T&T: Anchor clone

[Joseph Pica]

Jim,
If weight is a problem the Fortress (danforth style anchor high strength
aluminum) is top rated in mud in almost all independent tests.  I have an
FX-37 we sue for mud/soft sand and when it sets we are stuck (in up to 45mph
winds over three days in soft mud) and know others who have relied on the
FX-55 (larger then mine) in larger boats as a storm anchor extensively for
mud/soft sand. The FX-55 never budged attached to their high profile 47'
boat but their bow pulpit had to be replaced with a stronger one. Not for
grass or a hard bottom but unmatched in mud/soft sand.   Another cruiser
swears by (not at) a Rocna 35kg (77lbs) (also very highly rated in
independent tests) which he has on a 37 foot boat. He (from New England)
claims that it will also hold in anything even grass.  I guess size does
matter. 

Cheers,
Joe
"Carolyn Ann" GH N-37 

"...Jim, if you're going to spend much time in the Neuse, Alligator and 
Chesapeake Bay, I'd look at the SuperMax - it will hold in deep mud 
where nothing else will. You'll never get a plow of any kind to hold and 
dig in mud (or any other bottom material for that matter) like the SuperMax.
..."