Who's got a Rocna?

[Shaun]

Gday,
Decided on getting a new Rocna anchor, 15kg would be bomb-proof, but wondering if anyone has the 10kg & has any comments, cheers

[Tales]

Hi Shaun,
I bought a Rocna 15 for my S&S 34 and according to the calculator on the Flook site it should be good for 60 knots.
Cheers,
Tom

[lockie]

Probably irrelevant, since you asked about Rocna so forgive my digression, bit it might be of interest.

I bought a size 3 (12.5kg) Sarca Excel for a recent Bass Strait cruise in my Compass 28 (displ 3.3 tonnes). It performed very well, holding in sand in gusts up to 30 knots, and in weed with winds of around 15 knots. Whilst these aren't terribly arduous situations, I did note that it was much harder to break out than its 25lb CQR predecessor. I took this to indicate that it was doing a better job of digging itself into the seabed.

Cheers, Graeme

[Peter57]

G'day Shaun, how is that junk rigged boat of yours? For my Rival 34 I have a Sarca excel No.4 - 16 kg - and I think they are good anchors. The sarca is made in Australia whereas the NZ Rocna is now made in China and has had some issues with steel quality but I think that is now resolved. Both good anchors but I just preferred the sarca.

10 kg would be ample for the Tophat I would think.

Your spare manson 35 lber is probably gone by now but if it was still there and I was heading down that way I would get it as a spare anchor. Cheers Peter

[Troppo]

I don't have a Rocna so please ignore my post if too off topic. I have a Manson Boss 15 lb. Using it on sand and mud, been working extremely well. Lighter than my CQR and there is one big difference I was surprised about. When retrieving and pulling practically straight up, I have in the past with the CQR needed to tie off and use the motor to try and rip the anchor up however the Boss on that last bit to get out of the seabed seems much easier. Haven't had to use the motor to force it out. [And I am not using the sliding shank thing which makes it even easier to lift out of seabed.] So it sets easy and holds hard but it lets go easy enough on retrieval.

troppo

[bornfreee]

Easy break out is not a feature i would be looking for in an anchor.

[Troppo]

Easy break out is not a feature i would be looking for in an anchor.

Hmm, could you explain your thinking there Bornfree, I don't understand why you would not want it.

I am talking about pulling the anchor directly up from the seabed so a scope of zero which is totally different from the holding power of an anchor with normal scope of rode out. With flood conditions coming and going on the river here and setting the anchor deeply I had trouble getting the old anchor released, sometimes taking two of us on the chain or running the boat forward at 3/4 throttle with practically all the rode up and the bow plunging down before the anchor releases. New anchor after the flood, once I got the boat right over the anchor still took a little work but way easier and less stress on the boat.

troppo

[bornfreee]

Hi Troppo if i had to sit out a big blow the anchor that took the full power of the bow and motor to break out would always be my choice.
For ease of use i would have s small danforth for those short stops.
Very reasuring to have an anchor that just wont let go.

[Troppo]

Very reasuring to have an anchor that just wont let go.

Hehe, that's why I like moorings with several heavy wagon wheels at the bottom and 20mm rope up the top to tie to. Pity the darn things are too big to carry around.

troppo

[bornfreee]

Having got a certificate of breaking strain on my chain using tested shackles and using over size anchors is the very reason i use and trust my anchoring gear, that very conveinant mooring that is empty for who knows when is not the place i would like to be in serious weather.
Even our very own moorings get negleted as friends up north have found out they had a diver from out of town who found the local guy had under built their moorings only found this out when a 42ft Swanson broke her mooring and ended up ashore her gear was near new, I TRUST my anchoring gear it gets used regular so i get to trust it and can check it every time i use it.