I've never plugged marine products here before, but I just learned that boating friends of mine, Steve and Ann Bedford of Burgess, VA, have acquired the assets of Super MAX anchors from inventor and founder, Andy Peabody of Nachez, MS. Steve and Ann are life long boaters and the proud owner of No Regrets, a Willard 40 trawler. Those of you on the east coast or along the Gulf are probably familiar with this heavy duty anchor. I'm hoping we'll soon see more of these rugged anchors in the PNW. If you're considering a new anchor, talk to Steve about your needs. Thanks!
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Thanks for posting, Had heard Andy might have been looking for an exit strategy; good to hear your friends have stepped up.
I offered Brian (Fortress) my 44-lb adjustable SuperMax for their Chesapeake mud tests last summer, but he was trying to limit testing to mainstream products... and wasn't sure SuperMax would continue to be any stream, let alone mainstream. (Brian may choose to better state their position at the time, in case I didn't quite word that right.) And I didn't know about the test until they were almost started, so adding another anchor at that point could well have added another logistics issue, anyway.
I was able to get to the new site with no problems. The previous site was here, and also not great:
Super MAX Anchors
FWIW, last week we saw another SuperMax mounted as one of the two anchors on a (probably 42') Nordic Tug. I think that's the first time I've seen another one actually on a boat.
Looks like a backhoe bucket. It should do some digging. Could be tough to break out.
Yes. Sometimes near impossible to break out. And our common description to others has been exactly that: the business end of a backhoe.
's'ok by me as well, but wow, that is one ugly anchor.. It looks even more agricultural than my beloved Super Sarca. I bet it digs a really good trench, but..?
Now you mention it Peter, I think I`ve seen something similar on the back of a trench digger. But, handsome is as handsome does.
It doesn't dig a trench in the sense of a continuous shallow ditch. Our experience here is that it digs southward, sometimes until the whole shank is buried. (Some of that is deduction based on what it looks like when we bring it up out of the mud.)
I've never had to use the adjustment mechanism. So far, it's always been set in the middle position.
Our anchor is also slightly too small for our present boat (we brought it over from the last boat); the 50-lb version would be better for us now, according to Andy's table. That said, we've never pulled loose, in any weather.
-Chris