Fiorentino Anchor Construction
For Reliable Durability & Outstanding Performance
"Concerning
any
heavy-duty
lifesaving equipment, the term
over-design is a limp reason to justify
the purchase of lightweight articles
merely to save a few dollars, a few
pounds of storage or to justify an
outmoded method of design and
manufacture."
-Dan Shewmon, engineer and
author of Sea
Anchors & Drogues.
All Fiorentino anchors are engineered
and rigged by offshore experts with
exstensive hands-on experience.
Gerrard
Fiorentino rigs his nylon
para-anchors with heavy sea conditions
in mind. Everything on Fiorentino
anchors are designed to handle abuse
from heavy surges created by wave, wind,
and currents. Zack Smith,
a leading authority in drag device
behavior, provides live footage of the
drag devices he's designed in a series
of educational
videos.
Round Fishing Shroud Lines Commercial fishing lines
offer superior elasticity to promote necessary stretch and reduce shock loads on your boating equipment.
Commercial fishing lines won't kink or tangle and each shroud line registers an average tensile strength of 2,500 pounds. Fiorentino uses a maximum number of parachute lines to offer a superior uniform pull on the parachute canopy. This action accelerates inflation and increases the para-anchor's workload capacity by placing less stress on your boat and reducing surges created by a deflated parachute. All nylon shroud lines are individually calibrated with pull scales.
Commercial fishing line is the only line
specifically designed for ocean use.
Heavy Canopy Panels
Fiorentino canopies are made from heavy, zero porosity, nylon materials which means they won't rot or mold. Plus, they offer superior drag because the nylon is water-resistant. This high level of quality is a part of the design of every canopy Fiorentino makes. First, large numbers of pie-like panels are cut and prepped for sewing. Each panel is then meticulously seamed together and tightly reinforced to form a uniform shape in the canopy. The vast number of panels sewn into a single canopy allows it to better maintain its shape underwater. Unlike other manufacturers' anchor canopies, which are designed to blow panels, Fiorentino canopies are designed to withstand heavy seas. That can make quite a difference when sailing in storm conditions!
Patented Stainless Steel Hardware
The exclusive Para-Ring®
-- the world's
first and only Anchor Stabilizer
is incorporated into the design of all Fiorentino anchors.
Fiorentino's specialty hardware is made from high-quality
stainless steel that provides the greatest strength and
highest resistance to corrosion. The Para-Ring®
hardware can also be purchased separately to replace
galvanized shackles found on sea anchors today that can
quickly breakdown and lock up.
Materials
FIORENTINO'S OFFSHORE & COASTAL ANCHORS®
are constructed with all-new materials. Fiorentino never uses scraps or seconds. All Fiorentino materials are pre-selected from reliable manufactures and tested during offshore and land drills to insure maximum safety.
Proper weight placement
For over
six decades weight placement has been used successfully in the rigging of Fiorentino's parachutes. Proper weight placement on Fiorentino's storm anchor canopy reduces the chance of canopy rotation to keep shroud lines from fouling the canopy shut.
Here's how it works
The weight placement sewn on one section of the canopy rotates the para-anchor until that portion of the parachute is directed away from the water's surface. Alternating tension and slack on your anchor rode creates an underwater roller-coaster effect on the para-anchor. Tension on your anchor rode pulls the para-anchor toward the surface, while slack causes Fiorentino's exclusive hardware and canopy weight to sink. If a strong current influences some underwater spinning of your para-anchor, Fiorentino's exclusive hardware will immediately align the para-anchor to insure your canopy remains inflated at all times.
Personal Service and Strict Quality Control
Fiorentino is equipped to handle special orders for those people requiring special care. We can rig any type of stainless steel hardware to a para-anchor, construct any size para-anchor, and we will add or remove: weights, floats, shroud lines, or trip lines. All Fiorentino para-anchors are personally rigged and inspected by our master rigger before shipment to insure strict quality control.
Comparing The 9-Foot
Fiorentino Offshore anchor to
the 9-Foot Fiorentino Coastal anchor (Note:
larger para-anchors retain higher tensile strength)
9' OFFSHORE ANCHOR with
exclusive Para-Ring®
Technolgoy
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High-Density Canopy: 12,000 lbs.
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5/8' Anchor Stabilizer (Para-Ring) 25,000 lbs.
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2" Canopy Skirt Webbing: 4,000 lbs.
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1" Vent Hole Webbing: 1,500 lbs.
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16 Nylon Shroud Lines: 2,500 lbs.
9' COASTAL ANCHOR with
exclusive Para-RING®
Technology
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Low-Density Canopy: 6,000 lbs.
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1/2" Anchor Stabliizer (Para-Ring) 20,000 lbs.
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2" Canopy Skirt Webbing: 4,000 lbs.
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1" Vent Hole Webbing: 1,500 lbs.
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8 Nylon Shroud Lines: 2,500 lbs.
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