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From: jrjrjrouse2000 (no email)
Date: Thu Jul 13 2006 - 16:10:27 EDT
Sal,
Check the hole the pin goes through. If it is wallowed out or
irregularly shaped, then you need to replace the anchor. I believe
that the CQR anchors that the Moorings used were basically knock-off
CQRs. Wearing at that pin hole is fairly typical of those anchors
after a few years. The anchor will not hold properly if that hole
is not properly shaped and properly sized for the pin. If it is
wallowed out, replace the anchor. When our boat phased out last
year, the anchor had to be replaced for that very reason.
Judy
--- In , "Sal" <nirvana_m494 at dot dot dot >
wrote:
>
>
> I have a 45# CQR on our SO49 and began having trouble setting the
> anchor. We were in the BVI and never had this happen before. We
> dragged twice, the first time it reset itself; but had dragged
about 100
> yards. The second time we were hit by a sqaull at night and I was
> awakened by the wind and rain. When I went above to check out our
> situation we were moving, of course towards a shallow area; this
was in
> Virgin Gorda Sound.
>
> When we got back to the marina I had been speaking to a few
captains and
> one told me to check the pin that the anchor rotates on, it could
be
> worn. He said what happened was that the anchor sits to one side
and
> because the pin is not circular any longer it tends to set on one
blade.
> I know he was right because I checked the anchor the first time we
> dragged and I had to dive and set it because it was leaning to one
side
> and it could not be set by reversing the engine.
>
> I checked the pin and found that it wasn't cirular any longer, it
had
> been worn out into an oval shape. It was replaced with a new Delta
> anchor.
>
> Sal
>
> s/y NIRVANA
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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