Anchor Swivel AKA Kong Italy Brevettato Anchor Swivel.
The Kong Italy Brevettato Anchor Swivel is a high-quality, stainless steel anchor swivel commonly used in marine environments to prevent anchor chain twisting. “Brevettato” translates from Italian as “patented,” indicating a unique design. Here’s how it works and its key features:
Purpose:
An anchor swivel connects the anchor to the chain and allows it to freely rotate, ensuring that the anchor chain doesn’t twist when the anchor turns due to wind or current. This twisting can weaken the chain and make it harder to retrieve or deploy the anchor smoothly.
Key Features:
Material: The Kong Brevettato swivel is made of marine-grade stainless steel (AISI 316), which is corrosion-resistant and highly durable in saltwater environments.
Rotating Mechanism: The swivel has a 360-degree rotating head, which allows the chain to spin without transferring torque or twists to the anchor or boat.
Strength: It is designed for high loads, making it suitable for use with larger anchors and chains found on yachts and commercial vessels.
Compact Design: The swivel is compact and doesn’t add much bulk to the anchor setup, reducing the risk of it getting caught when pulling the anchor up into the bow roller.
Patented Locking System: The patented design ensures the swivel maintains a secure connection between the anchor and the chain, even under heavy loads, while minimizing the risk of failure.
Benefits:
- Reduces Chain Tangles: As the boat shifts due to wind or tides, the swivel ensures that the anchor chain doesn’t twist, making it easier to manage and deploy.
- Prevents Wear and Tear: By reducing twist-related stress, it prevents unnecessary wear on the anchor chain and other anchoring equipment.
- Durability: Built for longevity, especially in harsh marine conditions, which is critical for safety.
The Kong Brevettato swivel is a popular choice among boat owners for its reliability, strength, and smooth performance in various anchoring conditions.
Anchor, Windless with Rode & Chain
Muir Couger Windless
Design:
Key Features:
Horizontal Design: The Muir Cougar has a horizontal layout, which means the motor and gearbox are mounted horizontally on deck, offering easier installation and servicing, especially when space below deck is limited.
High Power: The windlass is designed to handle heavy loads and can accommodate larger chain and rope sizes, making it suitable for heavier anchors.
Motor Options: It typically comes with electric motors in both 12V and 24V options, allowing flexibility for different types of boat electrical systems.
Manual Override: It includes a manual backup system in case of electrical failure, ensuring that the anchor can still be raised or lowered manually.
Rope/Chain Capability: The Muir Cougar can handle both rope and chain (usually a combination of the two), giving users flexibility depending on their anchoring needs.
Durability: Built with marine-grade materials, it is resistant to corrosion and designed to endure harsh saltwater environments. Stainless steel and anodized aluminum components ensure long-term durability.
High-Speed Retrieval: The windlass provides fast retrieval speeds, which is especially helpful when anchoring in deep water or when quick maneuvering is necessary.
Benefits:
- Ease of Use: The electric motor makes raising and lowering the anchor easier and less physically demanding, especially on larger vessels.
- Reliability: With both electric and manual options, it ensures safe anchoring in various conditions.
- Durability: Its construction ensures long service life even in tough marine environments.
The Muir Cougar Windlass is valued for its robust construction, power, and versatility, making it a popular choice for boat owners seeking reliable anchoring equipment.
Using a combination of chain and rode (usually nylon rope) helps boats anchor more effectively by providing strength, shock absorption, and stability. Here’s how each component contributes:
Chain:
- Weight and Holding Power: The weight of the chain helps keep the anchor at the proper angle on the seabed, which is essential for the anchor to dig in and hold securely. The chain increases the “scope” (the length of anchor line relative to the depth), ensuring that the anchor is pulled horizontally along the seabed rather than upwards.
- Durability and Abrasion Resistance: Chain is highly resistant to abrasion and wear from rocks, coral, or rough seabeds. It doesn’t fray like rope, making it more durable when in contact with the ground.
