Hello everyone,

I took a closer look at the Sarca  5  kg anchor.

On closer inspection there is a plate on the bottom of the anchor near the tip that has a cavity under it with a top and bottom hole for the water to drain out on retrieval.

So i had already been thinking of weighting the tip of it already as I thought it maybe a little light on and when i saw the drain holes I had a brainwave ,
and I thought that I will fill the cavity up with molten lead  and make my anchor a bit heavier in the process.

I got out the gas ring and put my  full lead pot on the top of it and I lit the fire up.
I thought that I had better plug the lower hole in the anchor to stop the  hot lead from running out  when i poured it in .
There was no need as it was crushed nearly shut in  its construction .

Next i grabbed out my bathroom scales and I pre lead weighed the anchor and to be absolutely true to its name ,it weighed exactly 5kg ,

So then i popped the anchor on top of my  lead pot on the fire to heat up the  anchor mould as this will make the transfer of the molten lead a lot easier.

I actually heated up a lot more lead than i needed for the job as my lead pot was full last time I was finishing  off making sinkers .

Eventually the lead was molten and ready .
I set the hot  to touch anchor  standing up in a suitable position and I pre heated the ladle in the hot pot of lead .

I started carefully pouring the lead in the hole and it was running out the bottom as fast as i was pouring it in
So i  just hesitated,
This allowed the lead to set around the  bottom hole  and i had an instant seal .

I poured in slow and constant hot lead ,
about five ladlefuls,
Until the lead bubbled out of the top hole went everywhere,
and she was done .

I thought put it aside and grab a few sinker moulds while the lead is still hot ,
So i made a few sinkers for out the front , and also some small whiting ones .

So i grabbed a cold chisel from the shed and an engineering hammer and I knocked the  lead dags  off the anchor.

Now for the real test
On to the scales with the anchor and  the Sarka is now a whopping 8.8 Kg

So im pretty pleased with that result and Tiger Ben should have absolutely no trouble picking in .

Just to tart it up a bit  I gave it a quick coat of gloss black and I think it will look nice especially with the addition of a nice 7mt stainless chain .

Ill try and find the missing chain sock tomorrow ,
I have all the necessary shackles needed to assemble it all .

The Sarka has two different chain attachment points .
One is your normal joining point at the end of the anchor shaft.
The other point is at the front of the anchor ,
The idea is that the front pulling point will remove your stuck  fast anchor,
by dragging the pick part of the anchor straight out .

My last anchor was similar but it ran a slot in the top of the anchor arm that ran the length of the complete arm .

This allows a run over pull out retrieval .

Hmm

The Sarca.
With its two fixed holes will also allow this type of retrieval.

I will show you how to set it  up when I assemble it all and it will  work for a similar anchor .

Cheers xxx
Curlyg