eyschulman
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I just got the latest issue of Passage Maker magazine. On page 34 Nigel Calder clearly states his all around anchor type preferences. Chuck Hawley responds. Its another round of the Spades against the bantam weight aluminum Danforth class. On the last go round on this subject I stated my opinion that Fortress staged this test as an advertising stunt knowingly cherry picking the bottom conditions so their product would shine. Interestingly some well known anchors did much worse than expected. At our local large marine supply store there are very few fortress anchors on display and a large number of Spade types and I have noticed this for several months. There appears to be a growing momentum toward the spade types and some of this may be due to advertising but I also suspect a good deal is due to word of mouth on the part of new users. While it is not hard science the experience of boaters like Caulder ,myself and many thousands more can not be totally discounted. I personally think the fairest anchor testing to date has been done by Practical Sailor Magazine. We are only in the early rounds of what is most likely a 15 round bout.