Photo hunt: Got a Rocna anchor on your boat?

[Craig Smith]

Hi all -
We’re currently working on a major extension to our website, which includes a comprehensive collection of info / articles / data on anchors, accessories, and anchoring. There is both generic information, and more specific material which applies just to the Rocna. It will go public a little later this month, if all goes to plan. This is a collaborative effort between ourselves and our partners.

One of the major sections will contain an ever-growing collection of case studies of Rocnas on the bows of boats, particularly production boats - the idea being, if a customer has a popular type of boat, somebody else with a Rocna may well have contributed some photos of the anchor's installation on the bow. (We're also interested in less popular boats, and also any custom built bow roller assemblies).

To jump start this, I'm on a photo hunt. If you have a Rocna on the bow of your boat, and you're willing and able, we sure would appreciate any photos you could provide.

Photos showing the anchor on the bow from different angles would be great, plus one of the boat as a whole is ideal...

If you can help, please e-mail the highest res / original digital pics to craig at rocna dot com.
You could post links here if you want, if the pics are already online somewhere (Flickr / Photobucket etc).
Please provide the basic details of your boat: build & model, designer, LOA, displacement. We'll also publish any comments you want to make regarding the anchor and boat.

P.S. Please don't send us other people's pics without their explicit permission. Please let us know who the copyright is owned by. We'll include an attribution notice and a link to your online presence if you have one.

Over to you all...

 

[Tim R.]

Send me a free anchor and I will send you some free photos;-)

 

[Don12364]

I've got some great pictures of my Delta - will these do?

 

[Ross]

I have a 75 dollar 35 pound CQR it has always set and always held for me. If you can improve on that let me know.

 

[Rick I]

No, but I've got a great Manson Supreme. Here it is , a 45 pounder with a 44 Claw.

 

[Don S/V ILLusion]

close enough?

 

[Stu Jackson]

Rocna

works well for us.

 

[Tom S]

Here are my Photo's

Its of my 45lb SPADE anchor. Gotta LOVE this anchor ! Never lets me down in all sorts of conditions. I use this anchor often (anchor out almost every week) and very often I have 2-3 (4 and 5 ) boats rafted up to me for the weekend.

EVERYONE wants to be rafted to my boat when we anchor out because they know I have the best anchor - its pretty funny but unnerving at times as sometimes I want to be alone with the Admiral


With a few modifications to the existing bow roller it fits great. What I also love about this set-up and the SPADE anchor is that its self launching and with a remote windlass down switch I can drop the anchor at a moments notice from the cockpit. That is a big safety feature in an emergency.

 

[soling42]

10kg Rocna in the roller on our Hunter H260. We tend to do far more with this boat than it was designed to do so a serious anchor was one of my 1st concerns. Can't sleep without it. The Rocna is the most reliable hook I could imagine. I'll fwd some more pics when I get a chance this wknd.
Thanks,
Michael and Kelli
Sarasota, Fl

 

[soling42]

And another....

 

[Rick I]

You guys posting photos of Rocnas are spoiling the fun!!

 

[Scott B]

You guys posting photos of Rocnas are spoiling the fun!!

I'll be more than happy to post a pic of my Rocna anchor, once I find a picture of my boat that the anchor isn't 15 - 20 ft. below water at anchor.

I also have a great testimony for the Rocna from the experience we had this past summer. Once I have more time I'll dig out both.

 

[ITMaster]

I Don't Have One On My Boat

But I have a few that I saw on a beautiful Hylas 70 the other day. A Rocna 40. Although it looked impressive, I don't think it mattered what was on this boat. One of the most amazing things I saw on it were the three E-120 Raymarine Chartplotters in the cockpit. Wonder why someone needs 3 E-120's in a cockpit?

 

[ITMaster]

Nice

Pooch there Tom, he seems to be pretty happy.

 

[Ross]

works well for us.

That is the best picture I have seen of that brand of anchor. But WHY does he charge about fifteen times the cost of the material for the assembly? Three simple stampings, some welding and a dip in molten zinc.

 

[Ross]

...you gotta wonder how such a good anchor can get such a bad rap.

of course, we all know that the answer is a seriously flawed business plan that focuses on the triple-chart-plotter niche.

still no rocna on my bow. would I love to own one? you betcha! am I willing to pay twice what it's worth?

no way.

I think that a "walk the docks survey" would show that danforth style , Delta and The Claw are the most carried because they are affordable and satisfactory for most anchoring needs. Deltas out number CQR in my marina about 5:1 and Danforth styles out number Deltas.

 

[sailingdog]

However, Danforth and other fluke type anchors are really only suitable as lunch hooks IMHO. They can have serious problems with resetting properly...and don't deal with reversing current or wind situations well at all.

This is especially true on a multihull, where the boat can accelerate fairly quickly, and the large surface area and flat surfaces of the "fluke" type anchors will cause the anchor to plane and never have a chance of resetting.

Also, I have seen a lot of boaters that have no clue what a proper ground tackle setup for a boat is... For instance, at one anchorage I go to a lot, there was a 31' Silverton powerboat that always anchored with a 12-13 lb. Danforth on 1/2" line. This is a 9400 lb. boat.

BTW, I've got a 28' trimaran and use a Rocna 15 kg. as my primary anchor with 60' of 5/16 G43 high-tensile strength chain and 180' of 5/8" octo-plait nylon as the rode. I don't worry much about dragging once I've set the hook.

 

[Ross]

The history and evolution of boat anchors is facinating and worthwhile reading. Some of the earliest anchors consisted of a pair of wooden sticks pointed on each end and lashed to a block of stone. The improvements have been coming ever since. The Rocna has a hoop on top to help it turn for a proper set, the angle of the blade to the shank makes it more aggressive. These are obvious improvements on the Delta but they don't justify the price.

 

[Ancora Latina]

Some of the earliest anchors consisted of a pair of wooden sticks pointed on each end and lashed to a block of stone. The improvements have been coming ever since.

The anchor with « a pair of wooden sticks pointed on each end and lashed to a block of stone » is known as the « Kilik » anchor and this anchor is still in use by fishermen here in Brazil. This was the first attempt to increase the weight at the tip (tips) level to improve the penetration.

The Rocna has a hoop on top to help it turn for a proper set.[/quote]


The hoop has not been « invented » by the Rocna but has been patented by Peter Bruce (Patent Number: 05/174633 ) in 1973…….. and popularized by the « Bügel » anchor in Germany, then copied by the Rocna and the Supreme.

João Nodari
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Ancora Latina
http://www.ancoralatina.com

 

[Craig Smith]

Hi all,

Thanks to those to date who have responded to our request for photos. We've received a good number of responses, and our little collection is now starting to look like something deserving of the name.

I'm sure the effort made to take and send photos, particularly by those who did it specially, will be greatly appreciated not only by ourselves, but by those other boaters for whom it's intended.

The "knowledge base" extension to our website (with these "boat case" entries alongside the articles on bow roller design etc) has now been added to our site.

It's by no means finished - it will continue to grow and evolve over time, with input from others. Thanks again to the contributors so far.