Nomad Willy
Guru
I've always thought Claw anchors have really fat fluke tips that would have trouble penetrating anything except a soft bottom.
And I've also thought that the anchor sometimes dosn't come upright w all three flukes buried. That has a lot to do w the weight of the shank laying on the bottom but I suspect that the blunt fat end of the center fluke resists penetration freezing the rotation and keeping the anchor oriented on it's side acting more like a plow than an anchor w one side fluke sticking straight up above the bottom. I should have taken pics of it before I started grinding.
So I sharpened the flukes of my 33lb Lewmar Claw. I took off a lot of metal on the center fluke and some off the side flukes too. If it's too much (I don't think so) I can grind some more or get a new one. This one only cost about $100.
I do wonder if anybody else has done this. Seems the obvious thing to do looking at the very blunt fluke ends but I have not seen nor heard of anybody doing it.
And I've also thought that the anchor sometimes dosn't come upright w all three flukes buried. That has a lot to do w the weight of the shank laying on the bottom but I suspect that the blunt fat end of the center fluke resists penetration freezing the rotation and keeping the anchor oriented on it's side acting more like a plow than an anchor w one side fluke sticking straight up above the bottom. I should have taken pics of it before I started grinding.
So I sharpened the flukes of my 33lb Lewmar Claw. I took off a lot of metal on the center fluke and some off the side flukes too. If it's too much (I don't think so) I can grind some more or get a new one. This one only cost about $100.
I do wonder if anybody else has done this. Seems the obvious thing to do looking at the very blunt fluke ends but I have not seen nor heard of anybody doing it.
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