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Anchors
Feb 13, 2024 13:27:34 GMT 12
Post by elliot749 on Feb 13, 2024 13:27:34 GMT 12
Sarca Excel on last two yachts, Farr 1020 and Bavaria 40, would never have any other anchor for the local/harbour/coastal sailing we do.
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Anchors
Feb 14, 2024 13:45:23 GMT 12
Post by GO30 on Feb 14, 2024 13:45:23 GMT 12
If your Bruce is a genuine one keep it, they have a cult following so if the right eyes see it there could be a few bucks to be had. If it is Claw then dump the piece of crap. A few years ago I was snorkeling around the cove at Gt Mercury and found a 10kg Bruce on the bottom, no shackle/chain/warp attached. I can only surmise that someone was so frustrated by its poor performance they threw it as far away as they could . Still have it sitting at home along with 2 old ploughs, one labelled a "Seaqure". Nice. I organised the sale of a 50kg Bruce, and we are talking the genuine one, from one world cruiser to another after the first wanted to change to another anchor. I knew another boat in Bayswater wants a 50 and liked Bruce so got the 2 together. Seller was happy as due to selling it for the same price he paid 1.5 circumnavigations earlier, the buyer wrapped as he had the real deal.
Interestingly the cult which are world cruisers loves these things yet they tend to be bottom of any load tests. They also release bloody fast under load. The load tracking shows they load up then BOOM they near fly out of the ground before porpoising back into load up again to fly out again,it is rather unique in doing that.Peak loads tend to be around 50% of the newer ones.....thinking as he writes this the Spade which kicked it all off and is the genesis of rocna, shovel, supreme, mantis and a few others has to be at least 25 years old now.
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Anchors
Feb 14, 2024 14:47:51 GMT 12
Post by Punter on Feb 14, 2024 14:47:51 GMT 12
Dropped in to check the lifelines thread (hint hint) and saw this post.
I have a solid bronze Bruce look-a-like. It has no markings or engraving on it. Do you know anything about these? Brand, manufacturer, years made?
I have not been able to find any details...
Thing has never dragged, most it has been in was 45 knots at Izzy Bay... but I know I am living on borrowed time... after all it's still a Bruce
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Anchors
Feb 15, 2024 10:52:55 GMT 12
Post by GO30 on Feb 15, 2024 10:52:55 GMT 12
Ready to test the Supercable splices once the bed gets sorted, we had a wee oppsy delay the rebuild, which I won't describe here as it'll be great evidence for Worksafe to use Solid bronze will be a one off or similar, I can't think of any who made any in volume but there are a few mobs who have patterns made for Classics. The foundry in Silverdale has a couple of patterns and has made bronze anchors. Don't know if they have Bruce like but they do have a couple of danforth and plow patterns. I wouldn't expect the plows to be great holders so you'd want to make sure you have lots of chain out to help them. There is a large growth in Classics worldwide so more stuff is being made 'classic looking' which is good. When I say classic looking I mean if you suss a growing number of classics in NZ you'll find the old galvanised wire is SK99 dyneema and the old looking ropes are as state of the art as you'll find on Squaddys Div 1 start line.
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