Hey Sailor(s)!
You all might have to forgive me, I am in the last day or so on isolation from about with COVID. As I was reading Deadrise's thread on anchoring I cannot seem to help but to pass along a interesting anchor fact.
When we purchased our current Windrunner, it came with a great deal of gear, charts, books, and charts. Also a bunch of ground tackle: 400 ft of chain, over 700ft of 3/4 inch line, a Northill, CQR, Bruce, sea plane, and Danforth anchors. Not that the PO was paranoid, we have never met him, but he was prepared. There were also a JVS drogue and parachute type drogue. I digress.
There were also a fair amount of books. Among them was a slim Readers Digest size book on the history of anchors. It talked about the CQR anchor as being developed by a couple of engineers in California around 1930 or so originally as a sea plane anchor since it could be stowed in parts. The book went on to explain what CQR stands for! (here it comes) SECURE You have to say it slowly.
I was blown away. Although I have used Bruce anchors since the 1980's, I have wondered what CQR stood for. Now I know.
regards charlie
Yes, but what does "Bruce" stand for? :)
Bruce is the name of the anchor's designer, originally intended for very arge anchors for oil drilling platforms.