Hi Dave: I'm really sorry, but it is a Federal offense to ship a Forfjord anchor out of any State bordering the Pacific Ocean. Any Forfjord anchors found on any vessel west of the Great Divide are subject to immediate confiscation and return to Washington State (where they are made). SOZ had to obtain a special permit from the USCG, the Federal Anchor Control Commission and the Forfjord Preservation Society of the PNW. If you look carefully at that picture, you might see a small metal tag affixed to the anchor with the permit numbers showing. Either that or it was an optical illusion created by a deep inner sense of desire to see a "true" anchor. We have one on our Tolly. It works great but don't quote me, it's also a misdemeanor here, to praise a Forfjord except to another fellow owner of one. So you didn't hear it from me. The large drum arrangement with wire and chain is very common with the Alaska fishermen and many other West Coast fishermen. We see them everywhere here. It's the best system of all for deepwater anchoring in all conditions. A great system, but not exactly suited to the foredecks of elegant cruisers. But many robust custom trawler types carry that system. Joe & Debbie Engel Marine Computer Services & JRE Consulting, Inc. MV Freda Fly - 40' Tollycraft Tri-cabin Portland, OR -----Original Message----- From: alabat [mailto:alabat@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 4:51 PM To: TWL Subject: TWL: Forfjord Anchors In the ongoing saga of the travels of Spirit of Zopilote. I noticed its anchor arrangement. <SNIP>

Joe@jre.com writes: >I'm really sorry, but it is a Federal offense to ship a Forfjord >anchor out >of any State bordering the Pacific Ocean. Any Forfjord anchors >found on any >vessel west of the Great Divide are subject to immediate >confiscation and >return to Washington State (where they are made). I take it that that's a joke, n'est pas? Gg

----- Original Message ----- From: George Geist <scaramouche@tvo.org> To: <Joe@jre.com> Cc: <trawler-world-list@samurai.com> Sent: April 21, 2000 5:54 AM Subject: Re: TWL: RE: Forfjord Anchors > Joe@jre.com writes: > >I'm really sorry, but it is a Federal offense to ship a Forfjord > >anchor out > >of any State bordering the Pacific Ocean. Any Forfjord anchors > >found on any > >vessel west of the Great Divide are subject to immediate > >confiscation and > >return to Washington State (where they are made). > > I take it that that's a joke, n'est pas? Gg ------------------------------------------------------------- We don't joke about things like this here in upper left corner. Nor about the rain which falls at least 362 days each year. Or about the fog that makes driving impossible -- we have to install boat radar systems in our cars. Why, just last week we had a serious situation down town with people in a panic and near to rioting. The sun had come out, but since no one had ever seen it before it was taken to be a UFO and...well, it wasn't a pretty situation, I can assure you. And I haven't even gotten to the bears, wolves that await the unsuspecting shopper and...well, you get the picture. And, to top it all off, a couple of years ago we got a Wal-Mart. So. You've been warned. Visit at your own risk. Del Delwin D Fandrich Piano Designer & Builder Hoquiam, Washington USA E.mail: pianobuilders@olynet.com Web Site: http://pianobuilders.olynet.com/