I never considered bending it back.* I have considered replacing it with the next larger size, but since I have never drug it (yet), it's not a high priority.
Actually, I did drag it once.* I bought the boat in early 2008 after owning a smaller sport cruiser and anchoring overnight dozens of times.* Thios boat was my first kept in a marina.* About June or so, a bunch of the marina folks decided we should go on a trip and we would anchor halfway there.* They decided we would raft up.* Understand that this would be six boats, all sport cruisers except mine, and we would be anchored and rafted in coastal South Carolina where there is no place without pretty strong reversing tidal currents.* I didn't think this was a good idea, but I was the rookie here so I went along.
I got to the meeting spot first (because I left several hours before the rest of them), anchored into the current, and put out about a ten to one scope.* The rest of the boats showed up and rafted to me, half on one side, half on the other.* Most of them got on my boat and we started diner.* After a while, one of the ladies said "Are we supposed to be this close to the shore?"
Well, we were dragging and heading down the river.* One of the more "senior" members of the group decided that we would be better off with him anchoring because he "had chain on his anchor".
To make a long story not so long, we broke up, he anchored, an hour or so later (after dark), I noticed that the whole raftup had drug anchor about 1/2 mile down the river and was headed for a private dock.
We all scrambled to break up, and I decided I was anchoring for the night alone regardless of what the rest did.* I also decided that no matter how long you've been boating, if I see a problem with it, I'm not doing it.