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Get rid of the plough and get an excel from KM. Don't worry, you actually get it from Chains Ropes and Anchors, and as far as I know KM never actually does any work, so you wont run into him, you'll probably deal with Alan, who is knowledgeable (just don't mention YNZ). Anyway, get the excel, anchor as normal. You wont drag. I got one, now I have to tell everyone to sit down when backing down. A plough will drag all over the bay. It is near impossible to tell if they have set. An excel sets in 1.5 times its length. I have photos of when I trialed it at Arkles at low tide. I'll see if

A bit like some on here.

Get rid of the plough, doesn't matter whose it is or where it came from. Go see that turkey Grant at Chains Ropes & Bondage or whatever they are called, and get the Crew discount! Any of the high or super high holding power modern designs will deliver you to a new world of bliss when the wind comes up overnight. We use Rocna's, Excel & Manson Supreme on various work boats, and the Sarca Excel on Bad Kitty, changed from a Rocna but only because it fits better without the roll bar. Both excellent anchors. And don't scrimp on chain, I'd add 20% to what you think is ple

Love a good anchor thread, choose your weapon.

Yes there are junk copies out there, but Manson wasn't one of them. They had licence to build the genuine real deal. The CQR is one of those anchors that seems to work great for many and work absolutely crap for a few. I think it is setting technique that makes the difference. Follow IT's advise. People make the big mistake of thinking they are setting the ancor, but never testing it. As said, you should be able to pull down at full throttle and the anchor should hold you. NEVER try that unless you have the chain/warp locked off though, or you will damage the winch. The Manson Suprem

Either way, its crap 🤐! The manson "CQR" has manson cast on the shank. The modern SHHP anchors (Rocna, Manson Supreme, SARCA etc etc) are another world. I use a 20KG Rocna on Island Time (40Ft). Works great!

I had, long ago (18 or 20 years) a Manson Plough. Thought it was ok, until one day anchored at Torrent Bay (Abel Tasman National Park, top of South Island for you Northerners!) on hard sand. Was dug in with about 4:1 scope, all chain. We had a front come thru, about a 180 deg wind shift, and 30 or 40 knots. The Manson Plough, pulled out, as expected, but by the time the rode was straight in the new direction, the boat was drifting quite fast. The Anchor never reset, it just skidded along the bottom for more than 30m, at which point I raised it, and reset it manually. I've been in the sam

Found my anchor testing photos. not scientific, but address that "nagging doubt" as you are dozing off to sleep and the wind flicks around in the anchorage. You can see the excel set in maybe 1 x its length. The plough simply would not set. My main issue with the plough was not being confident it had set - that nagging doubt all the time. You know the excel has set, it stops the boat. Like I say, I ensure everyone is sitting down when I back down now, it is like backing into a brick wall. The nagging doubt thing becomes more relevant when the wind shifts, and the anchor needs to

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Purchased a yacht 6 summers ago, with an Excel. They are amazing , I’ve never had a moment of worry about it setting and holding tight I’ve been converted to Excel , in fact when we changed yachts recently, it was one of the first things we bought, yes from CRA. great service and products.

Another vote for Excel, held us tight in 55+ at Port Charles where plenty will tell you is the shittiest holding on the Coromandel. Had to tow the anchor out next morning. Same discussion being had about anchors on Attainable Adventure Cruising which is a subscription site but they won't touch Rocna's and always had Spades as #1, but in the latest blurb they rate Excel's as equal to Spades.

I can't seem to find my photos, but here is a link to the excel. I got the #4. https://chainsropesandanchors.co.nz/boat-anchor/11-to-20kg/12.5kg-excel-anchor Basically, I changed anchors cause I could never tell if the plough had set. I suspect 90% of the time we were just swinging on chain. When I got the new anchor, I took both down to Arkles bay on a low tide. Bottom is typical of several places I anchor. I dragged the plough around on some rope up and down the beach, in a massive figure 8. Could not get it to set!?! Did the same with the excel. It set within maybe half an an

A genuine CQR, made in Scotland from drop forged steel will have "CQR" and its weight in lbs on the shank. If it is an Australian made Trevco, unshackle it and throw it in the scrap metal bin, they are an even worse copy than the Manson, they are very reluctant to set. Peter Smith has written a bit of history on the traditional (old) anchors https://www.petersmith.net.nz/boat-anchors/old-generation-anchors.php

You need much more chain by the sound of it.

Is that a real CQR or one of the junk copies Manson's made? There is a huge difference between them. A 35lb plough should hold your boat ok, particularly in both those bays which have good holding. After you dropped anchor did you back down gently (not like some launches going astern at about 10kts) to make sure it has set and then give it a little more throttle to dig in. If you are just letting the boat drift back it may not set, just hangs on the chain. When I had a plough i used to count on it taking about 5m dragging across the bottom to set. A new gen anchor such as my Ro

Ok, here is what I do, but all chain rode. I often anchor with only a 3:1 scope, remember scope is from the bottom to the anchor roller, not just water depth for calcs. Drop the anchor while motoring slowly backwards. tie off, or put the chain lock on when the required scope is deployed. Continue moving backwards until you feel the anchor dig in , and it stops the boat. Once that is done, if picnicking, all good. If overnight, the anchor should hold a yacht at full throttle in reverse. Ive spent over 1000 nights at anchor in all conditions. I've moved/dragged anchors 4 times. 3 times the

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I too have been enjoying your posts Aa Having a Spencer With much the same issues at one time or another. Re prop shaft packing, I went around the inevitable circles, looking at the various packing materials. In the end I stuck with the hemp, it served well the 10> years and in keeping with my mandate KISS, have enjoyed another 10 years with only twice having to tighten the packing flange..Next time will be a repack. Next on my list is an anchor winch, that damn anchor just gets heavier and heavier.

It did, via the Environment Court. The rest is just vexatious litigants. This has been going on since 2016. I fully agree it needs to stand close scrutiny. But there is close scrutiny, sore loosers and people who blatantly don't understand the process, and when they should be engaging with it.

It is a development that converts public land to a private use. It should stand close scrutiny.

And people wonder why developments cost money

That looks more like a carving knife than a rudder. You could get it out at Christmas to carve the ham...

Just throwing this out there really, if it is of interest then message me and I will be in touch. We have a Young 11 that i am not using using dues to kid commitments and that is likely to continue for the next 4-5yeats so offering up the use of it if you want to pay the marina costs plus some of the maintenance, think a fixed amount of 1k a month with no money upfront. (just need to work out the insurance requirements) This would cover everything such as marina, insurance, antifouling, servicing etc which i will take care of, and allow you usage of the boat when ever you like,

After a raucous sail up the west coast with over 6 meter seas and 45 knots of wind, boat speeds above 16 kn hitting 20kn, tired after logging our first ever 300+ mile day....We decided to haul-out in Whangarei at Oceania Marine. They had the very best rate for the haul-out and also if we paid them to do all the anti-fouling... so they were almost the most competitive priced of all the yards that had a travel lift for our beam. (Their Travel lift is 10+ meters wide so easily accommodated our 8.06 meter beam.) In the last four year of world cruising with two major refits and three bottom jo

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