Anchor for a lobster smack?

[Namabiiru]

Hi, everyone! I'm working on Midwest Products' Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack and am nearly ready to start rigging her. I've made a few upgrades to the kit and I have a mind to fashion an anchor for her. Does anyone have any good references on what kind of anchor a working boat from the late 1800s would have carried? A picture would be worth a thousand words!

 

[Uwek]

I could imagine, that such a small boat would have had such an anchor



but there are so much anchor types possible ..... maybe also a small Martin anchor

https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/object?type%5B0%5D=Equipment%20model%3B%20Anchor%20model&page=0

 

[Namabiiru]

Thanks, Uwek!

 

[Namabiiru]

There was an interesting-looking spade anchor on that website, and I think I have seen similar anchors on other small craft so I tried my hand at that.



Seems a bit over-scale to me, but I'm not sure how big it really should be.

 

[Uwek]

Looking very good - a very interesting "alternative" - and in my opinion in scale

 

[Don Case]

There was an interesting-looking spade anchor on that website, and I think I have seen similar anchors on other small craft so I tried my hand at that.
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Seems a bit over-scale to me, but I'm not sure how big it really should be.

That is really well done! Good job!

 

[Namabiiru]

Thank you for the positive comments, Gents!