WO2004031031A1

WO2004031031A1 - Boat-anchoring equipment

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Publication number: WO2004031031A1
Application number: PCT/IT2002/000633
Authority: WO
Inventors: Alessandro Vismara
Original assignee: Mas S.R.L.
Priority date: 2002-10-04
Filing date: 2002-10-04
Publication date: 2004-04-15
Also published as: AU2002349821A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to an anchorage equipment for a boat comprising at least one anchor (2); elements moving the anchor form a position either hoisted on the boat or weighed to a lowered position ; said equipment being suited to being housed in a compartment (8) provided on the boat, and further comprising a support structure (11) extending in a longitudinal substantially straight direction, said structure being suitable for being fixed to said compartment (11); a bracket (12) cooperating with said anchor (2) to support such that it is left free to be lowered and/or weighed ; said bracket (12) being operationally linked in a translating manner with said support structure (11), remaining substantially parallel to said substantially straight direction, moving from a withdrawn or closed position, in which said bracket (12) is substantially entirely housed in said compartment (8), to an extended or open or lowered position, in which said bracket (12) is arranged at least partly outside said compartment (8) such that the anchor (2) can be lowered with this cooperating.

Description

DESCRIPTION "Boat-ancho ing equipment"

The present invention relates to a boat-anchoring equipment and, in particular, to anchoring equipment for pleasure boat, sailboat or motorboat, cruising boats, or racing boats.

There is a tendency in the boat-building field to adopt some structural solutions which can provide boats with an even more pleasing and attractive appearance. In particular, in the field of the arrangement of boat hulls, particularly for racing use, the tendency is to provide the hulls with particularly smooth line, so that they adopt an aggressive appearance, at the same time giving an impression of lightness. The tendency has therefore become established to construct hulls having outer skins which are defined by smooth surfaces, without discontinuities in the lines joining the surfaces, and which, above all, are free of openings interrupting their continuity. At the same time, however, there is the need to provide the boat with some devices which are necessary for its navigation, and which, owing to their structural configuration and their functional purpose, need to project from the outer skin of the hull. In particular, this requirement relates to the anchor and to the equipment for handling it.

In arrangements known in the field, there are various solutions with regard to the positioning and to the support of the anchor. However, these solutions, keep the anchor in a position such that it remains in view when the boat is underway, or is housed visible housing, or in housing involving at least a part of the deck.

In a typical arrangement, when the boat is underway, the anchor remains suspended on the side of the hull, hanging on a chain or cable and, in some arrangements, is secured in position by restraining means. The anchor chain extends into the hull through openings formed in its outer skin, and is wound on an anchor-winch, which is generally driven by electric motors .

Clearly, a solution of this type involves the need to leave the anchor in view, when the boat is underway or, in some arrangements, to provide a box-like element which may have various configurations but, in any case, is positioned in view, outside the hull.

Moreover, in the mentioned arrangements, it is necessary to provide openings in the outer skin of the hull in order to bring the anchor chain or cable below decks. All of this clearly involves the disadvantage of giving the hull a heavier appearance, which is more marked the larger the dimensions of the anchor. Moreover, the openings in the outer skin interrupt the continuity of the external surface of the outer skin, which detracts from the sporty appearance given to the outer skin by an absence of openings therein.

There is therefore a need to provide boat- anchoring equipment which does not detract from the appearance of the boat, and which, at the same time, does not have openings in the hull which interrupt the continuity of the surfaces of its outer skin.

Solutions for housing the anchor's moving equipment inside seats provided in the deck or bridge that can only be partly closed when the anchor is in use are also known.

A solution of this type is known from GB-A- 2339181.

The object of the present invention is to provide a boat-anchoring equipment which can solve the abovementioned problem and at the same time overcome the disadvantage provided with reference the prior art .

