What is this pls.

[donradcliffe]

You can give it to me. We use them for weighting the rodes on inflatable racing marks so they don't catch on deep keels in high winds.

[Cadence]

Originally Posted by Stu Jackson

I use our kellet more often in wind against tide situations where even light winds can end up having the anchor rode get a keel wrap. It keeps the rode (line not chain in my case) down when the tide turns and avoids keel wraps.

That's what I thought also. I called it a sally.

[benjiwoodboat]

That's an inflatable PFD. Be sure to strap it on tight.

[aeronautic1]

It’s a mushroom anchor. Best used in mud.

Originally Posted by soerencarlsen

Hi all
found this in the bottom of a locker, I do think it has something to do with anckoring but not sure, have never seen it before, it is heavy, maybe lead. with a bit of chain and rope.

thanks Soren

[Domsailing]

Originally Posted by sailormed

Mushroom anchor, maybe for the dinghy.

attached to cord marked in fathoms (or feet or metres) use grease on the bottom to charge not wax, then you will know where you are on the chart

there was a convention for marking such lines knot/knots/piece of leather/pierced piece of leather etc etc

[Mariano]

Used exactly the same , lead with a white plastic cover, when started sailing (just 40 years ago) on a hobbie 14 in the Potomac river and Chesapeake Bay area. Great for mud and easy recovery because doesn't get tangled up in branches and other stuff, but very bad holding.

Fair winds

Mariano

[sinbad7]

It is used with a drift anchor to keep the ´sack´ below the waves, to keep the bow up against the wind and waves. I think the circular blue canvas seen in the photo is the top ring of the anchor sack.

Or, it can be a ´kellet´to weigh down the middle of your anchor chain to enable the anchor to get a better grip/angel.

[sinbad7]

Also used on a buoyed anchor tripping line to prevent snagging in propellor or similar, but this one is a bit too heavy for that purpose I guess.

As no attachment shackle or rope can be seen, I think it may be a simple dinghy anchor.

[soerencarlsen]

Thank you for the comments, there is a bit of 3/8" rope attached to the chain.

It is just an odd shape, when I look at the mushroom Ancker it is much more define in shape.


søren

[Sailorbob8599]

Originally Posted by soerencarlsen

Thank you for the comments, there is a bit of 3/8" rope attached to the chain.

It is just an odd shape, when I look at the mushroom Ancker it is much more define in shape.


søren

Defined shape or not Soren, it's still a simple anchor. A MUSHROOM ANCHOR!
Who knows, or what does it even matter what the original owner used it for
If you have no use for it, I saw somebody here said you could give it to him; so if it's bothering you that much, why not???

[fritzthecat]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Depth sounder/bottom tester..
Melt some wax onto underside then drop off bow.. haul back in after it hits botton and examine for sand.. gravel.. shell or mud..

no, this is not the weight of a depth led, these are shaped alike a 10 inch long tube, made of led (heavy) the shown mushroom anchor is made of cast iron, galvanised (hot dip)

[JanetGroene]

I can't make out the size but it looks like a mud weight, or mud anchor used on barges in canals and small rivers. When cruising the Norfolk Broads and Thames, I found these in use. As I recall, we just threw them up on the bank, where they held well in the boggy mud and tangled weeds.

[TrentePieds]

Why don't we just all agree that it's a priest :-)?

In the waters where I hung out when I wuz a lad, which are the waters where the OP hangs out now, jiggin' was the preferred method for catching cod - grey Atlantic Cod (Gadus Morhua). Big ugly brutes they were, and even after taking a jigger in their guts, they had a certain reluctance to give up their lives. The christian thing to do, therefore, was to let the priest we all kept aboard administer extreme unction.

Poached and served whole on a platter garnished with parsley and lemon, and accompanied with mustard sauce, they - the cod, not the priests - made a splendid and traditional meal on New Years Eve.

I note that Janet is English. She may remember the "cod wars" when the RN was run out of Icelandic waters by a bunch on irate latter day vikings. Warms the cockles o' me 'eathen 'eart, even now. Fair recompense for that affair in the roads of Copenhagen in 1801 ;-)

Cheers

TP