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,
Well good honest reply and customer back up,,,,I see many using your anchor as a kedge which is fine,,,I will purchase as Fx as a second, anchor for storm conditions,,,but thinking as using it as my main anchor would be a mind settling thought regarding all the good results it has.... I carry 2x Brittany 25kg and 25 kg delta all ready on 12mm chain,,,,,but like the lightweight of the FX. Colin
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
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.
Good to see some different tests,,,well done.
Thanks for doing an Ultra! No one ever includes that one. Looks like the perfect anchor stores are a Fortress and an Ultra..
You have a multi-million $ 81' boat, but no Go-pro to see what the anchors were actually doing down there?
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,
Well good honest reply and customer back up,,,,I see many using your anchor as a kedge which is fine,,,I will purchase as Fx as a second, anchor for storm conditions,,,but thinking as using it as my main anchor would be a mind settling thought regarding all the good results it has.... I carry 2x Brittany 25kg and 25 kg delta all ready on 12mm chain,,,,,but like the lightweight of the FX.
Colin
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
Video vs chart
Dragging get a rocna.
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.
+Peter Glein Im presuming they are showing that the fortress just doesn't brake free at all and the others finally do at some point ?
2:1 is not indicative.
Try weeds.
Try rock.
Try hard bottom.
The Fortress will fail in those conditions.