On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:35:22 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

I have to wonder why Skippy bothers with anchors at all. After all, what
good is any anchor, no matter how fancy or expensive, when a boat is
permanently on the hard?

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Any luck yet with getting that court transcript?

Well, we have returned to the FL east coast's dirtiest yard, after several
weeks of visiting family.

I'm again available to show or ship this anchor - if you saw my update to
this original, left below for reference, you also saw that I regalvanized
it, for practice, as we'll be doing that for our remaining anchor.

Same price, prettier anchor, but the pix link will take you to the before
and after views from every conceivable angle...

L8R

Skip, wishing all a Happy New Year

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"Flying Pig" wrote in message
...
75Pound CQR-type galvanized anchor for sale

We're upgrading our anchor system, and thus, this rarely-used 5-year-old
anchor is available.

It's for sale mostly because of our not having anywhere to store it
aboard.
It's otherwise a very heavy representative of the classic CQR type of
articulated anchor. The proven shank hinge design allows the anchor to
stay
set during wind or tide changes and - if we had a place to store it
aboard!-
this anchor would be useful during a storm. We don't, so it's for sale.

This anchor, our secondary, was very rarely used, as can be seen in the
condition of the pointy end of it where it would have to dig in, and of
the
edges of the flukes, likewise, each time it was used. Our same-age Delta
55# anchor, by comparison, is rusty nearly entirely, and will become our
secondary anchor. Since we have no place to store it, and this was our
secondary anchor, it's for sale.

That said, it's full disclosures time:

This anchor was very rarely deployed. I believe the last time we used
this
anchor was three years ago. Since we're full time cruisers (other than
our
extended refit which is currently happening in Riverside Marina in Ft.
Pierce FL), it was constantly exposed to salt spray and wash while in the
same position on our anchor rollers on the many thousands of miles of open
sea we traversed during that time, in some cases in very heavy weather.

Because we so rarely used it, the joint between the arm and the anchor
became corroded and locked into position. I have no doubt that regular
use
would have avoided that problem. A while of un-seizing spray, along with
some leverage, has it free again. Putting it in the water, setting it and
giving a good pull on the chain might ALSO have freed it, but I wanted you
to know about the history of this anchor. The un-seizing spray left some
dark residue at the joint area as seen in the pictures. That's not rust.
However...

There are also some small areas of rust, as seen in the pictures as very
dark spots. Those didn't stain our deck, in the case of the arm, nor our
anchor system, in the case of the joint, so they're pretty minor.
However,
they do exist.

I could easily have wire-brushed it and painted it, but I wanted you to
see
it in a fully-disclosed condition. You, of course, could do that yourself,
if you wanted it "prettier" We WILL be doing that (painting it) to our
rusty but entirely functional Delta when we move it over to the secondary
position.

Other than the above, I expect this anchor to be in perfect condition, as
it's never been stressed. The real thing (made by Lewmar) sells for about
$1900, with deals available down to about $1200 if you look hard enough.

Clones (such as this one) sell for substantially less. Take this one off
my
hands in Riverside Marina in Fort Pierce, FL, for only $300. Or, arrange
your own shipping to someplace else. I'll put it on a pallet for you for
your shipping company to pick up after receiving your payment. If you're
not local, buy with confidence. A quick Google search for my name and our
boat's name will show you that we're very visible in the boating
community,
and thus unable to "hide" if we thought to misrepresent or run off with
your
money before you arranged pickup

This link http://tinyurl.com/75PoundAnchor will take you to the pictures
of
this anchor. This link is just part of my overall gallery, if you'd care
to
go exploring otherwise. Clicking any of the thumbnails will allow you to
see the original size, or steps in between, of these photos.

Call me at 770-887-0397 or write to me at skipgundlach (all one word) at
gmail dot com to come see this anchor.

L8R

Skip

Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
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"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other
people's thinking.
Don't let the noise of others' opinion drown out your own inner voice;
and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary".
- Steve Jobs

Hi, Bob (I thought you'd maybe fallen off a rig, or something!), and
Wilbur - sorry I'd missed your last,

We have, indeed, seemed to have grown roots. However, despite having lost
our help (a very long story not appropriate for this venue), again (the
first one we "graduated" into a "real" job), we soldier on with the final
level of our longboarded finishing of the epoxy fairing compound.

That's going along beautifully, if slowly, as this 66YO body doesn't have
the strength and endurance of the youngster(s) we had working with us, and
the same goes for the lovely Lydia. We're about half finished with the
starboard, the final, side. After that will come 10 gallons of barrier coat
(just cuz that's how much we have), then a few coats of YTBD'd ablative
bottom paint. We've also got a few chores which have surfaced along the
way, unrelated to the bottom, which have to be done before we can splash.

However, this, too, will end, and we'll be back in the water and headed
south.

As to the nasty assertions of windlass and personal strength, this new
anchor is the same weight as the one I'm selling. Now that it's the primary
anchor (and thus has direct access to the locker through the windlass), I
can tell you for sure, in the many times I've had it up and down during the
fitting for the modification, that the windlass handles it with aplomb (in
case you were wondering, that's the same as a lead, as in sinker - take
that, you English majors!).

And, if you'd like to see what it all looks like, this weekend I got many
pix uploaded, including that of the anchor system modification needed to
allow this to fit. Click the gallery link, then the 2011 refit, then the
anchor section. The modification is a great one, regardless of the anchor
used, as it allows a lever to do most of the work of getting the chain and
beginning of the shaft over the roller hump, previously an exciting time if
I didn't inch it along at that point, with the anchor flying upward as the
angle suddenly changed with the shaft going over the roller.

Finally, yes, I'm selling it because I prefer the Delta and Rocna to the
CQR. There are those for whom the CQR is the only answer; I have a very
heavy example of one available cheaply, for them :{))

L8R, y'all

Skip, back to under the boat

--
Morgan 461 #2
SV Flying Pig KI4MPC
See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery !
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"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other
people's thinking.
Don't let the noise of others' opinion drown out your own inner voice;
and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary".
- Steve Jobs