What is this hole for?

[thinwater]

The best tripping hole location is at the back of the fluke. The top holes are used for lashing and are frequently mislabeled as tripping eyes. Pick your anchor up by each hole location, and decide which one would pluck it off a chain, for example.

Notice that what MOST sailors will identify on this Rocna as the tripping eye is actually for lashing. The tripping eye is on the back of the fluke. Only suspended from the tripping eye is the anchor truly inverted.

Try it. It's an easy test.

[a64pilot]

I installed a shackle and leave it in on the fluke and attach a bouy if I think I’m in an area that may make retrieval of my Rocna difficult. Of course the only time I needed it, I didn’t have the bouy attached.

[Dave_S]

Originally Posted by thinwater

The best tripping hole location is at the back of the fluke. The top holes are used for lashing and are frequently mislabeled as tripping eyes. Pick your anchor up by each hole location, and decide which one would pluck it off a chain, for example.

Notice that what MOST sailors will identify on this Rocna as the tripping eye is actually for lashing. The tripping eye is on the back of the fluke. Only suspended from the tripping eye is the anchor truly inverted.

Try it. It's an easy test.

How can that tandem attaching point work, the anchor closest to the boat would have a poor chance once the far anchor started to work it would pull the 1st one up. Surely in the original post the attachment for the far anchor would be up near the normal anchor point.

[newhaul]

On your particular knockoff I would have to say the back hole on the spine was for marker buoy and the forward one is for the trip line hard recovery point.

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by thinwater

The best tripping hole location is at the back of the fluke. The top holes are used for lashing and are frequently mislabeled as tripping eyes. Pick your anchor up by each hole location, and decide which one would pluck it off a chain, for example.

Notice that what MOST sailors will identify on this Rocna as the tripping eye is actually for lashing. The tripping eye is on the back of the fluke. Only suspended from the tripping eye is the anchor truly inverted.

Try it. It's an easy test.

on this ronka the eye that is not labeled you say is the lashing eye and I concur .
It would line up exactly with the lady pin on my spencers anchor nest/ bow roller.
See cqr in the roller.

[NevisDog]

Originally Posted by EmeraldCoastSailor

...Given where I ended up dragging to I can only guess that storm surge was enough to keep my boat over the pilings as the scope certainly was enough to have the boat over the backyard of the property with the dock...

Wow! And I thought I was the only one who ever got THAT lucky. Great story, the gods were playing dice on Mt Olympus again - did you buy a lotto ticket?

[KP44]

I want to share an opinion about anchors, since I consider ground tackle the most important system on a boat.
Dashew said something many years ago that made sense. He said always use your primary anchor and never use a "lunch hook" or smaller anchor. Use the best rode and anchor and always anchor as if you are planning on heavy weather.
If you do otherwise, you will eventually take someone ashore for 15 minutes and end up on the other side of the island, worrying about your boat.
Unless you are pulling the anchor by hand, it makes no sense to use a small anchor for any reason. The windlass will not even notice the difference. But your safety and your peace of mind will notice. (grin) Just an opinion and everyone has one.

[EmeraldCoastSailor]

Bought about a half dozen lotto tickets but no joy on that front.