FF Wrote; Strolling the dock and screaming "we stayed anchored outside the breakwater last night with an anchor half the size of yours?"
FF hang onto that anchor like it hangs onto the sea floor; youve got one hell of an anchor. Wow
Peter B Wrote
Seriously Marin - FCS get over that slot thing....
Marin Wrote;
I will see if I can hunt up the fellow who told me he almost lost his boat on a lee shore due to the shackle sliding to the fluke end of his Manson and backing out his anchor that he needs to get over it. He says he knows the shackle slid down because of the marks on the shank. I'll tell him he's mistaken, the shackle never slid, the anchor was never backed out, that it never dragged without reseting along the bottom, and his near encounter with the lee shore is all in his head.
I'll let you know what his reply is although I may have to use a lot of asterisks in his comments
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C. Marin Faure
"La Pérouse"
1973 Grand Banks 36-403 (grp)
Bellingham, WA
Marin I dont normally defend the opposition, but hey he says he knows the shackle slid down because of the marks on the shank? Every time you deploy the anchor the shackle slides to the rear of the shank.
If I was the opposition company with a problem like I would be slapping a big red sticker on the shank to*explain the down side if you dont shackle to the hole, further, that company, if what you say happened, could with no problem be sued as they have inbuilt a device that is proving dangerous.
The most problem I have with this rubbish about the unsettling of the anchor Re slot is this, how on earth did they get S/H/H/Power certification, and Lloyds at that, Like I said we had to go through three months of trials with various testing officers and Survey officers present to prove what you are saying would not happen, otherwise fixed shackle to hole or slot we would have never passed certification.
Like i said in my post, I think Peter B is on the money, more observation taken in the future to prove just what is happening, with as you have stated dragging concave slotted anchors.*
Marin Wrote;
This is the fudamantal problem with the CQR design and is, in my opnion, a deficiency in the SARCA's design.
Marin give yourself a break ,they tell us old folk we cant learn new stuff but I have made it very simple if you care to browse through our video page, not to convince you of performance, but concept and how it works, (cant doctor that one)
www.anchorright .com.au
Marin Wrote; The CQR flukes are not convex, they are concave. Concave means the blade is curved AWAY from the material it is pushing against. If you look carefully at a CQR--- acually, it's pretty obvious even if you don't look carefully--- you'll see that the flukes are just like the blade of a plow--- they are curved away from the material they are pushing. I've included a picture to help you grasp the concept.
Gee Marin, are you really sure about that, Im not sure now weather your words are simply spin or you just believe what you say, well if you are right the Marine authority, anchor testing authority, and A.M.S.A. have all got it wrong.
My test certs are dust if*you are right*when it*comes to concept? and If you are right, I*still don't*know how I am going to
grasp the concept.
Marin I must confess I edited this out earlier, to be*fair the simply terminology is convex for plowing concave for scooping.
Again I will make the point --difference why you should not confuse yourself with hoop new generation anchors, S/sarca is neither a plow nor a scoop, Excel is the same concept, you will never get your head around it unless you view the videos on our site.
*We are the only anchors on the market using this concept, thats why we are different. We get deep penetration without ploghing producing exceptioal holding power, then on retrieval holes slots break the suction and lows easy dispersion of mud, there is no spin in that.
Regards.
Rex.
CEO Anchor Right Australia.
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