This problem is solved by a boat-anchoring equipment as stated in claim 1, and by a boat as stated in claim 49. Further characteristics and advantages of the anchorage equipment according to the present invention will appear from the description carried below of a preferred example of embodiment thereof, which is given as a non-limiting example, with reference to the attached figures, in which:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a bow portion of a boat;

Figure 2 represents a side perspective view of the bow of figure 1, with the forepeak open, the anchor's moving equipment extended and anchor in a partly lowered position;

Figure 3 shows a perspective view of a section of a bow portion with the anchor' s moving equipment withdrawn;

Figure 4 represents a front perspective view of a detail of the equipment of figure 3 ;

Figure 5 shows a side perspective view of the anchor's moving equipment in an extended position; Figure 6 represents a top perspective view of a detail of Figure 5 ;

Figure 7 shows a bottom perspective view of a detail of Figure 5 ;

Figure 8 represents a perspective view of a further detail of figure 5; Figure 9 shows a side section of a bow portion with the anchor's moving equipment in a withdrawn position;

Figures 10 to 12 show three stages of the extension of the equipment of figure 9 and of anchorage;

Figure 13 shows a top section view of a bow portion with the anchor's moving equipment in an extended position; and Figure 14 shows a top section view of a bow portion with the anchor's moving equipment in a withdrawn position.

With reference to the attached figures, moving equipment of an anchor, or anchoring equipment of a boat has been overall indicated with 1.

Said equipment also includes at least one anchor 2, which is suitable to anchor the boat.

The description given below concerns the anchorage equipment 1 in a preferred embodiment thereof, in which said equipment is positioned at the boat's bow. This description is a non-limiting example of embodiment, as said equipment, according to similar structural and functional characteristics, is suitable for .being placed in areas of the hull of the boat other than the bow. The hull 3 of the boat is provided with a double wall structure, preferably at the boat's bow. An inner wall 4 constitutes a bearing structure for said hull, while an outer wall 5 constitutes a portion of the outer skin 6 of the hull 3.

The inner wall 4 and the outer wall 5 of the hull 3, as well as a portion 7' of the deck floor 7, define a compartment, for example a forepeak 8.

In other words, said forepeak is defined by the inner wall 4 of the hull 3, by the outer wall 5 of the outer skin 6 and overhead, by a portion 7' of the deck floor 7.

The outer wall 5 of the hull 3 comprises a mobile portion adapted to form an opening 9 through the anchor's housing.

According to one embodiment, the anchorage equipment comprises at least one anchor 2 and elements moving the anchor 10 from a position either hoisted on the boat or weighed (Figures 3, 4, 9 and 14), to a lowered position (Figures 2, 5 as a section lining and 12) . Said equipment 1 is suitable for being housed in the compartment 8 provided on the boat, and further comprises a support structure 11 extending in a longitudinal substantially straight direction. Said structure 11 is suitable for being fixed to said compartment, for example, meaning that is suitable for being fixed to at least one wall of the compartment 8. The equipment further comprises a bracket 12 that cooperates with said anchor 2 such that it is supported free of being lowered and/or hoisted. Said bracket 12 is operatively connected in a translating manner with said support structure 11, so that when it moves from a withdrawn or closed position, in which said bracket 12 is substantially entirely housed in said compartment 8, either to an extended or open position or lowered position of the anchor, in which said bracket 12 is at least partly arranged outside said compartment 8 such that the anchor can be lowered with this cooperating, said bracket remains in a substantially parallel position to said substantially straight direction defined by the support structure 11.

According to one embodiment, said equipment is suitable for being housed in a closable compartment 8 of the boat, such that the anchor 4 can be hidden when it is in its hoisted or weighed position with regard to the outside of the boat. In particular, this equipment 1 is suitable for being housed in the forepeak 8.

Advantageously, this equipment 1 includes at least one hatch 13 suitable for closing the opening 9 of said compartment 8 to hide the anchor 2. According to one embodiment, said peak 8 has the closable opening 9 which is arranged substantially at a portion of the sides, or bow walls, which is suitable for remaining substantially above the surface of the water 14 in stationary conditions of the boat .

