XYZ Anchor Reviews:
July 12, 2006 - David Lazarus of Maryland wrote to us:
Good morning, Drago,Our cruise was a total success and we used the new XYZ exclusively. Although the weather was quite settled on most occasions, the XYZ performed flawlessly. During each anchoring event, the anchor was easily set by hand, almost instantly, and was further set by reversing the engines. All anchorages were either soft mud, or mud mixed with clay. During retrieval, it was quite apparent that on each occasion the anchor was completely buried. Retrieval was simple: move vessel forward recovering rode until over anchor, drive forward to release the anchor. A GPS anchor alarm was set on each occasion to measure drag, if there was any-there was not.
We used 10" 3/8 chain attached to 5/8 braided rode. ( I believe that I will change to smaller size chain and shorten length to accommodate distance from bow roller to rode gypsy-will simplify handling-the limitation on chain size is the strength of shackles for a given size; they are the weak link.) As you suggested, we also feel that less scope is needed than that using traditional anchors.
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Following is a brief description of our anchoring events:
Port Tobacco River |
Solomon's, MD. |
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Corrotoman River |
Unfortunately, (the) weather was settled and did not lend to testing in
more extreme conditions-we also never found sand or hard bottom ( usually
don't in Ches. Bay). If you look closely at the pics. you can see mud/clay
indicating total burial. Many are during washdown of anchor and rode.Hope this info is useful. So far, Drago, we believe that you have developed a "winner" and we look forward to using in rougher conditions!
David
