Origami Anchor

[sarabande]

I have never seen one like this. And the vendor, on Gumtree, has hundreds for sale !

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https://www.gumtree.com/p/sailing-equipment/marine-folding-anchor/1306785561

Looks as if Brent Swain has been busy over the winter....

 

[RichardS]

I hope those hinges and rivets are stainless? Might be workable for a dinghy if so. I have a folding grapnel thingy.

Richard

 

[noelex]

It looks a similar idea to the box anchor.

This anchor is suitable for boats up to 70 feet in the larger size. They even have photos on the website showing how the anchor should be deployed .

See here:
https://www.slideanchor.com/boxanchor/

 

[Neeves]

Like a CQR, Fortress and Danforth - ideal to chop the ends of your fingers off on a wild and stormy night.

But until you actually try some of these things - you, in this case me, is simply guessing and guessing throws up the wrong answers too many times.

Jonathan

 

[sailaboutvic]

It make a good talking point , putting on the table in a bar full of yachties.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Perhaps someone will be along shortly saying they’ll sue for stealing the name or pointing out that they can build one for $1.50 in ten minutes from scrap out of the marina skip.

 

[noelex]

In the world of anchor oddities this one is my favorite.

It has springs, levers everything an engineer could want. The whole fluke can rotate independently of the shank position. Here you can see the fluke almost 180° from the normal position to face in the opposite direction.
Amazing.

 

[savageseadog]

I have never seen one like this. And the vendor, on Gumtree, has hundreds for sale !



https://www.gumtree.com/p/sailing-equipment/marine-folding-anchor/1306785561

Looks as if Brent Swain has been busy over the winter....

Looks like another British marine business success story

 

[thinwater]

One folding design that actually works is the Northill, though the protruding upper fluke makes it a fouling risk. Not common outside the US.

 

[Stemar]

In the world of anchor oddities this one is my favorite.

It has springs, levers everything an engineer could want. The whole fluke can rotate independently of the shank position. Here you can see the fluke almost 180° from the normal position to face in the opposite direction.
Amazing.

Yep, that'll hold really well when the tide turns :disgust: