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The only thing I have to anchor for is race committee duty but after
reading the testing reviews I'm confident that a Fortress FX11 will
hold my boat in almost anything I'm likely to encounter on the
Chesapeake in the summer. Thunderstorms are short.

So's your attention span, dumb ass.
Thanks for a report on how you read about anchors...really useful.

What a total idiot Sloco remains. The poor jerk read something and that
gave him confidence in an anchor. Oh boy.

RB
35s5
NY

So's your attention span, dumb ass.
Thanks for a report on how you read about anchors...really useful.

Hey dummy what are you trying to say with that post?

What a total idiot Sloco remains. The poor jerk read something and
that
gave him confidence in an anchor. Oh boy.

Yes that's true. Pay attention. A few years ago a test was done
comparing various brands of anchors by using a tug boat to try to pull
out the anchors. More scientific than most tests since strain gauges
etc were used. The Fortress won the competition. That gives me
confidence for what I do. Quit posting about things you know nothing
about and which I can continue to make you look like a dimwit. What a
dope.

When
they pulled it up, they found that the very sharp point in one of the
flukes had stabbed a beer can, causing it to not set very well.

I read that as well. They were trying to pullout the anchor with a
Lincoln which exactly simmulates sea state during a force 9 blow!

RB
35s5
NY

giggle giggle...I still laugh when you thought that polished Stainless
Steel anchor was chrome!

Capt. Suzy
35s5
NY

NY

???

Joe's refering to me. I once asked about the SS anchors and refered to
it as chrome. Still not sure what's wrong with calling one shiny metal
the wrong name....but it made everyone happy I guess. I'm off to City
Island to play with my glass boat.

RB
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote:

NY

???

Joe's refering to me. I once asked about the SS anchors and refered to
it as chrome. Still not sure what's wrong with calling one shiny metal
the wrong name....but it made everyone happy I guess.

Ahem, you just did it again, well on Mon. actually; "Yep, got a nice new
one on the Beneteau 35s5 along with a SS chromed Danforth."

Some can learn from their mistaks, others, well......

Cheers
Marty

Boy are you ever slow on the uptake Marty

Boy is he. I don't even have a Danforth.

RB
35s5
NY

As I wrote, I'm anchoring in the Chesapeake Bay, mostly mud
and some sand. Danforth types are good for this.
The Fortress is Aluminum. Therefore the ''weight rating'' is
not the same as for a steel anchor.

BTW, I've anchored in 50kt winds and I'm on the boat while
anchored.

Scotty

"Edgar" wrote in message
...
I am horrified at this. Would you go home and sleep easy
knowing you had
left a 30' boat on a 10 lb anchor?
I have a 12' rowing dinghy and that has a 7lb anchor. My
22' open motor
boat has a 21lb anchor.
My Catalina 38 came from USA with a pathetically light and
flimsy looking
Danforth type which I shall replace with a 35 or 38 lb
Bruce anchor. The
Danforth is not like the Danforths we have in Europe. The
shank is so flimsy
that if the tide turned after it had dug in I am certain
it would bend.
You guys seem only to cater for having a lunch hook and
never having to
anchor for real in a serious blow.

"Scotty" wrote in message
...
Anybody using one? Comments?
I have the opportunity to receive a free one, either 7
or 10
lb..
Does the old axiom of 'go one size bigger' apply to
these
lightweight anchors?

(30' boat , Chesapeake Bay)
--
Scott Vernon
Plowville Pa _/)__/)_/)_