Viking anchors-the next level

[Izikalvo]

Following the results we are getting from boaters using our anchors all over, in many kinds of seabeds and conditions, we have decided to try and make our anchors design even better.


For a few months now we are working on a new anchor design that keeps the advantages of our current design (fluke size, fluke/shackle angle, and weight) adding to it a few more advantages, We do not intend to stop making our current design anchors, we are making a different design.

The new design will have the ability to be used with or without a rollbar.
It will have the option of using it as a concave or convex shape anchor.
It will have a perfect self-launching ability.
It will lock itself on the bow roller when not in use.
It will be treated with a Thermo Difusion Galvanising system known as Armorgalv which was developed in Israel 20 years ago, an eco-friendly treatment with many advantages over the Hot Deep Galvaning systems that are commonly used today.

The general design is mostly done and soon we will start testings the first made samples.

There is still a long way ahead, we hope to be ready with the first anchors out of the production line for tests at the beginning of the next sailing season in the northern hemisphere.

So why i am publishing it here?

There are many people in this forum that have so much knowledge and experience at sea, that there might be something we didn't see, and we will love to hear about it.

Thank you.

[Izikalvo]

Originally Posted by Izikalvo

Following the results we are getting from boaters using our anchors all over, in many kinds of seabeds and conditions, we have decided to try and make our anchors design even better.


For a few months now we are working on a new anchor design that keeps the advantages of our current design (fluke size, fluke/shackle angle, and weight) adding to it a few more advantages, We do not intend to stop making our current design anchors, we are making a different design.

The new design will have the ability to be used with or without a rollbar.
It will have the option of using it as a concave or convex shape anchor.
It will have a perfect self-launching ability.
It will lock itself on the bow roller when not in use.
It will be treated with a Thermo Difusion Galvanising system known as Armorgalv which was developed in Israel 20 years ago, an eco-friendly treatment with many advantages over the Hot Deep Galvaning systems that are commonly used today.

The general design is mostly done and soon we will start testings the first made samples.

There is still a long way ahead, we hope to be ready with the first anchors out of the production line for tests at the beginning of the next sailing season in the northern hemisphere.

So why i am publishing it here?

There are many people in this forum that have so much knowledge and experience at sea, that there might be something we didn't see, and we will love to hear about it.

Thank you.

As for the progress of the new anchor design:
After spending many hours and lots of effort we gave up on making it dual purpose anchor Ie. roll bred and no roll bar anchor, and convexed and concaved anchor.

Here is the new shape of the anchor, non-ballast no roll bar lightweight HT carbon steel made anchor.

Starting another phase of testing soon.

We will update

For those of you that are waiting, the new batch of the V1 anchors has finally left Ukrain passing the border to Hungary, we should have them in our warehouse in Brussels in one week or so.

[rslifkin]

As always, it's good to see an anchor manufacturer constantly experimenting, looking at real-world results and trying to make a better anchor. I'll be curious to see how this turns out once it's out in the real world and has been tried in a variety of situations.

[ItDepends]

Strikes me as a design philosophy without a customer.

Maybe there are cruising boats who have anchors small enough to lift on deck to reconfigure on a whim, but my anchor weighs 105lb (48kg). It is not going to be transformed from concave to convex, or have a roll bar added or removed…ever.

There are lots of anchor manufacturers selling anchors with and with out roll bars, and with convex or concave geometry. Why would there be any benefit to the user to switch back and forth?

[pcmm]

Hmm, interesting...Looks almost identical to a Mantus M1 with only minor differences in the shape of the shank.

[Pete7]

Originally Posted by ItDepends

Maybe there are cruising boats who have anchors small enough to lift on deck to reconfigure on a whim, but my anchor weighs 105lb (48kg). It is not going to be transformed from concave to convex, or have a roll bar added or removed…ever.

I carry my anchor in one hand, it's about the same weight as my dinghy outboard. Hmm interesting thought, forget boat length and weight, just scale anchors to your outboard size.

Anyway, perhaps they have produced a better mouse trap

Would be interesting to see side by side testing with observers to see if convex or concave produces better results in say 3 or 4 common bottom conditions.

Pete

[rslifkin]

Originally Posted by pcmm

Hmm, interesting...Looks almost identical to a Mantus M1 with only minor differences in the shape of the shank.

The existing Viking design is very similar to an M1, but with a different shank shape and different shank attachment point on the fluke (and a few other minor differences I think). It does show different performance in testing, so those differences definitely matter.

[Izikalvo]

Odin 10 toe tests in progress

[Jolly Roger]

There's credit to be given for experimentation, but sailors have been doing it for centuries, and they will probably finish up with a CQR.

[rslifkin]

Originally Posted by Jolly Roger

There's credit to be given for experimentation, but sailors have been doing it for centuries, and they will probably finish up with a CQR.

Seriously? There are numerous anchor designs that available at this point that have been tested and shown to outperform a CQR in the vast majority of situations.

[rgleason]

What is the notch in the back of the shank in the frist set of pics for?

[Jolly Roger]

Originally Posted by rslifkin

Seriously? There are numerous anchor designs that available at this point that have been tested and shown to outperform a CQR in the vast majority of situations.

I understand that, and I’ve used a few in my time, but many of them are solid welded things, and impossible to stow on a bowsprit with twin rollers like my boat has. I once bent the sank of a 55lb CQR at 45 degrees, but it held. I don’t think some ½” thick plate, welded to a scoop would have withstood that force.

[rslifkin]

Originally Posted by Jolly Roger

I understand that, and I’ve used a few in my time, but many of them are solid welded things, and impossible to stow on a bowsprit with twin rollers like my boat has. I once bent the sank of a 55lb CQR at 45 degrees, but it held. I don’t think some ½” thick plate, welded to a scoop would have withstood that force.

Trying to fit 2 anchors on the bow is a challenge with most designs unless the roller layout is really carefully thought out. Personally, I'd rather have a better anchor on the bow and others elsewhere than have 2 less good ones on the bow.

[smj]

Originally Posted by rslifkin

Trying to fit 2 anchors on the bow is a challenge with most designs unless the roller layout is really carefully thought out. Personally, I'd rather have a better anchor on the bow and others elsewhere than have 2 less good ones on the bow.

Funny, as on another anchoring thread I thought to myself, only thing worse than a boat with a CQR on the bow is a boat with 2 CQR’s on the bow........