[C320-list] Anchors redux

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I second the 15kg Rocna. A great anchor. 
JohnM
1999#574

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> On Jun 12, 2020, at 5:24 PM, Gene Helfman <genehelfman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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