[C320-list] Rocna anchor

[swampcreek42]

You might also want to look into Mantus, we have a Mantus 35 and it sets EVERY time, including the black Chesapeake mud. We have had multiple boats rafted to us with no drag but she's a bear to get up sometimes when we've done that. It resets itself on tide change immediately. 
Bruce Hunter Nauti Time #719 


Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

-------- Original message --------
From: Jeff Hare <Catalina at thehares.com> 
Date: 06/05/2015  8:02 AM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com 
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Rocna anchor 

Hello,

Not to hijack this thread, but hulls in the low 500s and below have a short stem fitting anchor roller.   At some point Catalina started using the longer anchor roller. Our 2001 model has the longer version.  If we can figure out where the change occurred we should add that to the hull changes list  ( http://www.catalina320.com/kb/doku.php?id=hullhistory )

Direct sells this longer roller version as a retrofit item and would allow using these newer anchors without risk to the hull.

Part #: Z2968
Longer Anchor Roller Dimensions:
Length Overall: 30"
Length of Base: 24-1/2"
Width: 3"

I know that the Amanda Rose #476 had the short roller and it was a relatively simple job to replace the short one with the newer version.  We have a Delta 35lbs anchor and being able to get away with a lighter Rocna anchor has been on our mind.

-Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Gene Helfman
Sent: Friday, June 5, 2015 1:25 AM
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Rocna anchor

We've used the 15 kg Rocna with 50 ft of (i think) 5/16" chain through two cruising seasons and dozens of deployments and are very happy with it w.r.t. setting, holding, and retrieving (except a little incident involving old logging cables; very good holding....).  PO had an even larger plow so I guess he had replaced the bail because the 15 kg Rocna just slips through it and snugs down on the roller.  We added a piece of rubberized, adhesive backed tape (Vycor tape) on the starboard hull where the tip of the Rocna occasionally contacts the hull during rocking.

Satori, #398, 1997

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:41 PM, Beverly Wright <bev.wright at verizon.net>
wrote:

> We have a Rocna 15 and love it. We are in the Chesapeake and have 
> anchored a raft with boats on either side including Catalina 380 on 
> one side and a Catalina 400 on the other side and had no dragging, 
> etc. This anchor also breaks free easily.  We had to get a new boom 
> bail as the original one was too short to enable the anchor to be 
> pulled down and secured on the cleat in the anchor locker.  The bail 
> had to be 3" wide and at least 4.5 inches high.
> I found only one that worked that was not too tall - Shaefer 3" x 5" 
> boom bail (West Marine part 90-07).
>
> Bev Wright
> Whoosh #15
> Edgewater, MD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C320-list [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On 
> Behalf Of Stephen Cox
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 8:35 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Rocna anchor
>
> Has anyone had experience with the Rocna anchor? If so what size do 
> you have for a 320?
> If I read their sizing chart right it suggests the 15kg. I currently 
> have the Lewmar "claw" at 10kg that came with the boat, but feel this 
> is on the light side.
>
> I have a 15Kg Rocna on my 320 and have used it successfully around 
> Tasmania
> (Australia) which is not known for light winds.
>
> Stephen Cox
> Tegwen #1141
>
>


--
Gene Helfman, Professor Emeritus
Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia PERMANENT address:
    498 Shoreland Dr., Lopez Is., WA 98261
    (360) 468-2136
    genehelfman at gmail.com

"You noticed nobody gives a damn about beached minnows."