lbs). That tackle is for an 8 ton displacement yacht in a channel where the tides can run at 3 or 4 knots. Smaller anchors might do in other settings, of course, but a pair of 25 pounders? I don't think so.

 

[vyv_cox]

Agree fully. My mooring in the Menai Strait had two anchors weighing over one hundredweight each, with 3/4 inch ground chain between them and a 3/4 inch riser.

 

[bilbobaggins]

Mea culpa, mea culpa!

I dropped past the 'reclamation yard' where these controversial 'ooks are sitting in the rain, and discovered that the MoD tin label on 'em says '25 kg.'

That doesn't invalidate in any way the sound counsel generously offered elsewhere in these pages. "There's no such animal as an anchor that's too big."

BTW, my spare anchor - which someone calls 'Peter' - is an Ian Nicholson design of 'folding fisherman' called Belfast. It's about 65kg, made by an Ayrshire engineering company, and can truly be described as 'Clyde-built'.......

Now, if I ever need to go hide in a hurricane hole, that's the boyo I'd want to be holding me close to the mangroves.

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