eyschulman
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The new issue of passage maker magazine has another round of anchor controversy. Nigel Calder comes out with his choice of all around best anchor types and Chuck Hawley defends the Fortress anchor tests. In an earlier post I had expressed my opinion regarding the Fortress soft mud tests. I feel it is all an advertising stunt on the part of Fortress since they cherry picked the bottom knowing their product would do well. This test was in my opinion biased. No mater how careful and documented a test is it is of little value if the sample is predetermined to favor a known result. That is not good science it smacks more of advertising. Surprisingly it did embarrass some well known standby anchor types Calder does also have some thoughts on that issue. Nigel points out that his extensive anchoring experience and that of many other boaters including myself do not find the Fortress to be the best all around anchor and see it as a soft mud and back up unit easy to set from a dinghy with high holding power for pulling a boat off the ground not what many cruisers around the world carry on their bow. To date I find the practical sailor magazines ongoing series of anchor tests as the least biased and most likely accurate information regarding anchor function. This controversy is still in the early rounds of a 15 round bout.
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