Admiralty Anchor, Old Customhouse, Customs Quay, Ahuriri, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
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greysman
S 39° 28.921 E 176° 53.789
60H E 491097 N 5629725
A relatively modern example of an Admiralty Pattern anchor placed alongside the Old Customhouse in Ahuriri township.
Waymark Code: WMH4HR
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 05/21/2013
Views: 4
This anchor is of the Admiralty Pattern, "A.P.", or simply "Admiralty", and is also known as "Fisherman", the anchor shape most familiar to non-sailors. It consists of a central shank with a ring or shackle for attaching the rode. At the other end of the shank there are two arms, carrying the flukes, while the stock is mounted to the other end, at ninety degrees to the arms. When the anchor lands on the bottom, it will generally fall over with the arms parallel to the seabed. As a strain comes onto the rode, the stock will dig into the bottom, canting the anchor until one of the flukes catches and digs into the bottom. From Wikipedia.
This static anchor is laid to the left of the Old Customhouse in Custom Quay, the road along the south side of the inner harbour arm known as the Iron Pot.
The historic Customhouse was built in 1895 and now houses a museum where a fascinating collection of old photographs of buildings, boats, events and characters chronicles Ahuriri's rich past as Napier's original port. One of the iron trypots used by European whalers in the early 19th century for rendering whale oil can be seen outside the Customs House.
For further details and history of the Customhouse see: Customhouse
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