Anchor question

[avantura]

This by far the best.
http://www.xyzanchor.com/?gclid=CKy3...FV195Qod4E374w

What size and type of the XYZ Anchor do you have? Did you have a chance to test it with a large/powerful/heavy boat?

Drago

[Nobody]

What size and type of the XYZ Anchor do you have? Did you have a chance to test it with a large/powerful/heavy boat?

Drago

We got the XYZ soft mud anchor. We purchased it online, and waited forever. The owner would call me every 3 weeks to inform us of further delay (mfg issues with china, no all parts made in the US). He offered to return my money anytime I wanted. Shippment finally came in and he threw in extra's free of charge for waiting.

We tested in strong current. Which would be strong incoming waves and wind from the west of Honeymoon Island. Didn't budge. We tested it at John's Pass during strong tide change, didn't budge. Easy to pull out too, that's the best part.

Everyone said I was an idiot for paying the price....but I have no regrets on my purchase. Value was definately there.

Trust me...your boat will go nowhere with a strong current.

As for boat size, my xyz is good for a much bigger / heavier boat.

[Carter13]

I used my small box anchor in sandy mud both days last weekend and it held really well with just the anchor buddy near the shore. It is much easier to use than my danforth.

[Pro-Fab]

best anchor ever is a milk crate with big rocks tied in with the use of an anchor buddy, but thats what we use over night. we havent had luck just anchoring with an anchor for lunch or anything I guess we need a box anchor.

[kbunch]

I have great luck with a simple fluke anchor with 12-15 feet of chain (vinyl coated from Lowe's) attached between the anchor and the rope. The chain keeps the arm of the anchor at an angle to dig in, I have been too cheap to spring for the box..

[avantura]

This by far the best.
http://www.xyzanchor.com/?gclid=CKy3...FV195Qod4E374w

I assume that you are using a very short chain or just rope with no chain with the XYZ anchor?

[bgkchild]

Maybe you already know this, but from what I have read rope length, or scope is very important to most anchors. You should have aleast a 6 to 1 or 7to1 scope. Feet of rope to deepth of water. i.e. 60 feet of rope to 10 feet of water. Higher the scope the better the hold.

[ajholt7]

Maybe you already know this, but from what I have read rope length, or scope is very important to most anchors. You should have aleast a 6 to 1 or 7to1 scope. Feet of rope to deepth of water. i.e. 60 feet of rope to 10 feet of water. Higher the scope the better the hold.

For the box anchor you just need a 2 to 1 scope and no chain. That is just another reason we all love the box.

[avantura]

Maybe you already know this, but from what I have read rope length, or scope is very important to most anchors. You should have aleast a 6 to 1 or 7to1 scope. Feet of rope to deepth of water. i.e. 60 feet of rope to 10 feet of water. Higher the scope the better the hold.

Capability of any object depends on its substance and structure! Different anchors have different ability and different scopes. Anchors with a long shank have a long scope. CQR anchor, designed in 1933, has proportionally very long and heavy shank. With its bulky and penetration resistant hinge, the CQR’s shank makes 80% of its weight. This anchor defiantly needs a long chain and 7:1 scope.

Modern anchors have much shorter scope. In the XYZ Tests, our competitors, Bulwagga, SuperMax and Spade anchors performed very well on a short scope with no chain. Our test results for the Box Anchor were disappointing. Box’s penetration in any bottom is limited with insignificant holding power. It may give a user, with a light boat, just an impression that it holds. The Box Anchor may be easy to store but, in our view, it is just an unsafe toy with a great marketing. More about our anchor test: http://www.xyzanchor.com/how-we-tested-the-boat-anchor/

[Duncan]

The Box Anchor may be easy to store but, in our view, it is just an unsafe toy with a great marketing.

Ouch.

Dunno, my unsafe toy works awesome for me. On vacation two weeks ago at Norris, we rented several pontoons with several different types of anchors, none of which held worth a da%#. I tossed in my box anchor at a 2:1 in about 30 feet of water with intermittent wind and waves and brought the line back to the pontoon (we were tying to the party barge between towing sessions). With the box anchor, neither boat budged. It was easy to see how solid we remained in place given the little cove was fairly narrow and we were at most 30 feet from one shore.

So I will keep my box anchor and trust that it really is holding me. Perhaps heavy duty marine applications are a different story. But anyone that takes a slope nosed wakeboard boat out in those conditions is crazy no matter their anchor.

Oh yeah ... Danik Hook rocks the world I think I need an anchor buddy too. Guess I am a sucker for their great marketing.

[Nobody]

I assume that you are using a very short chain or just rope with no chain with the XYZ anchor?

No chain needed with the XYZ.