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How'd you pick your anchor ?
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Basically tried and own nearly all of them, though there are a few I have not yet tried. We have a few places that we like to stay that are tough setting and many of my anchors failed miserably in those locations. I also put all my anchors through my own personal testing for my own understanding of characteristics. I choose my anchors on sheer performance, and
price or aesthetics etc. do not play a role in these decisions as I see this as
insurance and I don't shop for
insurance by
price only either.
I own a number of new gen anchors and they are not all the same and don't all perform the same. I currently use a Rocna but also own a Manson Supreme, two Spades, Supermax, genuine Bruce two CQR's,
Fortress and have also owned and used a
Delta but loaned it to a friend, sort of permanently.
Because I actually own all the pictured anchors below, and none are
for sale, I make an unbiased decision every time I anchor based solely on performance for my sailing waters, and that decision is either a Manson Supreme or the Rocna hands down next would be a
steel Spade then a genuine Bruce.
Watched an old salty looking
wood boat drag a
CQR Saturday night in 18-24 knots. Woke up in the morning and he was 100 yards from where he set and by then had a second anchor out... Another 30 yards and his boat would have been a pile of splinters.
I actually made a few videos while experimenting with setting behavior on a hard sand intertidal area..
In short I personally put all my anchors through the paces then decided based on actual performance over many anchorings and sets.
I carry a Rocna as primary, Fortress as a stern anchor and a Spade as back up..