Testimonials

A word of thanks for your incredible anchor. When we left the United States back in 2011, our boat was fitted out with a real pretty stainless steel CQR knock off. Previous owner wanted to show some “bling” on the bow of his boat. Personally, I’d prefer better holding than “bling”. As we crossed the Pacific, I dove on our “bling” and found it just didn’t seem to be up to the task for our boat(we weigh in at 22 tons). When we were anchored in the Cook Islands, a boat anchored right behind us had the shank of his really pretty stainless steel anchor break. It looked just like ours! He was lucky to still be on his boat when it snapped or he would have surely lost it on the reef right behInd his boat.

I went about asking other cruisers what they had and what they preferred and what I saw on the bow of different boats. When we got to Fiji, I ordered an 44 kilo Rocna anchor and had it shipped in from New Zealand. Haven’t regretted it for a single second. It held us tight in many anchorages where others had broken loose. We held fast in 75 knot winds that saw other boats anchors drag and end up on reefs. We had a cruiser behind us and his held just like ours did. Both of us were using Rocna anchors.

I just wanted everyone in your company how great full we are for such an amazing product and how it always allowed us to sleep at night once we had it set in what ever was below us. I just wish other companies made as great a product. When we were in Thailand, we found a bit of rust on it and your agent brought us out a new one, once he inspected it on our bow at the marina we were in. Now that’s great service. Heck, he even offered us the next larger one for free but we just didn’t think our windlass could handle it.

Again, my wife and I (and our two cats)just wanted to say thank you for such a great piece of cruising equipment!

The back story, and the reason why I was in 23 meters of water, is because the Philippine Navy denied me to anchor where I had chosen my spot in 10 meters of water because I was a foreigner anchoring too close to their jetty.

Time was running out and things were becoming desperate and the only other option, with a bit of protection from SW and confirmed mud bottom was the area with 23 meters. By the time we had deployed all anchors, chain and 3 bridals, the wind was already gusting to 25kts. The fact that the 2 Rocnas held me in an overall 5:1 scope with 1.5m waves was amazing.

Yes, I did run my engines to help reduce the loads. Lessons learned, and one of them is to never make a decision as to where to anchor until it’s less than 24 hours away. I made a decision 72 hours in advance, going South to put distance between myself and the typhoon. What was supposed to be an 80nm additional distance, ended up just 15nm.

We were traveling with our good friends Bonnie and Kevin Nasr in their 55ft Ocean Alexander, the Ocean Dream. The anchorage was filled with boats and so we decided to raft together with a stern tie to shore. High winds were expected overnight so for added insurance we used the dinghy to set our anchor as well.

The Ocean Dream had a 105 lb CQR and the Red Raven had a 33 lb Rocna 15. The winds howled all night and we stayed firm with no issues. In the morning we decided to make a run to the Squirrel Cove Public Dock for groceries and do laundry. We pulled the Rocna 15 and left in the Red Raven. The winds were still blowing but no worse than during the night.

Several hours later we returned to find the Ocean Dream had dragged anchor and was perilously close to the rocks ashore. We quickly pulled the Ocean Dream anchor and re-anchored elsewhere in the cove.

Our conclusion was that the Rocna 15 had made the difference! The Ocean Dream now sports a new 121 lb Rocna 55!

I just wanted to let you know how pleased we are with our Rocna anchor. We purchased it 2 years ago and couldn’t be happier. Since we have been raving about it there is 5 more just on our dock since then. It’s very nice to find a piece of marine gear that works as advertised without question. Thank you!

I am certainly a very happy customer so far. I will sleep good on the hook tonight because I feel confident my anchor will hold.

I am certainly a very happy customer so far. I will sleep good on the hook tonight because I feel confident my anchor will hold.

I am certainly a very happy customer so far. I will sleep good on the hook tonight because I feel confident my anchor will hold.

I have a complaint about the Rocna anchor… it’s too good!

I have a 2002 Maxum 4200 SCR that weighs about 34,000 pounds with twin Cummins 450C Diesels. The anchor that came with my boat was a beautiful polished stainless steel plow type. That gorgeous anchor couldn’t secure my boat to save its life. I remember trying 10 times to anchor my boat in a calm bay and the damn thing wouldn’t catch. As an anchor, it’s life is over because I did my research and bought a 20 kilo Rocna. Each time I’ve anchored my boat after buying the Rocna, the anchor secured the boat on the first attempt. I had no problem using only my Rocna with two additional boats of almost equal size. Last week I was in about 16 feet of water in Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL USA ( sand and mud mostly ) and when it came time to pull the anchor up, my shackle broke and my Rocna was left at the bottom. Before the break, the anchor was so secure that it bent the anchor chain pulpit which is a very strong thick polished stainless steel. I had a Captain operating the boat and he was directly overhead and then tried to unhook the anchor by using various angles. The Rocna was burried deeply and securely set.

I was angry that I lost the Rocna (forgot to note the GPS location) but happy to know the Rocna was THAT GOOD.

I bought the exact same anchor a few days later along with some goggles and fins so I can search for my first Rocna. Knowing that the Rocna is so good, I’ll be prepared next time it sets too strong.

I can’t brag enough about this anchor so thank you for a great design.

I want to share a story of success with you. I bought a Rocna for my 10m catamaran and put it to a good test while anchored in Loch Eriboll on the north coast of Scotland. Despite a stormforce 10 blowing through the Rocna held firm which truly made me realize that I had made the right choice!

If you want to check out the footage, have a look under the ‘Other bits’ section of my blog and you will see a video entitled ‘The Rocna, my hero’!

Rocna 44 holds through hurricanes Irma and Maria!

Just wanted you to know how much I appreciate your product. I am in St Maarten on my Cheoy Lee 44′ and the boat just went through hurricanes Irma which was a direct hit with winds gusting to 250mph, and hurricane Maria right after with winds of 125mph. I had my boat in a marina with my Rocna 44 set on 3/4″ anchor line in about 15 feet of water and that anchor never broke loose. It held through both storms and stopped the bow of my boat from moving in a lateral motion. This probably saved all my dock lines from breaking. As you may know about 90% of all the boats on the island sank, so I consider myself very lucky. I have owned boats for 35 years and your anchor is the best I have owned so far. Keep up the good work guys.

Rubicon 3 heads off on sailing expeditions to some of the world’s more remote areas and having a top quality anchor is paramount for us. Anchored off somewhere like the coast of Greenland, we need to know that our anchor will penetrate and hold in almost any environment. It sets well, has huge holding power and deals effectively with difficult seabeds such as kelp. This is a top quality anchor.