[C320-list] Rocna 15 gets caught on bow roller when retrieving

[Doug Treff]

I have a similar issue with my Mantus 35. If you're manually hauling the anchor, just give the chain a little twist with your hands. Or do as Chris mentioned below and wait for it to swing around.

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Doug Treff
doug at treff.us

On Tue, Aug 11, 2020, at 7:55 AM, Chris Burti wrote:
> For me, it is just a timing issue. I simply slow down and make sure the
> orientation is correct at the end. Sometimes I have to wait a swing or two
> until it turns correctly.
> 
> Chris Burti
> Commitment #867
> Farmville, NC
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 6:15 AM David Hayes <davidhayes1 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > We recently upgraded from the Rocna 10 to the 15 and it fits very nicely
> > and holds very well.  The only issue we are having is that when retrieving
> > the anchor it tends to, sometimes, get caught on the bow roller on the way
> > up such that we need to lower it again a few feet and re-raise in the hope
> > that the anchor swings around and faces the right way so that it doesn’t
> > get caught.  It’s getting caught just as the end of the anchor shaft meets
> > the roller; if the blade of the anchor is facing forward the shaft gets
> > caught at the roller, but if the blade is facing aft/down it comes up over
> > the roller just fine.  I’m wondering whether I need a different/larger
> > fitting between the chain and the shaft, would this help? I have an 8mm
> > chain, and an 8mm swivel fitting that connects to the shaft.
> > The Rocna 10 always came up onto the roller smoothly, regardless of the
> > way the anchor was facing, so it seems to be just the extra weight and
> > thicker shaft of the 15kg version that is causing the problems....any tips
> > appreciated.
> > ...2006 model 320.
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