T&T: Anchor clone

[Troy Leek]

I have also had good luck with a Fortress in the mud, I have a FX55 and it has
never failed me. A few times I have had my 34000 pound trawler and a 44000
pound trawler rafted to me overnight in 20 plus mph winds.

>
> 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.


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