See the Potential ?

[TaoJones]

It can't be long before some smart anchor manufacturer recognizes the potential of this technology:

Diamond-like carbon-coated plows to save fuel by sliding through the soil

By Darren Quick
18:11 July 26, 2011

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Diamond-like carbon-coated plows to save fuel by sliding through the soil

TaoJones

[capngeo]

Just to add guns to the new anchor thread..... Glock has been coating their guns with that stuff for years!

[MarkJ]

If its from a Stump Jump Plough you'll be in trouble


Mark

[sabray]

Originally Posted by MarkJ

If its from a Stump Jump Plough you'll be in trouble

Mark

I'm a little loopier then normal also bleary eyed. I thought it was a lady's pump foot ware couldnt figure how putting diamonds on it made it more efficient. If it had been footware we could call it the the stump jump plough pump. I'm sending my conceptual design to Oscar de la jordache

[DeepFrz]

we could call it the the stump jump plough pump

With diamonds on the soles of her shoes...

[capngeo]

Lucy in the sky with diamonds?

[44'cruisingcat]

An anchor that slides easily through the sea bed - what a great idea! Wonder why nobody thought of it sooner?

[smurphny]

One coated with roller bearings on the grabbing surface might be even better...almost frictionless. How about just going with a rodeless anchor: Throw it over and walk away.

[svcambria]

Originally Posted by smurphny

One coated with roller bearings on the grabbing surface might be even better...almost frictionless. How about just going with a rodeless anchor: Throw it over and walk away.

Or an anchorless rode - "so smooth and easy, its like it isn't even there"

Michael

[Blue Stocking]

Originally Posted by smurphny

One coated with roller bearings on the grabbing surface might be even better...almost frictionless. How about just going with a rodeless anchor: Throw it over and walk away.

--thats what I was thinking. Fit it with a time released floatation device, and the sunset lake vagabonds would be gone in the morning.

[smurphny]

Originally Posted by svcambria

Or an anchorless rode - "so smooth and easy, its like it isn't even there"

Michael

Love this idea! I'm soooo tired of lifting that darned heavy thing.

[Acedude]

Why even anchor at all? I just wait until I run aground and call it good enough.

[TaoJones]

Awww, you guys are no fun . . . you ruined the joke. Special credit to 44CC, though, for spotting the "small flaw" in having an anchor that easily slides into the seabed. Sorry, though . . . there is no prize. Just smug satisfaction for being first.

I'm surprised no one has yet proposed a water-soluble anchor. Made from sugar, perhaps. Again, no heavy lifting required.

TaoJones

[sabray]

Originally Posted by Acedude

Why even anchor at all? I just wait until I run aground and call it good enough.

Maybe it could be a keel design. That doubles as a rhodeless anchor and be women's foot wear.I think then it's a stump jump plough keel pump

[Unicorn Dreams]

Thought it would be good for digging holes in coral reefs so a real anchor could find a sandy bottom..