Photos of Anchors Setting

[kas_1611]

Originally Posted by Alan Mighty

Really?

If you were in the UK, for example:

* several chandleries (eg Jimmy Green) stock Rocna anchors.

* a phone call will get you a Knox Anchor. See Contact & ordering - Knox Anchors - The top performing New Generation Anchor for safe and secure anchoring

And a fat wallet should find an Ultra anchor (but they are best displayed on the bow in pairs). See Golden Arrow Marine ~ Ultra Marine

Al

If you are in EU and fancy a Mantus then these are the guys to speak to

LDOST Marine BV
Teilingen 19
3334 BT Zwijndrecht
The Netherlands
Mantus Anchors | ildostmarine
ildostmarine@gmail.com
Phone +31654942796

In Norway

GIRAMAR
Klokkerjordet 2 1395
Hvalstad, Norway
http://giramar.com
Phone: 66 79 70 18

Sure shipping anything that heavy is going to cost a few £$€ but what price piece of mind. And Mantus have said their anchor will work without the roll bar.

Keiron

[cwyckham]

Originally Posted by kas_1611

If you are in EU and fancy a Mantus then these are the guys to speak to

LDOST Marine BV
Teilingen 19
3334 BT Zwijndrecht
The Netherlands
Mantus Anchors | ildostmarine
ildostmarine@gmail.com
Phone +31654942796

In Norway

GIRAMAR
Klokkerjordet 2 1395
Hvalstad, Norway
http://giramar.com
Phone: 66 79 70 18

Sure shipping anything that heavy is going to cost a few £$€ but what price piece of mind. And Mantus have said their anchor will work without the roll bar.

Keiron

I don't think I have the courage to try the mantus with no roll bar without a lot more data/videos, etc. I know that in theory it drops down right side up due to hydrodynamics, but what about in a shift? What if my anchor breaks out in that shift due to a dodgy bottom instead of walking around while set? I'd prefer an anchor which is designed to set with no roll bar.

If it doesn't need a roll bar, why does it come with one?

[Sail IC]

I doubt anybody would go for a rollbar ancher with the rollbar removed unless seeing a video (or similar) how it recovered from laying on "its back".

Thanks for the suggestions, but I don't want to turn this excellent thread into a "what is the best anchor" thread.

[JPA Cate]

There have been various brief diversions, but they just add, overall, to the stories told by the mermaid's and noelex's photos. Also, to me, it is interesting learning about the anchoring bottoms in the Med.

Thanks again, Mermaid and Noelex.

Ann

[cwyckham]

Originally Posted by Ann T. Cate

There have been various brief diversions, but they just add, overall, to the stories told by the mermaid's and noelex's photos. Also, to me, it is interesting learning about the anchoring bottoms in the Med.

Thanks again, Mermaid and Noelex.

Ann

I agree. It sure would be great to get some PNW photos in here, but I sure am not going to supply them! Anybody have a small ROV I can borrow?

[SimonV]

There is quite a bit of talk in relation to setting the anchor using plenty of reverse. Maybe you don't need reverse and the boats pull should be enough. I am an advocate for backing down on the pick, but what happens during a tide change (180) l don't start the motor and reset the anchor. Do you? ???

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[Kenomac]

Originally Posted by cwyckham

He said no roll bar. That leaves Manson Boss, Spade, Ultra, Sarca Excel. Anchors are really expensive to ship anywhere yourself, so the Boss and Excel are only possible if they happen to be carried by a European distributor. Ultra is very expensive. Easy choice seems to be the Spade. It's supposed to be a great anchor and will do much better than a Delta.

I purchased our Ultra anchor through the Spanish distributor Baitra.com. It cost less than the Spade.

[noelex 77]

Originally Posted by SimonV

I am an advocate for backing down on the pick, but what happens during a tide change (180) l don't start the motor and reset the anchor. Do you? ???

The better anchors, if well set, in reasonable substrate, will shuffle around remaining set and buried.

With just a tide change often the force is insufficient to rotate the anchor anyway, with only the chain moving.

[monte]

On occasion we back down after a swing, either to make sure we are still set well in the new direction, or to let newcomers to the anchorage know where our anchor is. Occasionally we will be laying to the chain over or upwind of our anchor and a new arrival would drop anchor 30m behind us directly over our anchor or at least inside our swing.

[noelex 77]

This is a 185 kg (400 lb) stainless steel plow anchor. The yacht is a 123 foot superyacht.

They dropped right next to our boat in the same patch of softer sand. The anchor set very quickly for a plow (within a couple of metres) and has rotated nice and level. The shank is not buried at all, but there is little or no heaping up of sand.

This is an excellent result. I rarely see a good result like this for a plow/CQR, but this anchor can work well in a softer substrate, which we have here.

The very large anchor size and stud link chain also create some scale effects, so the results may not be exactly transferable to our smaller anchors, but it is nice to see a plow anchor behaving well for a change.

[Sail IC]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

I purchased our Ultra anchor through the Spanish distributor Baitra.com. It cost less than the Spade.

A stainless Spade costs more than an Ultra, but a galvanized Spade is half the price (or less) than an Ultra which only comes in stainless.

[Kenomac]

If it's about money, then go for the one with the yellow paint job.

[cwyckham]

Originally Posted by Sail IC

A stainless Spade costs more than an Ultra, but a galvanized Spade is half the price (or less) than an Ultra which only comes in stainless.

I hear the ultra is a decent anchor, but I can't imagine why I would want to pay for a stainless anchor. Galvanized anchors work just as well, and carbon steel can actually be stronger than any stainless (bis80, for example), though not all carbon steel anchors use the high tensile plate.

[Sail IC]

Yes, stainless is for the rich kids. Nice show off.

My anchor sits under the trampoline, so you cannot even see it. Not that it would have made any difference in my decision anyhow.

[NornaBiron]

Here are a few anchor sets around us, the delta that had no scope and no hope was in front of us so i had to swim over and ask if he was staying the night, the Italian voice replied we leave in an hour !! a good job the 2nd photo is his skid mark where he dragged, the cqr was just dumped and im glad to say only stopped for lunch, we had one rocna that set well and another the did not, and our 45kg spade was set using max power astern and has the red float