Gentlemen, thank you for your conversation and being good mates.
It was for fun. What else would you post on Friday the 13th?
Now that would be the world's most expensive anchor.
I think the best anchor is the SARCA but it's not availible so I shoulda prolly put down Supreme. But I couldn't because I don't have enough experience w it and the same goes for the SARCA.
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Oh yeah, you'll fit right in here. When I realized it was Friday the 13th I thought it would be fun to punk the forum but couldn't figure out a sly way to do so.
Well played sir
I agree with this statement, however, I'm not a cruiser who goes a couple thousand miles (or even a couple hundred miles) in one direction and experiences all types of bottoms. All my voyages will be confined to SoCal. Santa Barbara to Catalina to San Diego to Ensenada and all points in between. A SARCA will hold sufficiently in all these areas......except that by having a really good all-round anchor, you actually don't have to carry so much weight.
Yesterday was Pi day... 3.1415
I should have asked the community if their preference was singles or twins.
Ok - I'll jump into the foray. Here is mine.
It’s a 17kg (37 pound) Marsh stockless type made right here in Adelaide, Ausralia.
I'd be fairly sure there are no other active TF members that have the same go-to anchor. But they are on the bow of probably 40% of the boats around here (including most of the fishing boats)
The reason is because of the broken limestone bottom we have in the local waters. Sometimes bare limestone, sometimes weed covered, sometimes sand covered, sometimes reefy.
These anchors are able to get down through the weed or sand and grab onto the limestone ledges. An admiralty anchor also works but not as well.
I'm sure my anchor wouldn't hold very well in mud, but there isn't any around here except for one protected harbour that I know of.
Well, if I could only have one, I guess I'd go with the Ronco.
I know we have been punked here, nevertheless this is an interesting KISS type of anchor ... who sells them? Any links?
My conditions are similar, broken limestone and/or granite bottom covered with silt and weeds. Looks like that Marsh anchor would cut thru the weeds much better than my Delta. I am sick of cleaning this sea salad after every night on the hook!
They are made in Adelaide by Industrial Engineers & Springs. Here is a link
Industrial Springs - Aurora Springs
You'd be surprised at the number of Sarca's I've seen on local boats that have bent tips.
I was actually browsing through the West Marine catalog last night because I'm thinking about buying a new anchor for my recently-purchased boat. Being a newbie here, I was a little hopeful when I saw this thread title this morning, but...
It seems like the general consensus is that there is no "right" anchor. So, I'm just going to go with the prettiest.
How about this one?
Intended use: Sand/weedy bottom, occasional mud when I go farther inshore.
Auscan, just curious, but are you sure those Sarcas have bent tips from anchoring damage as it were, or is it possible you have mistakenly assumed their naturally downwards angled tip was from anchoring stresses. They are made with a distinct downwards angle of the tip on purpose just so it digs in readily. .
It seems like the general consensus is that there is no "right" anchor. So, I'm just going to go with the prettiest.
DELTA ANCHOR PICTURE
How about this one?
Intended use: Sand/weedy bottom, occasional mud when I go farther inshore.
The delta if the bottom is grassey, as the Fortress plugs with the grass, but in sand or mud the fortress grabs first and holds.