- Prevents Chafing: The chain protects the anchor rode (nylon rope) from chafing against the seabed, especially in conditions with strong currents or waves.
. Rode (Nylon Rope):
- Lightweight and Flexible: Nylon rode is much lighter than chain, making it easier to handle and deploy. It is also easier to store onboard because it takes up less space.
- Shock Absorption: Nylon rope is highly elastic and can stretch under load. This elasticity absorbs shocks from waves, wind, and tidal movement, preventing sudden jerks that could cause the anchor to drag or damage the boat’s cleats and fittings.
- Scope Adjustability: Rode is often used in longer lengths than chain to increase the scope of the anchor line. The combination of chain and rode allows flexibility in anchoring depths without needing excessive chain.
Benefits of Using Both:
- Improved Holding Power: A section of heavy chain at the anchor end of the rode helps keep the anchor in the correct position, providing better holding power.
- Weight and Flexibility Balance: Using all chain would be heavy and harder to handle. The combination of chain and rode balances the weight of the anchor system while still providing shock absorption and durability.
- Reduced Strain on Equipment: The elasticity of the rode paired with the chain reduces the strain on both the anchor and the boat during changes in weather conditions, like gusts of wind or waves.
In summary, using a chain for durability and holding power along with a nylon rode for flexibility and shock absorption creates a more effective and balanced anchoring system for boats. This setup is especially common on yachts, where strength and ease of handling are both important.
Hinged Shank Anchore
Hinged shank delivers superior holding and setting performance in the worst conditions.
An anchor whose initials are an acronym for “Secure,” the CQR™ is a favorite among bluewater cruisers for its strength and performance in a wide range of bottom conditions. The plow shaped design provides excellent penetration and holding power in sand, weeds, rocks and mud. The hinged shank prevents break-out during wind shifts. A trip line can be attached to an eye cast into the horn to make desired break-outs easier when retrieving the anchor. Drop-forged steel construction provides increased strength and reliablility under load– a genuine CQR™ anchor will not break. Hot-dipped galvanized finish offers added corrosion resistance. The combination of the tapered shank and unique hinged plow make for trouble-free anchor roller stowage. Feel secure and rest peacefully in a wide range of conditions with a genuine CQR™ anchor.
Key Features:
- Hinged plow design provides legendary performance
- Provides holding power in a wide range of seabeds
- Penetrates weeds, sand and mud.
- Hooks rocks
- Forged galvanized steel for corrosion resistance
- Self-stabilizing, single point penetration
- Tapered shank and hinged plow makes stowing on an anchor roller easy
- A larger than conventional size is recommended for a given boat size; see chart below
- Lifetime warranty against breakage
CQR™ Anchor Selection Chart
| Weight | Boat Length | Length | Width | Height | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35lb. | 26′-45′ | 38 5/8″ | 13″ | 15″ | 106757 |
| 45lb. | 32′-58′ | 40 5/8″ | 14″ | 17″ | 106765 |
| 60lb. | 45′-65′ | 44″ | 15 3/8″ | 16″ | 176784 |
| 75lb. | 52′-72′ | 46 7/8″ | 16 1/4″ | 17 3/8″ | 349597 |
| 105lb. | 70′-90′ | 47″ | 19″ | 15 1/4″ | 589384 |
| 140lb. | 80′-90′ | 52 5/8″ | 21 1/8″ | 23″ | 6715460 |
| 180lb. | 90′-100′ | 57″ | 23″ | 25″ | 6715478 |
| 240lb. | 100′-102′ | 61 1/2″ | 25 1/4″ | 27 3/8″ | 6715486 |
| 300lb. | 105′-110′ | 66 1/4″ | 27 1/4″ | 29 3/8″ | 6715494 |
| 400lb. | 110′-115′ | 73 1/2″ | 30″ | 32 1/2″ | 6715502 |
| 500lb. | 115′-120′ | 83″ | 32 1/2″ | 34 1/2″ | 6715510 |
| 600lb. | 120′-125′ | 84 1/8″ | 34 1/4″ | 37 3/8″ | 6715528 |
