Anchor Identification

[eponym]

Boaters:

I found an anchor on a local lake dive today and have never seen its like. (My sailing days were mostly blue-water, and the Bruce design was new back when I was learning the ropes.) This anchor has a rudimentary fluke pair welded to each end of an eighteen-inch-long pipe with another eighteen-inch pipe section as shank.

It's coated with black plastic and weighs about 25 pounds. If anyone can identify it by type or make I'd appreciate hearing from you. Or maybe it's a custom or local item.

Best regards,
Bryan

 

[deepwater]

I don't think that's an anchor, it looks like a device I've seen used for dragging the bottom.

 

[Dyno Bill]

It doesn't look like a typical anchor but it's rigged so the ring link is a breakaway in case the anchor is stuck so it must be an anchor for some specific use or area.

 

[boydski]

It's a river anchor, very commonly used in the Pacific Northwest by the Jet Sleds that fish the rivers (like the Columbia). I think the actual name of that style of anchor is a "Rocker Anchor".

 

[Glock Diver]

I've seen similar designs referred to as 'River Anchor' also. They too were coated in rubber.

...but I've always wondered why.

 

[riverdiver]

I have one of those, I found last year it is very rusty and no rubber. I would say it is a drag anchor for fishing we have a very strong current here in the St.Clair river. I think that is why the flukes are so small on it, so they will not bite in.