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10-11-2022, 18:32
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CQR stowage
Decided not to store. CQR plow on bow roller. Is there a recommended chock or whatever for foredeck stowage?
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10-11-2022, 18:47
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Re: CQR stowage
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Originally Posted by Jennie147
Decided not to store. CQR plow on bow roller. Is there a recommended chock or whatever for foredeck stowage?
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Perhaps at home used as a garden ornament??
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10-11-2022, 18:55
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Re: CQR stowage
I used a small Danforth as a door knocker once.
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10-11-2022, 19:56
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Re: CQR stowage
People sometimes make them out of wood. I'm not aware of any commercial source.
As the posts upthread state obliquely, the CQR is no longer highly regarded as an anchor. It is difficult to set and does not reset well on a wind change, and it has comparatively low holding power for its size. These problems are exacerbated by anchors in poor condition due to age.
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11-11-2022, 04:30
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Re: CQR stowage
I wonder why the CQR would be no longer highly regarded as an anchor. In 8 years & 53,000 miles of cruising the Pacific islands, 8 years of living both aboard & ashore running tourist boats in the barrier reef, & through 2 80+ knot cyclones my 40Ft yacht lay to my 45Lb CQR every single night when not passage making.
I did have some trouble hauling it out after strong winds on a few occasions, but not once did the boat move. For one 2 year period the anchor was used as a mooring in an open roadstead, with out ever moving. It would take a very fast talking salesman to sell me any other type of anchor.
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11-11-2022, 04:32
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Nearly an old salt
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Re: CQR stowage
My cqr props up my garden shed it doesn’t do that job well either
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11-11-2022, 04:37
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Re: CQR stowage
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Originally Posted by goboatingnow
My cqr props up my garden shed it doesn’t do that job well either
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You should probably learn how to set it properly..
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11-11-2022, 05:52
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Re: CQR stowage
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Originally Posted by Hasbeen
I wonder why the CQR would be no longer highly regarded as anchor.......
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I believe there are 3 reasons for this.
1- There are some seabed types where these anchors are known to perform poorly compared to some modern designs.
2- The CQR has been copied by numerous manufacturers. Some of these perform poorly in any seabed and are reported as "CQR" anchors.
3. After many decades of use and rusting, the hinge of the CQR will wear, thus changing the geometry of the fluke to shank angle. If this angle becomes too great, the anchor will no longer function properly, even in seabeds where the anchor would normally shine. These failures are reported without mention of the worn hinge.
Steve
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11-11-2022, 06:04
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Re: CQR stowage
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Originally Posted by boatman61
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Meeow
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11-11-2022, 06:11
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Nearly an old salt
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Re: CQR stowage
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Originally Posted by boatman61
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Yeah it keeps lying on its side like it did on every sea bed.
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11-11-2022, 06:23
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Re: CQR stowage
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Originally Posted by goboatingnow
Yeah it keeps lying on its side like it did on every sea bed.
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Just like this:
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11-11-2022, 06:48
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Re: CQR stowage
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Originally Posted by noelex 77
Just like this:
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But not like this:
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11-11-2022, 07:05
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Re: CQR stowage
oh...goody....anudder anchor topic....what is this one ???....#657,345.. ???
mine is better than yours..pow...bam...!!!
no, it isn't.....hit...kick....!!!
it is too.........slam.....whirl....
I've sailed for 345,000 miles.....25 circumnavigations...anchored with my trusty (place anchor model and weight here), slap....punch...
I've anchored in 234,400 category 10 hurricanes with my trusty (place anchor model and weight here)
and the winner is....um.....yet to be determined...watch this space
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11-11-2022, 07:20
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Re: CQR stowage
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11-11-2022, 07:28
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Boat: Bestevaer.
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Re: CQR stowage
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Originally Posted by Panope
But not like this:
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No. In hard sand anchorages a well set CQR is very rare. I could count on one hand the number I have seen in the eastern Mediterranean that have been performing well. To be fair, very few boats use this model, as most quickly discover it just does not work in the substrates encountered there.
A very common observation from UK cruisers is “Our CQR worked great in the UK, but in Greece I could only rarely coax it into setting despite multiple attempts.”
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