Nomad Willy
Guru
Peter B and I wrote;
"Peter B wrote;
“Correct, Eric, and the above comments illustrate beautifully the difference between the convex and concave nextgen anchors.”
Eric wrote;
That implies that only “next gen” anchors are concave.
That’s mostly true. But there are concave older anchors. The Claw .. but looking some I find that you’re right. And there is a reason. That being that the Frenchman that designed the Spade researched the fluke shape and found that concave shapes offered more resistance to moving in the direction of the concave side in a fluid. How much I don’t know but it’s enough the make the anemometer work. So the only research required was to look at an anemometer. So all the truly concave anchors were post Spade."
We've used the expression "Next Generation" anchor hundreds of times on TF. But I doubt many or any have thought about exactly what it means.
Earlier this week I go to thinking I may have stumbled onto a definition of "next gen". Did it start w the Spade and are all anchors from that time descendants of the Spade. When did the Spade hit the market? The Vulcan is almost an outright copy of the Spade.
But thinking the concave fluke is the commonality in next gen anchors isn't bullet prof. Excel and SARCA are both convex fluked anchors. And did the Delta come on the market after the Spade? When did Max come to the market. It could pre-date the Spade .. and it's concave. And does a Claw have a concave fluke? And does it pre-date the Spade ... ? The first roll bar anchor was the German Bugel and it has a flat fluke.
So post-Spade says a lot but far from the whole picture.
Wonder what others think.
And what others can add to the emerging dates of many of theses anchors.
"Peter B wrote;
“Correct, Eric, and the above comments illustrate beautifully the difference between the convex and concave nextgen anchors.”
Eric wrote;
That implies that only “next gen” anchors are concave.
That’s mostly true. But there are concave older anchors. The Claw .. but looking some I find that you’re right. And there is a reason. That being that the Frenchman that designed the Spade researched the fluke shape and found that concave shapes offered more resistance to moving in the direction of the concave side in a fluid. How much I don’t know but it’s enough the make the anemometer work. So the only research required was to look at an anemometer. So all the truly concave anchors were post Spade."
We've used the expression "Next Generation" anchor hundreds of times on TF. But I doubt many or any have thought about exactly what it means.
Earlier this week I go to thinking I may have stumbled onto a definition of "next gen". Did it start w the Spade and are all anchors from that time descendants of the Spade. When did the Spade hit the market? The Vulcan is almost an outright copy of the Spade.
But thinking the concave fluke is the commonality in next gen anchors isn't bullet prof. Excel and SARCA are both convex fluked anchors. And did the Delta come on the market after the Spade? When did Max come to the market. It could pre-date the Spade .. and it's concave. And does a Claw have a concave fluke? And does it pre-date the Spade ... ? The first roll bar anchor was the German Bugel and it has a flat fluke.
So post-Spade says a lot but far from the whole picture.
Wonder what others think.
And what others can add to the emerging dates of many of theses anchors.
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