On Thu, 15 May 2008 11:46:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:

Josh Assing wrote:
I have been using the same 15 pound Danforth for fifty years. I used
to bury it in the mud with a 110 hp engine, which couldn't drag it. [A
Turbocraft, if it matters. First of the jet boats, dating from 58. SN
10] Also used it with a 12 foot duckboat with a 5 hp motor. So why
would anyone in their right mind want the box?

becuase they buy marketing crap & have an extra $150 to throw away.

I would not buy any anchor until it had been tested in a lab AND out in
the real world.

The biggest problem I see with the anhor, even if it did hold, is the
size and shape would be a bear to store and I can imagine it would ding
the boat when retrieved. It is one ackward looking anchor.

Danforth, Fortress (with lots of chain,) CQR, and Delta have all proven
to be good / great anchors, I would not want to trust my boat to a
unproven anchor.

Even with a concrete block in the middle? I think it would hold. Especially
in an almost dry lake. BTW, how is Lanier doing? Falls Lake, up in NC, is
back up to normal levels.
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John *H*