Sailing by E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight

Author:E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight [Knight, E. F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781374457850
Google: -hg_vgAACAAJ
Publisher: Creative Media Partners, LLC
Published: 2016-08-29T04:03:03+00:00

The Anchor.—A good anchor should combine various qualities, the chief of which, so far as a yacht’s anchors are concerned, are, holding power, exemption from fouling, and easy stowage. Trotman’s patent anchors appear to us to be the best suited for small yachts. They are manufactured in every size. The two arms of a Trotman’s anchor are in one solid piece and oscillate on a pivot in the shank, so that the arm that is holding the ground is spread out by the strain on the chain; while the other arm folds up along the shank and so offers no projection round which the chain can get foul when the vessel swings. This anchor has great holding power, and is easily stowed on deck. Patent stockless anchors are now made, in which the arms oscillate not to and from the shank, as in Trotman’s, but transversely to it, so that the two arms enter the ground together. These anchors are well spoken of by those who have tried them.

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