Outstanding new Scottish anchor design.

[sarabande]

360 degree action, tensile strength up to 15000 lbs, beautifully galvanaised....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...845407?hash=item1cbb066f5f:g:uM8AAOSwMudbe22x

 

[NormanS]

They sure see things differently in Arkansas.

 

[RichardS]

The Knox anchor is not a new design. Someone one here sells them.

Richard

 

[noelex]

The new generation version is much better:

 

[fishy Finger]

I am sure you will find that the item in the eBay advert. Is in fact what is left of a broken porcelain tension insulator. Used worldwide from poles to pylons https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/...efIrqH_GbFF8rSe2n9i9tTdN5bSo7OJzvyoODHDJSnDx8

 

[Pete7]

The new generation version is much better:

I prefer the vintage type myself. This is the Solent version for those who only motor sail between marinas. Some may just say that is cobblers but it could work.

Pete

https://www.wightbay.com/east-cowes/boats/boat-anchor-with-chain-and-rope-5655736/

 

[Neeves]

For those who have a large length of rope/textile and worry about their yacht wandering around unpredictably in light winds a kellet simply dropped off the bow, not attached to the rode but having its own bit of rope, and allowed to drag across the seabed will reduce the unpredictability. An anchor, surely everyone has a spare, on 'no scope' will suffice - and was the recommendation (I assume in the past) for the RN. Better a simple lump - as it will not catch on anything. I believe the Americans call it a hammerlock - so it is sufficiently accepted to have its own name.

Jonathan

 

[zoidberg]

I do rather like Pete7's reply in #6 above.....

 

[Neeves]

I do rather like Pete7's reply in #6 above.....

+1

 

[sarabande]

Is it a lasting idea ?

 

[RupertW]

For those who have a large length of rope/textile and worry about their yacht wandering around unpredictably in light winds a kellet simply dropped off the bow, not attached to the rode but having its own bit of rope, and allowed to drag across the seabed will reduce the unpredictability. An anchor, surely everyone has a spare, on 'no scope' will suffice - and was the recommendation (I assume in the past) for the RN. Better a simple lump - as it will not catch on anything. I believe the Americans call it a hammerlock - so it is sufficiently accepted to have its own name.

Jonathan

I can see that working but in an empty anchorage I wouldn't be fussed with a little wandering and in a crowded one (which we often are) then the swinging circle is usually one where you could touch the next boat with a boathook when stern passes bow. Then you want to be swinging in exactly the same way as your neighbours (with fenders always out for the times when you don't).

 

[Neeves]

I can see that working but in an empty anchorage I wouldn't be fussed with a little wandering and in a crowded one (which we often are) then the swinging circle is usually one where you could touch the next boat with a boathook when stern passes bow. Then you want to be swinging in exactly the same way as your neighbours (with fenders always out for the times when you don't).

It all a compromise.

Its knowing the tricks and also knowing the foibles of your anchor and rode. The amount of swing room varies, the seabed varies, the wind varies - the way other people anchor varies (an awful lot) - and to think one anchor, one device, will satisfy every condition, unrealistic and may eventually lead to an 'issue' (just keep 'Zero to Cruising' at the back of your mind).

Jonathan

 

[Old Harry]

360 degree action, tensile strength up to 15000 lbs, beautifully galvanaised....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-...845407?hash=item1cbb066f5f:g:uM8AAOSwMudbe22x

Do you believe it to be secure enough