[ill] fisheries of the united states. 755 



Boat anchor. 



Galvanized iron ; adjustable stock, bent at one end. Shank, 16 

 inches long; stock, 15 inches long; spread of flukes, 13 \ 

 inches. Middletown, Conn. 25,162. Presented by Wilcox, 

 Crittenden & Co. Used chiefly for anchoring boats engaged 

 in pleasure fishing. 



Boat anchor. 



Double-end anchor ; called also " Virgin Bocks," " double header," 

 " end for end," " double flukes," "double dory-anchor." Iron ; 

 black ; flukes at each end of shank, those on one end standing 

 at right angles to those on the other. A ring on the shank 

 slides freely to either end, and to this the anchor line is fast- 

 ened. Length of shank, 30 inches ; spread of flukes, 18 

 inches. Provincetown, Mass., 1882. 54,303. Presented by 

 A. E. Crittenden, Middletown, Conn. Used by the Grand 

 Bank hand-line cod fishermen on Virgin Eocks, where an- 

 chors frequently foul on the bottom. A ring in the shank 

 slides back and forth, so that if one end fouls the fisherman 

 can row in the opposite direction and the ring slides to the 

 other head and generally throws the fouled end out. The 

 Virgin Eock grappling is said to be better than the ordinary 

 double-header. 



VOSS'S IMPROVED SELF-STOCKING ANCHOR. 



Galvanized iron. Length of shank, 2£ feet; spread of flukes, 13 

 inches; stock, 1 foot long each side of shank. East Glou- 

 cester, Mass. 39,421. D. C. Voss. 



" This invention consists of a shank and flukes, similar to a com- 

 mon anchor; but its superiority consists in the folding of the 

 stock, which is effected by means of a bar passing through the 

 shank, to which the arms or parts of the stock are pivoted by 

 bolts, the pivoted ends of the stock being so formed as to stop 

 and support the arms at right angles to the shank, and while 

 the folding stock enables you to stow or handle your anchor 

 with ease, it does not prevent it from answering all the pur- 

 poses of a common stock, as the draught of the cable on the 

 shank cannot fail to bring it into position, nor can the cable 

 get foul with the stock, as the pivot enables the stock to fall 

 back, causing the turn of the cable to ship off. It is claimed 

 that its advantages as a trawl anchor cannot be surpassed, as 

 one can stow them anywhere in the dory and they are out of 

 the way, besides the advantage of stowing them in the hold 

 of the vessel (as six or eight of them can be stowed in the 

 same space as one of the common anchors)." 



