Thanks for another great video Steve. I bought a French boat a few years ago and in it I found a couple of Danforth look alikes except they were very heavily constructed compared to the Danforths we are familiar with. Would you like one if I can get it to PT ( I’m in Canada)?
Novel and weird, you found some. Wondering about the ss folding Northill that is relatively common here? Having a 100# steel fisherman on deck. Great testing.
Wouldn’t both of those anchors set better if they were connected to floating rope creating an angle to the boat rather than dragging a chain which doesn’t lift the anchor top high enough for the fluke to set? Or have I got it backwards?
Thinking the same. I have the same fisherman he used and I only use it as a stern anchor when needed but have had great experience with it on rode and have never used it with chain which in this video I think the chain is stopping it from getting the right tight catenary angle to be effective in digging. It's not meant to lie that flat and pull flat but pull with a bit of angle that you get with a rode.
Its no surprise the Fisherman/Admiralty type compared unfavourably with modern anchors in your typical test conditions. Those of us still reliant on a fisherman type as our bower anchor because our vessels were built before WWI know that provided the anchor in use is the size of a small car and is attached to all chain cable as thick as and elephant’s trunk, you can't go wrong with one really. Seriously though we don't drag all that often and nor, dare i say, did the two millennia worth of ships who had no other choice of anchor up until WWII. With good heavy gear and plenty of scope they are not so terrible...and boy are they pretty to look. Btw I agree about their supposed prowess in rocks, I think that was just something older text books felt they had to regurgitate in order to attribute some comparative quality to them. Anyone who anchors in a rock field is either a fool, lazy, or faced with no other choice, in which case anything dangled off the bow that can get itself wedged under a boulder will do as an anchor. The only thing we can say for sure a fisherman comes out on top for is when performing, or more usually attempting to perform, what is known around my way as drudging: a method of moving a sailing ship in a strong tideway by shortening the scope of the cable enough so the anchor deliberately drags, but also checks the ship’s speed to less than that of the tide. This allows her, after a fashion, to be steered downtide. I don’t think one of those shiny Ultra anchors would do so well in that kind of test.🙂
I love my 10 lb folding fisherman anchor. I have a small Dory so I really appreciate the compact folded shape. It does seem to hold my light small boat. How much does the chain you use weigh? Is the holding force equal to the chain plus anchor weight for these 2 anchors?
Hi Steve, great videos. Been researching anchors and I have spent a couple of days looking at many of your videos. I work for a fishing company up in Nova Scotia, would you be interested in having a chat, I am looking to try out some testing of my own.
Always an interesting breakdown of why an anchor does or does not work well. Thanks.
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I love all of the strange anchors you have collected over the years, would love to see a bulwagga at some point
Thanks for another great video Steve. I bought a French boat a few years ago and in it I found a couple of Danforth look alikes except they were very heavily constructed compared to the Danforths we are familiar with. Would you like one if I can get it to PT ( I’m in Canada)?
Novel and weird, you found some.
Wondering about the ss folding Northill that is relatively common here? Having a 100# steel fisherman on deck.
Great testing.
When are you going to test the Ultra Marine anchor?
Wouldn’t both of those anchors set better if they were connected to floating rope creating an angle to the boat rather than dragging a chain which doesn’t lift the anchor top high enough for the fluke to set? Or have I got it backwards?
Thinking the same. I have the same fisherman he used and I only use it as a stern anchor when needed but have had great experience with it on rode and have never used it with chain which in this video I think the chain is stopping it from getting the right tight catenary angle to be effective in digging. It's not meant to lie that flat and pull flat but pull with a bit of angle that you get with a rode.
Thanks!
Its no surprise the Fisherman/Admiralty type compared unfavourably with modern anchors in your typical test conditions. Those of us still reliant on a fisherman type as our bower anchor because our vessels were built before WWI know that provided the anchor in use is the size of a small car and is attached to all chain cable as thick as and elephant’s trunk, you can't go wrong with one really. Seriously though we don't drag all that often and nor, dare i say, did the two millennia worth of ships who had no other choice of anchor up until WWII. With good heavy gear and plenty of scope they are not so terrible...and boy are they pretty to look. Btw I agree about their supposed prowess in rocks, I think that was just something older text books felt they had to regurgitate in order to attribute some comparative quality to them. Anyone who anchors in a rock field is either a fool, lazy, or faced with no other choice, in which case anything dangled off the bow that can get itself wedged under a boulder will do as an anchor. The only thing we can say for sure a fisherman comes out on top for is when performing, or more usually attempting to perform, what is known around my way as drudging: a method of moving a sailing ship in a strong tideway by shortening the scope of the cable enough so the anchor deliberately drags, but also checks the ship’s speed to less than that of the tide. This allows her, after a fashion, to be steered downtide. I don’t think one of those shiny Ultra anchors would do so well in that kind of test.🙂
I love my 10 lb folding fisherman anchor. I have a small Dory so I really appreciate the compact folded shape. It does seem to hold my light small boat.
How much does the chain you use weigh? Is the holding force equal to the chain plus anchor weight for these 2 anchors?
Takk!
Hi Steve, great videos. Been researching anchors and I have spent a couple of days looking at many of your videos. I work for a fishing company up in Nova Scotia, would you be interested in having a chat, I am looking to try out some testing of my own.
Another chip inn for the rocna mk2. Keep it if it dosent happen.