A New Anchor

[bajaunderground]

Went into my office today and my fellow boater/buddy had an anchor sitting in there! It's heavy and pretty good sized? Maybe too large for the Cobalt?!

 

[GA_Boater]

Ya might need to stretch the anchor locker a bit. Well, a lot of stretching. Don't drop it on your toes!

Any idea of it's history?

 

[fhhuber]

The only time the anchor is too big is when it sinks the boat.:lol:

 

[sphelps]

What or how does the strait rod connected to the ring work ? I have seen them but i don't know what it does ...

 

[fhhuber]

It is set in the position so half the rod is through the anchor and at 90 deg to the flukes (see the band appx 1/2 way on the rod)

When the anchor goes to the bottom this will by weight make the top of the anchor swing down to the sea bottom and align the fluke to dig in.

The anchor stores much easier with the rod in the position in the picture.

http://www.nps.gov/calo/learn/historyculture/images/Olive-Thurlow-Kedge-Anchor_web_2.jpg

Not the most common display position... this is the way you want it to be when it is on the sea bottom.

 

[bajaunderground]

fhhuber is correct, the rod has ball ends, one at 90˚ and it has a stop approx. 1/2 way between, you rotate the rod thru to the stop and it has a pin that locks the rod from sliding.

THE NON NAUTICAL HISTORY:
The story I got from it's previous owner was...one of my alarm project managers neighbor's had a beach themed back yard/patio, when the neoghbor's moved, his wife went over and bought it and some of the old cork buoys/line. He brought it in yesterday to throw in the scrap dumpster...my construction manager/boating-camping buddy, saw him and said I'll take it and throw it in Brett's office as a joke...haha, joke's on him, my wife and I are remodeling our basement with a nautical theme this summer, now we have an 'artifact'.

NAUTICAL HISTORY:

One of the guys in our office says it's off an old fishing vessel...based on the condition of the flukes and the pin...it doesn't look as if it was ever actually used, as it only has the rusty patina, no marks/scrapes from rocks that and the old cotter pin has all it's original paint and never been "bent"? Who really knows?

I'll post a pic of the buoys/markers if he brings them in?

 

[bajaunderground]

The rope and buoy line.

 

[gm280]

I can see that anchor securing most any Jon boat I've ever seen. You throw that over board and you are not going anywhere...maybe ever again. :facepalm:

 

[DeepCMark58A]

Why didn't you get a big one?

 

[bajaunderground]

Why didn't you get a big one?

​umm...that's what she said!

 

[sphelps]

Thanks for the explanation ... Make sense now and I feel less ignorant ..

 

[fhhuber]

The buoy line looks like what we had separating our swimming pool shallow end from the deep end when I was a kid...

 

[Grub54891]

I have one like that. My son's friend inherited it from his grandfather, and did not want it, He gave it to me as long as I never sold it. I have it at my cabin, bolted to a big rock right now. It's really old as when I sandblasted the years of paint off it, I found it was blacksmith made, you could see the hammer marks, and veins of the old steel. Pretty nice rig! It came off a tug that sank years ago on lake superior, His grandfather salveged it over 50 years ago at that point.

 

[aspeck]

Anchors love water (the older members will remember that one)