Preferably, this peak 8 has a closable opening 9 which is arranged substantially at the cutwater 15, or outer corner of the forward face of the hull . As a further advantage, said at least one hatch 13 are two hatches forming two portions placed side by side of the bow walls defining the cutwater 15 of the hull 3.

According to one embodiment, said at least one hatch 13 is linked to a frame 16 movably supported so that it enables the at least one hatch 13 to move from a closed position of the compartment 8 (Figures 1, 3, 9 and 14) to an open position of the compartment 8 (Figures 2, 5, 10, 11, 12 and 13) for the movement of the bracket 11 from said withdrawn position to said extended position. Advantageously, this mobile frame 16 is operationally linked to said bracket 11 for the movement of this frame 16 with hatch 13 during the movement of the bracket from its extended position to its withdrawn position. For example, said mobile frame 16 includes an arm 17 fitted with accompanying means 18 suitable for cooperating with stopping means 19 provided on said bracket 11 to press the frame 16 to

^■ the closed position of the at least one hatch 13

(Figure 7) . Said at least one frame associated with the at least one hatch is, for example, hinged to one side of the support structure 11 such that it can rotate around a Z-Z axis, which is transversal to the straight extension direction of the structure 11. A first arm 22 of the frame extends to support the hatch, while a second arm 17, which is preferably shorter, extends in the opposite direction under the support structure 11 until it reaches a fissure 21 provided in the support structure, within which the accompanying means 18 that are adapted to meet with said stopping means move. Owing to the different length ratio established between the arm 22 supporting the hatch and the arm 17 of the frame 16 cooperating with the bracket 12, the opening/closure of the at least one hatch 13 is achieved with a small travel of the bracket . For example, with a 20mm travel of bracket, one achieves the complete opening of the hatch 13.

According to one embodiment, said equipment 1 includes elastic means 20 that constantly influence said at least one hatch 13 to open (Figures 6 and 7) . For example, said elastic means are at least one gas spring 20, preferably two, which are placed above the support structure 11 and one acting between the two arms of opposite frames, placed below the support structure. Said elastic means 20 are counter-opposed by the bracket 12 that, while moving from the extended position to the withdrawn one, forces, thanks to the stopping means 19, the at least one hatch 13 via the respective frame 16. According to one embodiment, said mobile frame 16 comprises an arm 22 suitable for supporting the at least one hatch 13, said frame 16 being hinged to the support structure 11 to allow the frame 11 to move, that brings the at least one hatch 13 from the closed position to the open position and vice versa (Figure 13) . According to one embodiment, said support structure 11 is fixed, for example, via a bottom plate 23, to the bulkhead 4, preferably watertight, which separates said compartment 8 from further spaces as defined by the hull 3 of the boat . Advantageously, said support structure 11 is fixed as a cantilever to said bulkhead 4. However, as a further advantage, either said support structure may be fixed to the hull via at least one reinforcement beam, or said support structure may be linked, as a reinforcement, to the hull only or also near to its end 24 opposite the bulkhead 4 defining said compartment (Figure 14) .

According to one embodiment, said ' support structure 11 comprises a guide frame for the substantially straight translation of said bracket 12. For example, said support structure 11 comprises boxlike elements 25, preferably beams with channel sections opposed to each other, optionally linked to each other by cross plates, defining a straight- extending housing 26 suitable for holding the bracket 12, in particular during its translating movement between said withdrawn position and said extended position (Figure 4) . The inner walls defining said housing 26 have a plurality of guides 27, counter- opposed to each other and cooperating with the bracket 12 so that it can slide into said straight housing.

According to one embodiment, said plurality of guides

27 are sliding blocks made from anti-friction material.

As a further advantage, safety means 28 are comprised which are suited for blocking said bracket in a withdrawn and/or extended position, for example simple, manual or remote controlled pins and/or interrupting an electric circuit for the starting up of the anchor's moving equipment, housed in specific housings provided in the support structure 11, as well as in aligned housings of the bracket 12. As already described above, said support structure

11 has a longitudinal fissure 21. Said fissure 21 is also suitable for the passage of at least one portion of the anchor 2 supported and partly housed in the bracket during the anchor's movement from the withdrawn position to the extended position and vice versa. For example, through the fissure the bracket houses the shank and a large part of the neck of the anchor, leaving only the arms suspended below the bracket and the support structure (Figure 3) .

