Wayne.B wrote in
:
On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:48:01 -0300, "Denis M"
wrote:
While the CQR is still very popular amongst the blue water cruisers,
the Delta (Lewmar), Kobra (Plastimo) and Quickset (Kingston) are
getting interesting reviews. Delta and Quickset are claiming that
their anchor can be self launched.
Plastimo with their Kobra are not yet making that claim?
Is there someone that has used any one of these anchor and can offer
comments
Almost any of these anchors will work well in good conditions, i.e.,
bottom conditions ideal for that anchor. The trick is to find one
anchor suitable for being considered your "primary" that is always
ready to go on the bow, works well in a wide variety of conditions,
sets quickly, and is highly resistant to dragging or tripping out.
After trying a lot of different types over the years, including CQR,
Delta, Danforth, Bruce, etc, I've been using Spade anchors as the
primary on my last two boats. They set quickly in a almost all
conditions, have excellent holding power and do not trip out on wind
shifts. There is a newer, somewhat less expensive anchor called Rocna
which has a design fairly similar to the Spade. The Rocna has also
performed well in several independent tests but I have no first hand
experience with it.
I put a 20 Kg Rocna on BlueJacket 2 years ago and it's by far the best
anchor that I've ever used. It replaced a 45 lb CQR and before that a
Bruce. In the Caribbean I always had to swim over the CQR and most of the
time hand set it to give it a solid set. I've had none of those problems
with the Rocna. The Rocna reliably sets in all conditions where you can
reasonably get an anchor to set. The only time that wasn't able to get a
good set was in very soft mud and I suspect that no anchor would have held
well.
I will state that the CQR has also held very reliably once set properly.
I've ever ridden out a 72 kt storm at anchor in Honduras that bent the
anchor roller like a pretzel. The winds blew 40-50 kts for 20+ minutes and
the storm lasted about 2 hours in total. When I looked at my instruments
later, I saw a max wind speed of 72 kts! See
http://www.geoffschultz.org/2002_Sai...n/P6040586.jpg for
a photo.
-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org