Yet another weird anchor on ebay

[sarabande]

But this one looks a little more effective

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/John-Pad...700816&hash=item3d6da5cc5a:g:mfgAAOSw1dJbVcxP

 

[LittleSister]

I won't be queueing up to buy one, but it does look like someone has applied a bit of thought and creativity.

 

[macd]

That shank, and the weld area attaching it, looks pretty weedy. Especially in what seems to be mild steel.

 

[Concerto]

Imagine the anchor is well set and the tide changes, possibly the boat sails with it, the chain slides up the shank and breaks the anchor out. Not very practicable in my opinion.

 

[macd]

Imagine the anchor is well set and the tide changes, possibly the boat sails with it, the chain slides up the shank and breaks the anchor out. Not very practicable in my opinion.

Mansons, as I daresay you're aware, have a similiar slot (intended to aid tripping), but also a conventional hole for a shackle. Cases of accidental self-tripping when the slot is used are rare, but I seem to remember one or two instances being reported.

 

[scruff]

That looks like a crack the in the bottom left of the slotted shank where it joins the vertical and where the stresses are likely at their peak.

For that - ahm oot!

 

[paulajayne]

That looks like a crack the in the bottom left of the slotted shank where it joins the vertical and where the stresses are likely at their peak.

For that - ahm oot!

Looks to be a weld in that area - crack under it?

 

[Hoolie]

The supplier is a snow sport specialist so maybe it would work better with snow and ice than mud and sand?

 

[macd]

The supplier is a snow sport specialist so maybe it would work better with snow and ice than mud and sand?

For snow you'd use a dead man. A light one.

 

[[163233]]

For snow you'd use a dead man. A light one.

You wouldn't want to lug that around, the smell would be awful.

 

[zoidberg]

For snow you'd use a dead man. A light one.

A 'dit'.....

When the 'DeadMan' snow anchor concept was first introduced to these shores, it was by Johnnie Cunningham, Chief Instructor at SCPR Glenmore Lodge. He'd brought the idea back from a spell with the British Antarctic Survey, where it was used to 'anchor' dog teams overnight on the trail. It was quickly adopted by Scottish winter climbers.....

An apocryphal story relates to the reaction of one of JC's pals in the legendary Creag Dhubh club...... "Ye ca' it a 'deadman', eh?"
"Aye, that's what we ca'd it doon sooth. Ye dig it deep intae the snaw, an' it's firm enough tae haud ye abseiling aff a winter route, or o'er a cornice. A couple o' them could be used to lower a stretcher wi' a deid body in it, if ye needed tae get aff the hill quick."

"So whit's tae stoap us, Johnnie, frae jist diggin a trench in the snaw crosswise, bundlin' the frozen body in, and tying a rope aroon' it. That wid dae fur abseilin' just as weel, naw? It's nae odds tae the deid body, is it? That'll come come doon aff the hill anyway when the snaw melts in May...."

 

[PuffTheMagicDragon]

"perfect for boats, ships, yachts, jetskis, dingies, etc. "

Waiting, with bated breath, for the next specialist review to see how this 15kg 'anchor' will perform with such a range of vessels and displacements...

 

[Baddox]

A 'dit'.....

When the 'DeadMan' snow anchor concept was first introduced to these shores, it was by Johnnie Cunningham, Chief Instructor at SCPR Glenmore Lodge. He'd brought the idea back from a spell with the British Antarctic Survey, where it was used to 'anchor' dog teams overnight on the trail. It was quickly adopted by Scottish winter climbers.....

An apocryphal story relates to the reaction of one of JC's pals in the legendary Creag Dhubh club...... "Ye ca' it a 'deadman', eh?"
"Aye, that's what we ca'd it doon sooth. Ye dig it deep intae the snaw, an' it's firm enough tae haud ye abseiling aff a winter route, or o'er a cornice. A couple o' them could be used to lower a stretcher wi' a deid body in it, if ye needed tae get aff the hill quick."

"So whit's tae stoap us, Johnnie, frae jist diggin a trench in the snaw crosswise, bundlin' the frozen body in, and tying a rope aroon' it. That wid dae fur abseilin' just as weel, naw? It's nae odds tae the deid body, is it? That'll come come doon aff the hill anyway when the snaw melts in May...."

I remember using those, cutting a t-slot to get the plate and wire started. They were sometimes referred to as a “fluke” not just referring to the blade but also because it was a fluke if it worked first time without inverting when clipping something and popping out.
Well set though they were reputedly bombproof. Didn’t someone test them by fixing one to a land rover and trying to pull it out – the wire parted.