GPA Anchor with rode chain?

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GPA Anchor with rode chain?

Post by Ccyooper » Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:25 am

My first post in the forum even though I I have been using your knowledge and expertise on the tools and ordnance I collect. I picked this anchor up at a yard sale, I live in a fishing/boating community, and was wondering if the chain rode on this anchor could be original? The anchor is in great condition, 30# Mark II with what appears to be original green paint. From what I could find the line would have been a 3 inch but I assume it would have had a chain rode. It has some specs of green paint, just curios as most pictures off GPA’s don’t show an anchor or the line attached. It looks period
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Re: GPA Anchor with rode chain?

Post by Donovan » Fri Sep 25, 2020 9:52 am

Ccyooper,
GPA maintenance manual illustration seems to suggest that what was connected to the anchor was a cable, not a chain. However, the parts manual does not indicate what it may have been originally.
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Re: GPA Anchor with rode chain?

Post by Ccyooper » Fri Sep 25, 2020 4:19 pm

Thank you for the reply. I’ll keep looking and see if I can find a period picture with the line, cable or chain. Regards


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