Advantageously, to guide the movement of the rope or the chain, by means of which the moving elements hoist or lower the anchor, said support structure comprises at least one idle pulley 29 adapted to guide the rope or the chain (Figure 5) .

According to a further embodiment, said support structure 11 and said bracket 12 are components of a telescopic assembly adapted to lowering and/or weighing the anchor, advantageously a telescopic assembly that juts out overhead.

Advantageously, said bracket 12 translates according to a substantially parallel or slightly inclined direction with regard to the surface 14 of a fluid on which the boat is adapted to float . To facilitate the hauling of the anchor, the straight line along which said bracket moves is slightly inclined towards said surface 14 passing from the hermetically sealed bulkhead 4 to the free end of said bracket .

Owing to this inclination of the free end of the bracket towards the surface, the anchor hauling operations are aided, also due to the help of gravity.

According to one embodiment, said bracket 12 comprises a box-like body. For example, said body includes two beams 30 with cross channel section, which are opposed to each other and optionally made integral by means of cross plates. Said box-like body internally defines a compartment 31.

Said box-like body of the bracket 12 extends longitudinally and is suitable for sliding on said support structure 11 for moving from said withdrawn position to the extended one and vice versa. For example, said box-like body of the bracket 12 is slidingly housed into the box-like body of the support structure 11. Advantageously, said box-like body of the bracket 12 is partly run through by the rope or chain that is used for manoeuvring the anchor 2. As a further advantage, said box-like body of the bracket 12 has a cross window 32 through which the anchor 2 passes at least in part, in addition to the anchor's moving rope or chain. According to one embodiment, said box-like body of the bracket 12 houses at least partially the anchor 2 when it is weighed or hoisted. Advantageously, said bracket 12 includes a nose 33 suited for housing at least partially the anchor 2 and guiding the movement of the anchor. Said nose 33 is swingably or rotatably linked to said bracket 12 so that it can direct the anchor 2 with its shank 34 in a substantially axial or longitudinal direction to the bracket 12 when it is hoisted or weighed (position of the anchor indicated in figure 3) and to guide the rope or chain 35 moving the anchor 2 when the anchor is lowered (Figure 5 position indicated by the dotted line) to a substantially transversal direction to the bracket 12. According to one embodiment, said nose 33 comprises two plates 36 facing each other and defining a housing for the anchor 2, connected to each other by means of pins 37 rotatably supporting pulleys 38 in a free manner. Said nose 33 externally comprises pins 39 rotatably housed in a free manner in bracket housings 40 provided in the body of the bracket 12.

According to one embodiment, said bracket 12 is constantly influenced in the extended position by elastic means 41 (Figure 3, 4 and 8) . Advantageously, said elastic means are at least one gas spring 41. According to a further form of embodiment, these elastic means are two pairs of counter-opposed springs 41, each pair having ends 42 that face and are hinged to a sliding carriage 43, in a guide 44 provided in the bracket 12 (Figure 8) , and opposite ends 45 and 46 fixed to the bracket 12 and the support structure 11 respectively.

According to one embodiment, said bracket 12 is influenced into the withdrawn position by the anchor 2 when it is brought to a weighed or hoisted position. In other words, when the anchor is weighed and is housed in the nose housing, coming with the arms lying against the bent ends of the nose plates, the subsequent positioning of the shank of the anchor in an axial or longitudinal direction with regard to the bracket occurs, due to the rotation of the nose forced by the chain which is pulled by the moving elements . By continuing to pull the chain or the rope, the moving elements win over the action of the springs and pull the bracket that, sliding on the sliding block guides of the support structure, moves to the withdrawn position. Finally, when it is near the end of its run, with the stopping means the bracket pushes the support frames of the hatches to close. According to one embodiment, said moving elements comprise a winch 47 for moving the anchor. Said winch comprises a gear-motor 50 and a clutch that interrupts the movement of a driving pulley 51 if it exceeds a set torque . Said equipment also comprises pulleys 52 suited for pulling up the rope or chain 35 for moving the anchor, so as to align the rope or chain with the axis or the longitudinal direction of the bracket 12.

