On Thu, 15 May 2008 20:12:40 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 15 May 2008 11:46:49 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is
Here wrote:

Josh Assing wrote:
I have been using the same 15 pound Danforth for fifty years. I used
to bury it in the mud with a 110 hp engine, which couldn't drag it. [A
Turbocraft, if it matters. First of the jet boats, dating from 58. SN
10] Also used it with a 12 foot duckboat with a 5 hp motor. So why
would anyone in their right mind want the box?
becuase they buy marketing crap & have an extra $150 to throw away.
I would not buy any anchor until it had been tested in a lab AND out in
the real world.

The biggest problem I see with the anhor, even if it did hold, is the
size and shape would be a bear to store and I can imagine it would ding
the boat when retrieved. It is one ackward looking anchor.

Danforth, Fortress (with lots of chain,) CQR, and Delta have all proven
to be good / great anchors, I would not want to trust my boat to a
unproven anchor.

Even with a concrete block in the middle? I think it would hold. Especially
in an almost dry lake. BTW, how is Lanier doing? Falls Lake, up in NC, is
back up to normal levels.

Not up to nomal levels, but looking much bette.

Everything we have up here is back up to normal and higher. Enough is
enough already. I want to go boating, but it looks like another few days of
rain is on its way.
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John *H*