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This guy full of it ,mantus and plow are the best.

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The fortress you mentioned didn't reset because it was upside down. But, there is no upside down on this anchor as it sets either way. It is not supposed the trow in with a lot of chain. 3 or 4 meter chain is enough, followed with rope. Thank you for testing. Great work

I almost bought one today, I should have

red heat is lying to us

Very well done! Excellent presentation. Thank you.

As much as the Fortress is a very good anchor in certain conditions this is a silly test. Let's use cable on short chain at 2.5:1 much an example of why people don't have any trust of company 'testing'. The numbers for many are very low compared to other testing such as Panope.

You have a multi-million $ 81' boat, but no Go-pro to see what the anchors were actually doing down there?

2:1 is not indicative. Try weeds. Try rock. Try hard bottom. The Fortress will fail in those conditions.

I don't think these type of anchors hold well in hard bottom, rock, or weed, unfortunately.

Good video. However, the best RUclips anchor testing channel ("SV Panope") disagrees that this is the best anchor, overall. He does exhausting relative anchor tests, and the Viking Anchor (or Mantus M1) is generally considered #1, overall. The Fortress is #1 in real soft substrates, however, and the Fortress stores the best of almost all anchors.

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Thanks guys , I enjoyed listening to your story Pat.

I have a new invention the "SandWedJ" this being beneficial in sand & mud when used on grapnel type anchors, grapnel anchors generally used as the main anchor for many weekend fishermen and as a secondary anchor for most other applications. sandwedj.com.au . Thoughts?

I teach a boating class for my state and we would never recommend a 2.5:1 scope to set an anchor, . You've just set up for deliberate failure at 2.5:1. Try this again at 5:1 and see what happens.

Dragging get a rocna.

What about Rocna? I've never had any issues with my Rocna. Holds well on all seabeds and sets instantly within its own length. Would recommend it 100%

Incredibile che sia proprio la Fortress che organizza l'evento ad essere la migliore ancora. Questo è l'unico test in cui la Rocna fallisce miseramente... tant'è che in giro per il mondo le barche dei navigatori, che sono notoriamente tutti dei mentecatti, usano solo Rocna, e una minima percentuale tengono Fortress smontata in barca perchè comoda e leggera. Onestamente, l'unico problema di Rocna è il rollbar che con le nuove barche che nascono ormai spesso con piccoli o grandi delfiniere semplicemente non può starci.. E allora che fare ? Semplice, qual'è la migliore ancora giusto dopo la Rocna, senza Rollbar ? Spade, Ultra, Vulcan sembrano essere tutte ottime soluzioni. Si sceglie una di queste per le barche di nuova concezione e la Rocna per tutte le altre. Ancora da tenere come sostituta in caso di perdita della primaria ? Spade che è smontabile, Mantus che è smontabile, Fortress che è smontabile e leggera. Ma chi, onestamente, si piazzerebbe sul musone come ancora primaria una Fortress ???? (ma anche una Sarca...)

When a rock or a piece of coral jams between the flukes on the Fortress the anchor will not reset when the boat swings with wind and tide. Note the difference between it and the Danforth. In soft mud my Fortress almost put me on the beach in Greece.

You need to test your anchors with all chain so that you have a better catenary or if you must use wire and chain put an angel half way down to improve the catenary

Why bother to make vid like that?

Why does it seem as if most internationally rescue groups are headed by white Men?

The strange results for these proven anchors maybe caused by only using 20 feet of chain!

Thanks for doing an Ultra! No one ever includes that one. Looks like the perfect anchor stores are a Fortress and an Ultra..

@fortress anchors So the FX-16 performed better than the FX-37. Does that mean the that the FX-16 is better as a backup anchor for a boat on 44 feet?

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Don't follow this 'advice' you will lose your boat the first time a storm blows thru the anchorage. 1 pound of anchor for every foot of boat length is absolute minimum, and enough sturdy chain to give you a nice safe scope of 7 to 1, 10 to 1 if strong winds possible where you might be anchoring. My set up for a 40 ft boat is a selection of 3 different anchor types ( 35 pounds for a lunch hook to 65 pounds for a storm anchor) with 250 ft of 3/8 chain backed with 300ft of 3/4 nylon. Carry spare chain and nylon rode in case you lose one anchoring setup. Overkill on anchor size and chain/rode length is your best insurance for still having a boat in the morning when the wind has been howling through the rigging all night!

Do you have any under water videos of the Anchor setting ? tjl

Hi I'm a little confused, how did you calculate the correct scope as this effects the effectiveness of an anchor ( we all know more scope in high winds and current for better holding). Did you take the water depth multiplied by the scope ratio? Thank you it's an Important factor to know. Warren

Hi you did not say what scope you used? You did said you were in 10' of water depth and has 60' of rode out so you were using 6:1 I believe. This conformed with the recommendation of the RYA in the uk for chain and rope. 4:1 for all chain. Right? Cheers Warren.

My 2 cents with all respect based on 23 years live aboard/ cruising, with 37 sail and 42 trawler, found that a 25# herresoft worked in soft mud even better than 45# northhill with a very slow pull to set. Also I have seen danforth and CQR skip along the bottom- sometimes up side down because the initial pull was too fast and never set. Thanks for the video.

"The first thing we learned was don't anchor in the grass".

When it's really blowing get behind your Fortress Anchor.

I don't think I've ever seen an anchor look so good.

Can that diver really make underwater notes?

What kind of boat is that? Looks like a cross between a Westsail 32 & Hans Christian 33! Nice boat.

I just love this video, However there is one big giant mistake you made, I sail a lot alone, sometimes weeks on the water. The most important part of anchoring is Having a rope around your waist. I wear one I made, its connected to me all times, At the other end to it is a fast clip I use to connect me to a life line. Anytime am touching a anchor, a anchor rope or chain that's clipped onto the life line, meaning if am in ruff water or happen to slip on a wet boat am not going to go the the bottom with a anchor taking me there. Something to think about, for me, I don't take chances... Thanks again for a great video explaining different types.

Best anchor in the world hands down

Hi ,,,The straight line holding of your Fortress is amazing but what is your thinking of if I was to use it as a main bow anchor( re bending shank on wind change),In a 45ft 18 ton steel vessel and heading to Patagonia and require a very good holding anchor like yours...Colin,

What was the test procedure? Something doesn't seem right about the data. Were you simply dragging each anchor along the bottom, imparting forces in excess of their rated capacity, and measuring how much resistance they imparted upon the vessel as they dragged through the dirt? This seems flawed as it is not how anchors are intended to work. An anchor is designed to hold you in one spot, not slow your movement. A better test would be to measure how quickly they set, and how much force they can withstand before losing their set, by slowly applying force until the resistance drops. I would think that a diver would be necessary to observe the test and determine what is actually happening on each set. Also, using the same rode and scope for each anchor is not fair, since each anchor has different recommendations, nor did you disclose what size anchor you used for each design.

seeing they all seemed to break out at around six and a half mins,,,,did you you apply the same pulling strength at all times or was it increased over time

Good to see some different tests,,,well done.