I have tested the Bulwaga against the Spade and have to say that it is
impressive. It kept pace with the Spade in heavy mud and sand and set in
weeds when the Spade required several attempts. Holding power in sand and
heavy mud is about the same. In soupy mud neither is anything to write home
about.

I only have two objections: It is hard to stow and it is not the prettiest
chunk of metal to hang off the bow.

"Len Krauss" wrote in message
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I've used a Bulwagga for maybe four years in a variety of bottoms,
including
mud and am pleased with its performance. . .meaning I sleep well and
seldom
worry about dragging. It sets faster than other anchors I've had, usually
immediately. Because of its three-fluke design, which act like feet, the
anchor is always ready to quickly reset even if it pulls out and rolls to
one side. It's the only anchor I've had any luck with in weeds. It's quite
effective at 5:1 scope, and a boat length of chain on a nylon rode is more
than adequate.. By virture of it's sliding shank design, it can be pulled
out backwards if it ever gets stuck under a log, buried cable or whatever.
Sturdy and nicely made too. It can be a bit of a challenge to store it
securely on some anchor roller brackets -- a little creativity usually
solves the problem.

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"CatManDo" wrote in message
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I've used the spade for around 3 years fairly heavily (full time
cruising for a year). I don't like it for soft chesapeake mud though,
but I'm wondering if the bulwagga would be a better all around anchor.
Any experience?