- Old style anchors suck.
- New style anchors rock.
Old style brands:
- CQR < bulk of my experience.
- Bruce < more recent experience
- Danforth < very old school, not used on real boats in my lifetime :-p
- Rocna, original?, kiwi designed, china built (these days).
- Manson, kiwi clone?, kiwi built?
- SARCA, ozzy anchor
- Spade, no roll bar, weight based
- Mantus, yanky? Unprofessional marketing, but design looks best.
Rocna "4" = 200nzd including chain http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-m ... 861795.htm
"4" = 4kg and fluke of 460cm2 http://www.rocna.com/product-range/sizing-guides/
4.5kg Manson is also 200nzd without chain.
The Mantus is not available on trademe
Another reason to make my own would be to do better than what I can buy. For that, I'd need to understand the problem thoroughly.
Better might mean:
- Balance (ends up the right way up by itself/more often/more easily/more quickly)
- Weight (less of it to carry around in the boat, design is more important)
- More weight in tip and to a lesser extent in the fluke
- Less weight in the shank
- Less weight in the roll over bar
Pictures that I have cached, click to enlarge:
Rocna:
Manson:
SARCA:
Spade:
Mantus:
Fred.