According to one embodiment, said equipment comprises a control panel 53, suitable for commanding the moving elements of the anchor. Advantageously, said panel 53 comprises radio-controlled means for the remote control of said moving elements of the anchor.

According to a further embodiment, said equipment comprises safety means aimed at avoiding the start up of the moving elements of the anchor in the event that the bracket is blocked (for example by the safety equipment 28) .

Due to the fact that the housing compartment of the anchor is watertight, an anti-sinking compartment is formed, which is adapted to absorb any accidental knocks to the bow.

According to one embodiment, the boat comprises a compartment suitable for housing an anchor's manoeuvring equipment for the anchorage of said boat. Said compartment comprises at least one hatch suited for closing an opening in said compartment where the anchor comes out so that said equipment is hidden. Said closable opening is placed substantially at a portion of the sides or walls of the hull that is adapted to remain substantially above the surface in stationary conditions of the boat . Advantageously, said compartment has a closable opening that is placed substantially near to the cutwater or the outer corner of the forward face of the hull. As a further advantage, said at least one hatch are two hatches forming two portions placed side by side of the bow walls defining the cutwater of the hull.

According to a particular embodiment, the equipment comprises a stop element 60 at the free end of the bracket 12 which, when the bracket reaches its withdrawn position, lies against the outer wall of the hull near to the edge of the opening of the compartment that houses the equipment, due two one and preferably two extensions. Advantageously, the stop element is also a ledge for the at least one hatch, for example a watertight ledge. Said stop element can be made from metal treated in an eye-catching manner, for example chromed so that it is a decorative element for the cutwater. Uncommonly, the equipment according to the present invention does not give the boat a heavy appearance and, at the same time, has no openings on the hull that interrupt the continuity of the outer skin's surfaces. Due to the provided support structure that is suited for supporting and guiding a bracket in a straight translation movement, it is possible to provide the outlet opening of the compartment housing the equipment on one side or wall of the boat, reducing the visible impact and in particular not involving the deck surface which is completely free and usable while the anchor is being hauled.

Due to the provided bracket projecting from the boat, it is possible to distance the anchor sufficiently from the hull with equipment of limited size, for hauling the anchor and also avoiding dirtying the hull while the anchor is being weighed.

Due to the arrangement of the bracket projected from the hull, the rope or chain used to move the anchor is, after hauling, placed in a substantially transversal direction to the sliding axis of the bracket, as well as the sliding axis of the guides provided in the support structure. This arrangement of the rope or chain prevents the transmission of any anchorage stresses in a longitudinal direction to the bracket and the support structure, also avoiding overloading the elastic means that constantly influence the bracket towards . its extended position. The optional axially directed component of this stress is therefore of a limited size, and forces the bracket that is influenced by the elastic means to act as a shock absorber and damper of the stress transmitted to the boat from the anchor and the surges from the sea.

Moreover, advantageously, the equipment described above allows stable housing for the anchor, which, underway, is housed in such a way as to avoid oscillations and knocks against the outer skin of the boat.

Finally, the equipment has a further advantage of being a further anti-sinking device, by creating a collapsible structure inside the forepeak that can absorb part of the blow from an impact.

It is clear that those skilled in the art, for the purpose of satisfying incidental and specific needs, may make various modi ications and variants to the equipment described above, all of which are contemplated within the scope of the invention as defined by the following claims .

