Solution for Foul-Weather Anchoring
In our July 2005 issue, we reviewed an innovative Mooring Bridle Plate from Colligo Engineering and Design, a company located in Mesa, Ariz. Now...
Testing New Anchors in Mud
Once the test results of our first soft-mud anchor test hit the street in the February 2006 issue, anchor manufacturers continued to send us...
Soft Mud Anchors for $200 and Up
Bottom Line: Expensive with less than stellar holding power when set on a short scope.XYZThe XYZ website describes the anchor as “a radical departure...
Chain, Chain, Chain:Mooring Rig Test Begins
Acco is the pre-eminent supplier of mooring chain to the recreational marine industry, partly by virtue of supplying most of West Marine’s galvanized chain,...
Anchors for Muck, for Under 200 Bucks
Bottom Line: The Spade Oceane set quite easily, but, as tested, it showed a lack of holding power in soft mud.West MarineA pair of...
Hefty Horizontals:Powerful Lewmar H3 is a Rode Warrior
We contacted Imtra, the U.S. distributor for Muir, and told them of our results during rode testing. Imtra advised us to try the unit...
Windlasses Under $1,000 — Maxwell Victorious Again
Bottom Line: Overall, this is the most powerful windlass in its class. We'd pick this windlass when anchor breakout loads or working loads...
Bungy
Among the more worrisome situations for any boat owner is lying at anchor in roily conditions. It usually calls for an anchor watch, especially...
Windlass Test
Around here, one test often leads to another. Guess what came to mind as we broke our backs all day in a recent anchor...
Kellets On the Rode
The day after our anchor tests this year we took a couple of commercially made anchor rode sentinels (also called kellets) out into the...
The Great Loop – The Basics
Join us this week as we discuss taking a sailboat around North America's great boating adventure - The Great Loop. We discuss advice from...
