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New generation of anchors
"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... Here is a picture of a Spade S200 (steel, 120 lbs) on the bow of our Grand Banks 49 trawler, about 80,000 lbs fully loaded: http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/5...croppedsc6.jpg It has been our primary anchor now for 4 years and 14,000 nautical miles of cruising, tested several times in 40 to 50 kt squalls with 3 to 4 ft seas. It has never dragged or pulled out, and almost always sets the first time. I prefer to see an anchor with a forged shank. That Spade anchor looks as if the shank is cut from plate. When I got my boat from USA it came with a 10kg Danforth anchor with a shank that was cut from plate that only measures 3/16 thick. This for a boat displacing 16000 lb! What happens to a shank like that when the wind changes or the tide turns? I have replaced it with a 17kg Bruce. |
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