Jeanneau supplied anchor

[bill42i]

Does anyone have an issue with the "Danforth" type folding anchor that seems to be coming as standard from the factory? The first time I retrieved the anchor on my 42i; the offset roller brought one of the sharp points into contact with the stem and took out a lump of gel-coat the size of a 10p piece. Looking at the set up it seems all but impossible to stow the anchor without it hitting the stem. I only tried it the once and then changed it for a Delta. Seems to have done the trick as no further damage - so far. From experience the Delta also seems to hold better.

[MartyB]

DuFour has a metal plat that can go on the stem of the boat, being as they too have a fairly vertical stem, and hitting an anchor of any sort is reasonably easy to do. This metal piece does seem to help slow down the GelCoat dings. Not sure if Jeanneau has something, or, if this is also available aftermarket in someway shape or form.

As far as holding power goes........not sure what to say on that one, as most anchors do have there ground of choice where they have a tendency to work best! I personally use a different plow style like a Delta.

marty

[MalcolmP]

It seems to be down to what the commissioning agents ask for

Clarke and Carter do not accept the French anchors and will supply an anchor of your choice

We have found the Delta works well on both our SO34.2 and now SO39i although with the more plumb stem you have to be careful about the anchor swinging as it can still touch the stem, but self stows well and gives reassuring holding in most anchoring conditions we have experienced

I do use a rope of about 5m with a clove hitch though to avoid the chain coming in direct contact with top sides when being blown forward on the rode in wind over tide conditions

Malcolm

[Trevor]

We had our boat delivered without an anchor. I think Danforths are good for smaller boats when you may want them to store flat but we purchased a Manson 40 pound anchor and all chain rode. The Manson is good because the stem of the anchor fits very nicely on the bow roller. We have a 36 footer and when that anchor is set we feel fairly secure. So far we haven't had a problem with hitting the stem but according to conditions we are reasonably careful to avoid that.

Regards,

Trevor

[Jeff Motley]

I have a SF35 with the same plumb bow. I personally payout the first 8 feet of chain, and manually pull in the last 8 feet to try and avoid the gel coat mash. A good machine shop can make you a stainless steel protector, but the ones I have seen are either ungainly in appearance or dented...or both.

In terms of anchors, most of the anchorages in the Pacific north West are mud, mud/sand, and as Marty suggested the Delta is a very popular model as well as CQR. I personally use a Bruce knock off and have found it to be excellent. I have no experience with Danforth, but good experience with Fortress, a light weight Danforth look alike.

I had the gel coat chips repaired this year very reasonably.

Great boats!

Jeff

[mkremedy]

I have a 22 lbs Delta/Lewmar w/ full chain on our 36i and it seems to work fine, although we have not tried to pull up our anchor in a heavy sea condition.

mkremedy
hull 186