Capt.Bill11
Guru
Yeah the setting issues are odd. But if it was very soupy mud I guess I could see it. They also didn't mention as I recall if they were using those mud shoes you get with a Fortress on the Fortress at the time of the test.
Yeah the setting issues are odd. But if it was very soupy mud I guess I could see it. They also didn't mention as I recall if they were using those mud shoes you get with a Fortress on the Fortress at the time of the test.
Capt.Bill11, from the image of the Fortress, it didn't look like the Mud Palms were installed for whatever reason. We have included them inside the box with every anchor for the past 20 years or so, and with instructions to permanently install them.
Brian
Interesting that you say that the mud palm should be installed permanently. Did that recommendation change over the years? For some reason I recall that it was optional in the past.
The Mud Palms were initially an option in the early years (late 80s-early 90s) and were available for free to anyone who called or sent in a card.
Just discovered this subject thread, and I'm reading thru it.Chesapeake mud? I'm putting my money on the Danforth. During Irene I didn't even come close to budging.
With that in mind I eventually had a chance to test out a lighter weight version of the Danforth....the Fortress. My experience with these anchors down in the Keys was that they were just too light to grab the bottom quickly....they tended to skip along the bottom for a greater distance than I preferred. And what had me most worried about that situation was, if I were to swing around at anchor at night and the anchor become dislodged, how would it be on getting ITSELF reset fairly quickly. I was very much less than enthusiastic.
And finally - Fortress have invited a cross section of the boating media, have Chuck on board and will need a decent crew to complete what is proposed. The media are not being paid (I know, I was invited and sorely tempted). People talk, there are too many to keep any shenanigans secret, there will be too many who know too much about anchor testing and Fortress know they would not survive anything but the highest integrity. To my mind the testing has merit - even if we know the answer.
Rex-
Nonetheless, it is refreshing to have a manufacturer willing to endure us here on TF.
Brian,
Will you be using your adjustable shank in the test?
For the folks that anchor overnight with a single anchor a RESET test of some sort would be interesting.
Say a 180deg shift in the line load ,
or a pull to breakout and then distance to resetting and holding a modest load.
Both would be interesting.
Been saying/thinking that all the time.
See post 19. This needs to be done in a realistic fashion, the way a boat actually clocks.