s with varnish, we’d caution against using anchors near any kind of marine environment, such as water for example. True, a rusty, barnacle-encrusted anchor protruding menacingly from the bow of a yacht also festooned on its stern with ironmongery of the type made popular in the Spanish Inquisition does lend a measure of blue-water been-there done-it salty sea-dog swagger and makes a considerable impression on entering a marina – usually a moment or two
