Killicks are primitive anchors formed by lashing tree branches to a stone for weight. Greeks were using mushroom anchors by 400 B.C. fashioned from a flattened stone with a hole … See more

Until the beginning of the 19th century anchors were of imperfect manufacture, the means of effecting good and efficient welding being … See more

At the beginning of the 20th century, the stockless anchors principally in use in the British Navy were Hall's improved, Byer's, and Wasteneys Smith's.
In Hall's improved … See more

Continued development of small boat anchor patterns
The "Bulwagga" is essentially a modified fluke style anchor which made itself known at the very beginning of the 2000s. Rather than two flukes in a symmetrical configuration, it … See more

• Blackwell, Alex & Daria; Happy Hooking – the Art of Anchoring, 2008, 2011, 2019 White Seahorse; ISBN 978-1795717410
• Hinz, Earl R.; The Complete Book of Anchoring and Mooring, Rev. 2d ed., 1986, 1994, 2001 Cornell Maritime Press; ISBN See more