Cathy and David
Veteran Member
I hate to start an anchor thread but wanting feedback on Ronca anchors for any body that has one.
Use them, love them, never had one fail to set or drag.
I hate to start an anchor thread but wanting feedback on Ronca anchors for any body that has one.
A Krogen Manatee buddy of mine was the most prolific anchor and windlass user I ever saw. For over a decade, he spent about 5 months in the Islands every year and couldn't sit still, pulling up and re-setting 3 or 4 times per day. When he bent the shank on his 44 lb. Rocna I told him it was probably a Chinese model, but when he got back to the States he got another one from Canada Steel, saying that in his experience, the anchor never let go, and bent shank or not, he was convinced it was the best anchor for his type of usage. In all fairness, the bottoms would likely be sand, grass or coral, and he had a bow snubber loop right at his waterline to cut down on the scope, anchoring in 4-12 ft. typically.
Don't like looking through the rollbar when it's up on the bow. Works great as an anchor, though (25kg version on 15 ton 40 foot boat).
The million dollar question is...how many different manufacturer's of the new gen anchors has he used under the same circumstances and did he vary one size up or down with all of them on the same boat under the same conditions?
The Rocna dropped down to 1200lbs resistance at 3-1 whereas the Supreme, Fortress and perhaps others recorded pulls of over 4500lbs at 3-1 scope.
I doubt you'll find anyone with a Rocna that says anything negative about them. That isn't a reflection of confirmation bias, but the fact that if the disadvantages of a roll bar aren't important (and they aren't that important), then the design of the Rocna is proven. My two cents is that if this is the style you want, go with a Manson Supreme, which tests at least as well and is made with a Bisalloy shank that I doubt can be bent this side of ramming a dock with it. The Rocna shank went from Bisalloy to whatever rubbish they had on hand in the Chinese factory, to something a bit better to steel that is now quite good, just not as strong as the Bis-80 in the Manson.I hate to start an anchor thread but wanting feedback on Ronca anchors for any body that has one.
I hate to start an anchor thread but wanting feedback on Ronca anchors for any body that has one.
The current manufacturer can presumably be trusted, where the prior owners earned the contempt they received for lying to people. So, if it is a common size purchased from West Marine whose turnover is significant, there probably isn't much of a chance the shank will be mild steel. The only empirical way this side of destructive testing I know of is to use a punch made of Q620 steel, which is the grade Rocna now says they are using, and this punch should dent the galvanizing but not the stell underneath the galvanizing.From previous threads on Rocna I think the brand changed hands after criticism of the shanks (see Delfin`s post 14 above).
Can someone tell Cathy and David how to be sure the anchor they buy is the later revised version of the anchor?
From previous threads on Rocna I think the brand changed hands after criticism of the shanks (see Delfin`s post 14 above).
Can someone tell Cathy and David how to be sure the anchor they buy is the later revised version of the anchor?
Note that since the person making this anchor is only 4 years old, he/she hasn't learned how to sign their name yet, so uses a stamp.The latest versions, from Canada Metal (Pacific) Ltd., have a little "signed" stamp, and a cute note about intellectual property protection (see pic below). All this, including the anchor itself, would of course be easy to copy. As Delfin says, buy from a reputable dealer, and do your own quality control if you really want to be sure.
Only pirates use pirated anchors!
At the risk of being accused of being a foam at the mouth racist, that is one of the reasons why I don't understand why anyone who says they want a Rocna type anchor wouldn't just buy the New Zealand made Manson Supreme. Same design, better steel, better trading partner, IMO, and the same performance.Odd a Canadian company signs in neither English or French, rubber stamp or not.
Provided quality control is good, I accept it matters not where it is made. But I like knowing, from the man who made it, that my anchor was made in Australia and he resisted proposals to make it somewhere else.
and in my case it was 30% cheaper and approved by Lloyds of London...but WTF do they know about making sure things work....At the risk of being accused of being a foam at the mouth racist, that is one of the reasons why I don't understand why anyone who says they want a Rocna type anchor wouldn't just buy the New Zealand made Manson Supreme. Same design, better steel, better trading partner, IMO, and the same performance.
I am glad I did not do any research on this prior to buying as I would still be reading forums 12 months later - not sure what brand to buy cos I wanted the best - and still have the CQR on the front with the constant dragging. Anchor threads become 200 posts long - with no winner regardless of how many times a new thread is started!
It is my belief that you could buy the Rocna or any other modern design unit and you will be happy with the result. Every one believes theirs is the best one for whatever reason. Once you have a modern design anchor on the front, and you have experienced the setting/holding power, you will move on to look at other aspects of your boat and lose interest in the argument about which is better.
cheers, M.
What size Ronca would be acceptable for a 43' 30000lb displacement?
Hello. Aboard Seaweed (7k pounds) I have a Rocna 33 pound anchor. I sleep very well at night. I use all chain (G4, .25") and have been using this one for almost two years.
I do not drag.
And I anchor exclusively (except during the engine swap) ...
Though I like the 33, I'm considering a 45 pound Rocna. I have a windlass.
I like my Rocna.