Spade anchors

[KAM]

The only downside I've found is that the spade penetrates weed quite well. Mostly it holds but sometimes not. End of last season I woke up at sea heading towards the Corryvreckan. With my previous anchors CQR, Danforth, Delta and Bruce if you were on weed you could generally tell but with the Spade it's a bit more difficult. It also brings up rather a lot of the seabed on occasions but at least that's never too much of a problem.

 

[noelex]

Mostly it holds but sometimes not.

As I indicated earlier, the steel Spade is an excellent anchor, but its Achilles heel is thick weed. The bulky balast chamber struggles to penetrate thick weed.

Below is just one example in a small patch of only mild/moderate weed where the anchor is struggling to penetrate the weed bed despite being given every chance with a reasonable setting distance and adequate scope ( 8m @ 4:1).

 

[geem]

As I indicated earlier, the steel Spade is an excellent anchor, but its Achilles heel is thick weed. The bulky balast chamber struggles to penetrate thick weed.

Below is just one example in a small patch of only mild/moderate weed where the anchor is struggling to penetrate the weed bed despite being given every chance with a reasonable setting distance and adequate scope ( 8m @ 4:1).

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Interesting. We find that our Spade performs exceptionally well in weed. Lots of reverse engine thrust and the anchor will penetrate through the weed with the sharp tip. We don't have an oversized anchor, so that probably helps penetrate the weed.

 

[dgadee]

Interesting. We find that our Spade performs exceptionally well in weed. Lots of reverse engine thrust and the anchor will penetrate through the weed with the sharp tip. We don't have an oversized anchor, so that probably helps penetrate the weed.

Maybe depends on the weed. I bought the spade because of seagrass in the Med. Made no difference. But if there was no weed it would hold a cruise ship.

 

[geem]

Maybe depends on the weed. I bought the spade because of seagrass in the Med. Made no difference. But if there was no weed it would hold a cruise ship.

Quite possibly different seagrass

 

[migs]

Our Spade anchor is now 10 years old and still looks exactly the same as the photo. I felt that investing in the stainless steel version would work out cheaper in the end, but I'd probably need to live for 200 years before breaking even. It does, however, look wonderfully bling on the bow, and it has never let us down; first time, every time setting, and never dragging...