True.

Old technology.

Classic lawyer speak protecting against crazy claims if people use it as a mooring.

Well they are correct. CQR's were designed for flying boats. They were selected for flying boats because they store well! When I had my fishing vessel in survey in NSW the maritime classed the CQR and plow anchors as 1, the base anchor that you could not be worse than. High holding anchors were rated at 1.5. For survey purposes if your vessel required a 30 kilo CQR to pass survey you could have a high holding anchor of 20 kilos.

This is an interesting video "Ep.235 The Rocna Anchor FAILS".

Trek said..

This is an interesting video "Ep.235 The Rocna Anchor FAILS".

Rocna and other rollbar anchors collect weed. The problem is they don't dive down past the rollbar. The new Rocna has a thinner profile with the bar. The Rocna Vulcan was developed to dive deep like a spade but at a much cheaper price.

Trek said..

This is an interesting video "Ep.235 The Rocna Anchor FAILS".

Tony, I had a Rocna after listening to the shills at the sydney boat show one year and found that it was prone to relocating with minimal wind action and when I hauled it up the mud ball was substantial, replaced it with an Excell made in Aus and have been very happy with my quality purchase. I can only say that many Australian marine product are up there with the best in the world and I would hope that local boaters would support these manufacturers and not solely look at the bottom line.

I've had great results with a Sarca Excel, but Flinders Island weed defeated it. The locals sat that the only 100% reliable anchor in their weedy areas is a good old fisherman.

Cheers, Graeme

Trek said..
I found a normal looking Plough Anchor for sale that looks OK for me for the moment. A picture below. but it has a very strange disclaimer. (Unless they just hate Plough anchors). Does anyone know what this means:

Plow Anchor 49LB
Can be used for Fish Net weights, Drum Line Weights
* Heavy duty hot dipped galvanised finish.
*NOT ENGINEERED FOR BOATS
These anchors are not recommended for unmanned mooring of any vessel. Due to the lack of emphasised flare, the anchor maybe subject to movement while anchoring for heavy boats.

Same unit I have on both boats. The shank isn't as long as the genuine CQR. In hard sand and mud it's not uncommon to have to drive them out, ( unless you have a nice ballsy windlass )
but weed, loose gravel no hope.

My 30 or 35lb CQRs held the S&S34 in sand at 45 kts and rough chop. Didn't budge. I've had it dig into mud and once dug in, didn't budge.
I expect all anchors have their weaknesses and strengths, none are great in all conditions nor for all boats.

wongaga said..
I've had great results with a Sarca Excel, but Flinders Island weed defeated it. The locals sat that the only 100% reliable anchor in their weedy areas is a good old fisherman.

Cheers, Graeme

I love our Excel but that's good info. I think fishermen stow away well so we may get one as an option.

There are plenty of places in the Furneaux group where the anchoring is fine, so don't let the weed put you off going as it's a great area to sail. But where there is weed it's very thick. Kent Bay and EastvKangaroo Island were two such places.