HopCar
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- Aug 20, 2011
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- Ellis 28
I had a fellow email me about Vulcan anchors. He wanted to know if one would fit on the anchor roller on his new Ranger 27. He was in Sarasota and I'm in Miami. I was making a delivery to Pine Island and planning to spend the night in Punta Gorda. I offered to bring a couple of anchors over if he wanted to meet me in Punta Gorda. He wanted to put some time on his engine before heading out on the Great Loop so he came down to Fisherman's Village in PG.
We met this afternoon and played with the anchors. If my picture posts, that is a 15 Kg Vulcan going on his anchor roller. It didn't look right. I think it would have worked but I suggested that a Rocna might be a better fit. I wish I had thought to bring a Rocna along so we could have tried it as well.
The conclusion is that the Vulcan is designed to go through a pulpit, not hang off the bow on a roller.
He and his wife were really nice folks and I invited them to join us on the Trawler Forum.
Is anybody else in Punta Gorda this weekend?
We met this afternoon and played with the anchors. If my picture posts, that is a 15 Kg Vulcan going on his anchor roller. It didn't look right. I think it would have worked but I suggested that a Rocna might be a better fit. I wish I had thought to bring a Rocna along so we could have tried it as well.
The conclusion is that the Vulcan is designed to go through a pulpit, not hang off the bow on a roller.
He and his wife were really nice folks and I invited them to join us on the Trawler Forum.
Is anybody else in Punta Gorda this weekend?