[C320-list] Anchors redux

[Gene Helfman]

A cinder block will hold you in good conditions. My opinion is you want an
anchor that will work when (not if) the unexpected happens. On another
boat, I had a Danforth fail because a stray cobble got jammed between the
shank and the flukes. We love our 15kg Rocna -- last time out it held
beautifully in a strong gale when another boat near us dragged anchor
(don't know what they had). The Rocna just fits on our roller, Satori 1997,
#398.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 12:59 PM nibj <nibj at mac.com> wrote:

> I have been reading the posts about anchors for the 320 but would
> appreciate the latest advice.
>
> We have an early model 320 with the very short anchor roller.  We cruise
> the upper Chesapeake and need an anchor for overnight stops. So far we have
> only encountered a muddy bottom. We won’t be out in a hurricane, but, for
> example, the gusts tomorrow night are forecast to 30mph which would likely
> be the upper end of our comfort level.
>
> We have some sort of heavy Danforth anchor in the chain locker, but it
> cannot possibly fit on the roller.  So I have to manhandle it over the side
> when we anchor (which isn’t hard) and wrestle it up and wash the vile mud
> off it, all without the windlass, when we leave the anchorage.
>
> So the obvious question is what anchor should I buy that can live one the
> roller without damaging the hull (I don’t want to replace the bow roller
> because it looks like an enormous job)? I have seen several people say the
> following are OK:
>
> 1) Rocna-15:  Seems popular.  Perhaps it is a bit over sized and the
> template suggests a very tight fit. Some people say it doesn’t fit.
>
> 2) Mantus-25:  this may be a little on the small side.  The template
> suggest it will fit although the fluke seems to be longer than that of the
> Rocna.
>
> 3) Has anyone used a Mantus Anchor mate successfully?
>
> Can anyone comment about these anchors?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Peter
> Tangled #226



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