Anchors For Muck, For Under 200 Bucks

Volume 19
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Number 2
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February 2006

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Anchors For Muck, For Under 200 Bucks

Four Danforth types score well in setting and holding tests. But the $79 Claw, a Bruce knockoff, takes top honors. The $34 Hooker earns a Best Buy. The Box, Barnacle, and the Sascot Plough failed to hold well.

The Claw earned PBR’s recommendation with stellar performance—second only to more expensive Danforth types—and a low price.

In a perfect world we’d be able to glide into our favorite anchorage during peak season, spill out a comforting 7:1 scope, and retire below without worry. In reality, favorite anchorages are often crowded, and we’re forced to use less than optimal scope. Add a pudding-like soft mud bottom to the mix, and you can expect a marriage-testing drama to begin when the first squall rolls through.

Curious to see what types of anchors hold best under this common combination of a short scope and a soft-mud bottom, we put 17 anchors that sell for no more than $200 to the test with both 3:1 and 7:1 scope (see "How…

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