Which replacement anchor?

[boguing]

So I've tried most of them. CQR, Danforth, Bruce. My last 'great white hopes' were Fortesses - but I need to keep resharpening the edges to cut through weed.

I think that the Danforth and CQRs might benefit from sharpening and re-galvanising, but failing that, any ideas/tips?

 

[jimi]

Have you tried coating them in lanolin

 

[ShipsWoofy]

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Have you tried coating them in lanolin

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Excellent, you will at least know exactly what it dragged in that way.

 

[boguing]

Yes, but it comes off too easily in sand. Thinking that Teflon might be worth a try.

 

[Leighb]

Not sure why you want to make an anchor slippery?
I thought the whole idea was to grip the sea floor not to slide through like the proverbial hot knife ??

 

[bobnewbury]

We've got a Manson and I'd thoroughly recommend them. This one has held us (43 feet, heavy displacement, plenty of windage) through several gales. It's most severe test was in Sardinia when we were anchored in sand/weed in 35 knots of wind.

The boat in front of us dragged onto us and its anchor (a delta) hooked round our chain. The anchor held both boats for 30 minutes as the wind strengthened.

After things had been sorted out and the wind calmed down I dived on it and it had set within 1 metre of the drop and hadn't moved. Mind you it was on 45 metres of 10mm chain in 7 metres of water.

 

[Niander]

As where talking Anchors what size weight [kg]would you recomend for my folkboat...25 foot aprox...?

 

[Seagreen]

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Mind you it was on 45 metres of 10mm chain in 7 metres of water.

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With that lot down, you could have kept the boat anchored with a knitting needle.

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