Martin Baxter wrote:
On a more serious note, I am beginning to detest the ubiquitous
Danforth. These anchors
may be great in sand and mud, but they are an abomination if the mud is
sprouting much
in the way of weeds, or if the mud is sticky clay. You may get the
anchor to set when
you first lower it, but if you swing and it upsets the chances of it
resetting is somewhere
between slim and none. The flukes become fouled with either mud and or
weeds and the thing just
skates across the bottom.

Actually, that's a popular misconception. The Danforth resets just fine
if you sharpen the flukes. Cuts through weeds better that way, too.



DSK