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Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

06-06-2022, 16:53

Replies: 862

Sticky: Videos of Anchors Setting

Views: 422,751

Posted By wsmurdoch

Re: Videos of Anchors Setting

Steve seems to have stopped posting here. To see his newer posts look at https://www.youtube.com/user/flygoodwin . They are on Youtube.

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

29-06-2021, 16:09

Replies: 862

Sticky: Videos of Anchors Setting

Views: 422,751

Posted By wsmurdoch

Re: Videos of Anchors Setting

John H. Knox did some work with anchors dragging slowly which he called "ploughing" that seems to look into the same mode of dragging that Panope is investigating with the UHMWPE rode and cycles of...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

01-02-2021, 18:57

Replies: 862

Sticky: Videos of Anchors Setting

Views: 422,751

Posted By wsmurdoch

Re: Videos of Anchors Setting

See https://www.petersmith.net.nz/boat-anchors/new-gen-boat-anchors-explained.php The skids assist with setting. There is a nearby photo of a setting Rocna anchor.

They are further described in...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

02-10-2020, 14:44

Replies: 862

Sticky: Videos of Anchors Setting

Views: 422,751

Posted By wsmurdoch

Re: Videos of Anchors Setting

The original Mantus dinghy anchor (like the one Steve tested) did not have a roll bar. I have one that I bought from the first production batch. Dropped or thrown from my dinghy it lands upright...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

01-10-2020, 18:29

Replies: 862

Sticky: Videos of Anchors Setting

Views: 422,751

Posted By wsmurdoch

Re: Videos of Anchors Setting

In my memory, the mud palms on a Fortress anchor were a late coming add-on to keep the anchors fluke points pointed down in a softer mud bottom. The Mantus anchor tip weight depends on the smallish...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

17-06-2020, 05:51

Replies: 862

Sticky: Videos of Anchors Setting

Views: 422,751

Posted By wsmurdoch

Re: Videos of Anchors Setting

I'm sorry. I did not intend to imply that your remarks were a copy although that is exactly what my note implies. I have edited my initial sentence.

Bill

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

17-06-2020, 05:21

Replies: 862

Sticky: Videos of Anchors Setting

Views: 422,751

Posted By wsmurdoch

Re: Videos of Anchors Setting

Similar to Steve's suggestion in Post 422....

"Just had my spade regalvanised. Not much of a problem. The best way to get the lead out is stand the fluke on end and play an oxypropane torch on the...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

15-06-2020, 16:55

Replies: 862

Sticky: Videos of Anchors Setting

Views: 422,751

Posted By wsmurdoch

Re: Videos of Anchors Setting

I'm not sure that a galvanizer would be happy with that. In my experience they do not like closed hollows. They have a reasonable fear of closed areas rupturing when heated from room temperatures...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

15-01-2016, 15:34

Replies: 862

Sticky: Videos of Anchors Setting

Views: 422,751

Posted By wsmurdoch

Re: Videos of Anchors Setting

Your numbers for reverse thrust are similar to mine.

I wrote in post 1447 of nolex 77's thread https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f118/photos-of-anchors-setting-126073.html

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"...I have...

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