Claims

1. Boat anchorage equipment comprising at least one anchor; elements for manoeuvring the anchor from a position either hoisted on the boat, or weighed, to a lowered position; said equipment being suited to be housed in compartment provided on the boat, and further comprising a support structure extending in a longitudinal substantially straight line, said structure being suited to being fixed to said compartment; as well as a bracket cooperating with said anchor to support it so that it is free to be lowered and/or weighed; said bracket being operationally linked in a translating manner to said support structure, remaining substantially parallel to said substantially straight direction, moving from a withdrawn or closed position, in which said bracket is substantially entirely housed in said compartment, to an extended or open or lowered position, wherein said bracket is arranged at least partly outside said compartment such that the anchor can be lowered with this cooperating.

2. The equipment according to claim 1, wherein said equipment is suitable for being housed in a closable compartment of the boat such that the anchor can be hidden either in its hoisted or weighed position, with regard to the outside of the boat.

3. The equipment according to claim 2 , wherein said equipment comprises at least one hatch suitable for closing an opening of said compartment in order to hide the anchor.

4. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 3 , wherein said equipment is suited to being housed in a forepeak.

5. The equipment according to claim 4 , wherein said peak has a closable opening which is placed substantially near to a bow portion of the sides, or walls, which is suited for remaining substantially above the surface in stationary conditions of the boat.

6. The equipment according to claim 4 or 5, wherein said peak has a closable opening which is arranged substantially near to the cutwater or outer corner of the forward face of the hull .

7. The equipment according to claim 3 , wherein said at least one hatch are two hatches forming two portions placed side by side of the bow walls defining the cutwater of the hull.

8. The equipment according to claim 3 , wherein said at least one hatch is linked to a movably supported frame in such a way as to allow the at least one hatch to move from a closed position of the compartment to an open position, for the movement of the bracket from said withdrawn position to said extended position.

9. The equipment according to claim 8 , wherein said mobile frame is operationally linked to said bracket for moving said frame with hatch during the passage of the bracket from its extended position to its withdrawn position.

10. The equipment according to claim 9, wherein said mobile frame comprises an arm fitted . with accompanying means suited to cooperate with stopping means provided in said bracket to force the frame in the closed position of the at least one hatch.

11. The equipment according to any of the claims from 3 to 10, wherein said equipment comprises elastic means that constantly influence said at least one hatch into opening.

12. The equipment according to claim 11, wherein said elastic means are at least one gas spring acting on said mobile f ame .

13. The equipment according to claim 11 or 12, wherein said elastic means are counter-opposed by the bracket which, while passing from its extended position to its withdrawn one, forces the at least one hatch to close.

14. The equipment according to any of the claims from 8 to 13 , wherein said mobile frame comprises an arm suitable for supporting the at least one hatch, said frame being hinged to the support structure of longitudinal extension to allow the movement of the frame bringing the at least one hatch from the closed position to the open position and vice versa.

15. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 14, wherein said support structure is fixed to a bulkhead that separates said compartment from further spaces defined by the boat's hull.

16. The equipment according to claim 15, wherein said support structure is cantilevered to said bulkhead.

17. The equipment according to claim 15, wherein said support structure is fixed to the hull via at least one reinforcement beam.

18. The equipment according to claim 15, wherein said support structure is connected to the hull near to its end opposite to the bulkhead defining said compartment .

19. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 18, wherein said support structure comprises a guide frame for the substantially straight translation of said bracket.

20. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 19, wherein said support structure comprises box-like elements defining a straight-extending housing which is adapted to house the bracket during its translating movement between said withdrawn position and said extended position.

21. The equipment according to claim 20, wherein a plurality of counter-opposed guides cooperating with the bracket for it to slide into said straight line housing is provided in said housing.

22. The equipment according to claim 21, wherein said plurality of guides are sliding blocks made from anti-friction material.

23. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 22, which comprises safety means suitable for blocking said bracket in the withdrawn and/or extended position.

24. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 23, wherein said longitudinal extending support structure has a longitudinal fissure suitable for the passing of at least a portion of the supported anchor and partly housed in the bracket during the movement of the latter from the withdrawn position to the extended one and vice versa.

25. The equipment according to any of the claims ' from 1 to 24, wherein said support structure comprises at least one idle pulley for guiding a rope or chain used to lower and/or weigh the anchor.

26. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 25, wherein said support structure and said bracket are components of a telescopic assembly used for lowering and/or weighing the anchor.

27. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 26, wherein said bracket translates in a substantially parallel or slightly inclined direction with regard to the surface of a fluid on which the boat is adapted to float.

28. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 27, wherein said bracket comprises a box-like body.

29. The equipment according to claim 28, wherein said box-like body of the bracket has a longitudinal extension and is suited for sliding on said support structure for passing from said withdrawn position to the extended one and vice versa.

30. The equipment according to claim 28 or 29, wherein said box-like body of the bracket is slidingly housed into the box-like body of the support structure.

31. The equipment according to any of the claims from 28 to 30, wherein said box-like body of the bracket is partly crossed by the rope or the chain adapted to manoeuvre the anchor.

32. The equipment according to any of the claims from 28 to 31, wherein said box-like body of the bracket has a transverse window, through which at least partly the anchor as well as the rope or the chain for manoeuvring the anchor pass .

33. The equipment according to any of the claims from 28 to 32, wherein said box-like body of the bracket at least partly houses the anchor, when it is • in the weighed or hoisted positions.

34. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 33, wherein said bracket comprises a nose suitable for at least partly housing the anchor and guiding the movement of the anchor, said nose being swingably or rotatably connected to said bracket, in such a way as to direct the anchor with its shank in a substantially axial or longitudinal direction to the bracket when hoisted or weighed and to direct the anchor-manoeuvring rope or chain in a substantially cross direction when the anchor is lowered.

35. The equipment according to claim 34, wherein said nose comprises two facing plates, defining a housing for the anchor, connected to each other by means of pins rotatably supporting pulleys in a free manner.

36. The equipment according to claim 34 or 35, wherein said nose comprises pins on the outside which are rotatably housed in a free manner in bracket housings provided in,the body of the bracket.

37. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 36, wherein said bracket is constantly influenced into an extended position by elastic means.

38. The equipment according to claim 37, wherein said elastic means are at least one gas spring.

39. The equipment according to claim 37 or 38, wherein said elastic means are two pairs of counter- opposed springs, each pair having facing ends and are hinged to a sliding carriage on a guide provided in the bracket, and opposite ends fixed to the bracket and the support structure respectively.

40. The equipment according to any of the claims from 37 to 39, wherein said bracket is influenced into a withdrawn position by the anchor that is hoisted or weighed.

41. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 40, which comprises a winch for moving the anchor.

42. The equipment according to claim 41, wherein said winch comprises a gear-motor.

43. The equipment according to claim 41 or 42, wherein said winch comprises a friction that interrupts the movement of a driving pulley when it exceeds a preset torque .

44. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 43, which comprises pulleys suited to pulling back the rope or chain used for manoeuvring the anchor so as to align the rope or chain with the axis or longitudinal direction of the bracket .

45. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 44, which comprises a control panel suitable for commanding the anchor's moving elements.

46. The equipment according to claim 45, wherein said panel comprises radio-controlled means for remote control of said anchor's moving elements.

47. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 46, which comprises safety means aimed at avoiding the start up of the anchor's movement elements in the event that the bracket is blocked.

48. The equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 47, wherein the housing compartment of the anchor is hermetically sealed to form an anti-sinking compartment .

49. Boat comprising an anchorage equipment according to any of the claims from 1 to 48.

50. Boat comprising a compartment suited to housing an anchor's moving equipment for the anchorage of said boat, comprising at least one hatch adapted to close an opening of said compartment for the anchor to exit in such a way as to hide said equipment, wherein said closable opening is placed substantially near to a portion of the sides or wans OE cue nu l which is adapted to remain substantially above the surface in stationary conditions of the boat .

51. The boat according to claim 50, wherein said compartment has a closable opening that is arranged substantially at the cutwater or outer corner of the forward face of the hull .

52. The craft according to claim 50 or 51, wherein said at least one hatch are two hatches forming two portions placed side by side of the bow walls defining the cutwater of the hull .