Anchor Tests 2003: Soft Sand Over Hard Sand
The more we test anchors, the more we remind ourselves of the obvious: This is a topic fraught with variables. It's like the blind...
A Tale of Two Anchors
It was October, but the water was still warm enough for swimming, so one of us went overboard with a mask, set the anchor...
Mounting the ‘Odd’ Bulwagga Anchor
In several of the most recent reports on anchor testing, Practical Sailor has commented favorably on the setting ability and holding power of the...
Mounting the Odd Bulwagga Anchor
In several of the most recent reports on anchor testing, Practical Sailor has commented favorably on the setting ability and holding power of the...
Anchor Reset Tests
When a sailor hooks his beloved boat to good, old Mother Earth, he hopes his anchor will stay put—for lunch, for a good night’s...
The Happy Hooker and Other Ingenious (de)Vices
Approaching your own mooring or dock always has a nice “home-again” quality. Lines are attached and often rigged to make it easy. It’s usually...
The Bruce Anchor Sets Best
A goodly portion of the best years of every sailor’s life has been spent reading reports on, opinions regarding, claims for, studies of and...
New England Ropes Premium Makes A Super Anchor Rode
What a sailor expects from a rope anchor rode is not very complicated. The rode should have great strength, stretch liberally, stoutly resist abrasion,...
Offshore Log: Anchor Shackle Warning
After six months of daily use, we were surprised to discover that the shackle pin on the high-tensile galvanized shackle connecting our anchor chain...
In Sand, The Spade and Bulwagga Rank at the Top of 15 Anchors
Round 2 of Practical Sailor’s continuing series of anchor tests produced some surprising results. The holding-in-sand tests revealed that:1. Two relatively unknown anchors—one called...
The Boat From True Spirit – Sparkman & Stephens
True Spirit is a 2023 Australian biographical drama film directed by Sarah Spillane and written by Spillane, Cathy Randall, and Rebecca Banner. The film...
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