| | | WHAT WE TESTED This group consists of hooks priced from $200 to nearly $500. Sizes vary, but most of the anchors have a suggested boat length of about 28 to 35 feet. As a whole, this group covers boat lengths from 20 to 45 feet. Designs vary from the common Danforth-style to hybrids that defy description. The field includes, from Anchor Right Australia, the Sarca; from Tie Down Engineering, the Danforth Deep Set II; and from Fortress, the FX-23. Kingston supplied its Plow while Super Max sent adjustable and rigid shank versions of their namesake anchor. We also tested the Bulwagga, the Davis Talon XT, the HydroBubble, the Rocna 15, the Spade, and the XYZ. | | |
| | | sive and exotic designs on the market today. In this follow-up to February's test of inexpensive anchors in soft mud, we look at a variety of products from faraway places like Australia and New Zealand, as well as a number of homegrown engineered steel and aluminum creations. Reader input and an editorial staff desire to perform an analysis under both nominal and extreme conditions had us testing at two significantly different scope lengths again. The short 3:1 scope test gave us a good indication of how an anchor would perform when set in an area where your ability to pay out a typical 7:1 scope is constrained | | |