Looks a considerably more expensive gadget too. I will stick with my 6mm cord backing up a quick release shackle to a deck u boltLooks a better gadget than the length of line I use.
And provided it doesn't get bentI can see how it could stop the anchor from rattling, but I'm not at all certain how effective it would be at keeping the anchor inboard.
Evidently the owner has similar concerns, as there appears to be a strop added to stop it from self-launching.
On my set-up there is a convenient, factory-made hole in my anchor through which I can install a drop nose pin that keeps it all in place, providing of course that I don't drop the said pin over the side.
Step back from that thread and keep your hands where we can see them!
Well I did straight through a 10 kgs Delta. Took some drilling at work on a big machine because the pin wanted something like a 12mm hole and I wanted a bit of clearance too in case my marks were slightly off. 15mm it was. A dab of silver paint and job done. Anchor since upgraded to a Rocna Vulcan but given the price of the thing there is no way I am drilling that. Dread getting it stuck, perhaps keep it on the bow for best and have a manky old CQR copy for chucking over board
My bow roller is pathetic. The cheeks aren't high enough to allow of drilling.Well I did straight through a 10 kgs Delta. Took some drilling at work on a big machine because the pin wanted something like a 12mm hole and I wanted a bit of clearance too in case my marks were slightly off. 15mm it was. A dab of silver paint and job done. Anchor since upgraded to a Rocna Vulcan but given the price of the thing there is no way I am drilling that. Dread getting it stuck, perhaps keep it on the bow for best and have a manky old CQR copy for chucking over board
You then want to drill a hole in the shank
Beggars belief.
It worked, what's the problem. Also have you seen how much steel there is in a Delta shank, I know, I drilled one
I found the original Rocna with the roll bar could be secured nicely by tension on the chain and the bow roller in the crook of the anchor shank. The later Vulcan is different. This has a more gentle curve to the shank and it wobbled not only side to side, but up and down. The solution we have is to keep it in the anchor locker. Lifting a 12Kg anchor out is easy enough and means we don't have to rely on multiple metal plates and bits of string. The Vulcan is actually shorter which helps.I'm in the lanyard group. Cheap, easy and does the job.
I found the original Rocna with the roll bar could be secured nicely by tension on the chain and the bow roller in the crook of the anchor shank. The later Vulcan is different. This has a more gentle curve to the shank and it wobbled not only side to side, but up and down. The solution we have is to keep it in the anchor locker. Lifting a 12Kg anchor out is easy enough and means we don't have to rely on multiple metal plates and bits of string. The Vulcan is actually shorter which helps.
Friends with a Rocna do exactly that. Bashing through seas on trip from Curacao to Guadeloupe with a couple of days hard on the wind in 30kts, the pin bent to the extent that they couldn’t deploy the anchor. It took an angle grinder to cut the pin off. I assumed they had used an undersized pin but they hadn't.I can see how it could stop the anchor from rattling, but I'm not at all certain how effective it would be at keeping the anchor inboard.
Evidently the owner has similar concerns, as there appears to be a strop added to stop it from self-launching.
On my set-up there is a convenient, factory-made hole in my anchor through which I can install a drop nose pin that keeps it all in place, providing of course that I don't drop the said pin over the side.