Can/Should this anchor be rehabbed?

[thinwater]

Garden decoration.


I'm a cheapskate, but it's just not worth it.

[barnakiel]

It looks shot to me but can easily be 'repaired' with a car and a block of wood.


Also a hydraulic car jack will sort this repair out allright.


If it is not your main, it may be 'repaired'.


If it is your main, you may find something better.



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[Clivevon]

Is it worth keeping this anchor, given a spade, a delta and a plow on board already?

No. Junk it. & if you did feel the need for a Danforth, you can pick one up on eBay for next to nothing. If you want to come to Portsmouth, I will give you mine..

[Thumbs Up]

Get that piece of scrap of of your boat asap! Not good for anything.

[s/v Jedi]

While you’re at it, get rid of the Delta and the plow as well so that you have just the Spade. Then add a Fortress

[Adelie]

Keep it for a kedge or lunch hook. Straighten or not as you see fit. That small a tweek I wouldn't

[BigNut]

Originally Posted by Discovery 15797

Not only is the fluke bent, but it appears this particular anchor is missing the stock..

Hi Discovery. Not sure this specimen ever had a stock.

[BigNut]

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

While you’re at it, get rid of the Delta and the plow as well so that you have just the Spade. Then add a Fortress

Well, you seem to have a handle on this, Jedi.

However, we have used this Kobra for the past 2 years of cruising (before Covid! [emoji85])and it has serve us well. However, it needs new galvanizing after, I thought, welding repairs to the attachments underneath.









I wonder if it has been repaired before, as the broken toggle bit does not appear the same as it does in the brochure.

We are pretty careful to anchor well, and take our time, but this anchor has never failed us. It fouled several times in Roatan (a towel, a shirt, and a loop of loose cable) but that can hardly be blamed on it.

Any thoughts on repairing this for a regalvanizing once we get back tp Panama?

[BigNut]

Originally Posted by Clivevon

Is it worth keeping this anchor, given a spade, a delta and a plow on board already?



No. Junk it. & if you did feel the need for a Danforth, you can pick one up on eBay for next to nothing. If you want to come to Portsmouth, I will give you mine..

Lol, Clivevon.

We inherited this one, but I am loathe to discard things willy nilly, hence this thread.

I did use it. Once. As a secondary hook in a tight mooring space where a windshift would mean grounding. Seemed to do ok, but that was not a real test in bad conditions.

[BigNut]

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

About reading up on anchoring techniques, here’s the main rule: use just one anchor in 99% of all cases.

True. That’s what we all do, I would hope. But it does mean we have less experience with secondary hooks.

At least, I do. Reading up as we speak. What’s your favourite book on anchoring?

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by BigNut

Well, you seem to have a handle on this, Jedi.

However, we have used this Kobra for the past 2 years of cruising (before Covid! [emoji85])and it has serve us well. However, it needs new galvanizing after, I thought, welding repairs to the attachments underneath.

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I wonder if it has been repaired before, as the broken toggle bit does not appear the same as it does in the brochure.

We are pretty careful to anchor well, and take our time, but this anchor has never failed us. It fouled several times in Roatan (a towel, a shirt, and a loop of loose cable) but that can hardly be blamed on it.

Any thoughts on repairing this for a regalvanizing once we get back tp Panama?

I say it’s time to retire it and buy a nice new one from the famous CF list of good ones. Don’t regalvanize in Panama.

[s/v Jedi]

Originally Posted by BigNut

True. That’s what we all do, I would hope. But it does mean we have less experience with secondary hooks.

At least, I do. Reading up as we speak. What’s your favourite book on anchoring?

I’ve been anchoring for about 40 years now and don’t think much of most books. I recommend the now free to download Cruising Encyclopedia from Steve and Linda Dashew.

[Compass790]

Originally Posted by BigNut

Came with the boat, set up as astern/kedge. Not sure if it is worth attempting to straighten it. Would that weaken it?

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Thanks for your input.

No worries mate, have straightened much worse bends than that & used the anchors for years afterwards. A few bashes with a 12lb hammer would sort that baby out if you didnt have access to a press.
If it had bent a few times I'd get very nervous but a single small bend you are ok.
Not too many anchors break but many drag.

[Compass790]

Originally Posted by BigNut

Well, you seem to have a handle on this, Jedi.

However, we have used this Kobra for the past 2 years of cruising (before Covid! [emoji85])and it has serve us well. However, it needs new galvanizing after, I thought, welding repairs to the attachments underneath.

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I wonder if it has been repaired before, as the broken toggle bit does not appear the same as it does in the brochure.

We are pretty careful to anchor well, and take our time, but this anchor has never failed us. It fouled several times in Roatan (a towel, a shirt, and a loop of loose cable) but that can hardly be blamed on it.

Any thoughts on repairing this for a regalvanizing once we get back tp Panama?

Yes it's repairable & regalvanizable, would need to be sandblasted first for good galvanizing. Looks like it's got lead in the tip so that has to be dealt with.

[BigNut]

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

I recommend the now free to download Cruising Encyclopedia from Steve and Linda Dashew.

Great suggestion. I have a copy (digital), and was looking at the anchoring section and it is great.