Thank you for all the work Steve!! Great!

Excellent video. Thank you

Aye, this is indeed a interesting development in your work.

I had a 25lb CQR which was stolen in 1987, I still have a 35lb CQR, both came with my 1939 boat. Curiously both have lead in the tip of their “flukes”. Also I understood that the CQR is meant to lie on its side as it sets.

Thks for sharing

May be true here but I have extensively used both anchors. In tens of thousands of miles cruising many countries, I have had terrible luck with genuine CQR. And good luck with the Delta. (Always oversized. I now use a Spade and love it.

First of all, thank you for videos testing these anchors. However i have not seen you use a "dead man", "anchor chum", or som weight on the anchor chain. I don't know what you call it, but it is a weight you put on anchor chain after the anchor is set. example 10 - 15 kilo or more, depending on the size of the boat perhaps. Does a weight on the anchor chain improve the holding? Will it acts like a damper sort of? Is it worth looking into it?

Have you considered a stability category? You do a great job commenting when an anchors rolls out, lurches, or has steady movement, but it hasn't been well ranked. It seems somewhat buried in the numbers thus far and its hard to distinguish between an anchor that jumps and holds verses one that steadily moves. A good example would be Sarca Excel verses Mantus M2. They both rank high. However, at high power the Mantus M2 will be engaged with steady movement, while the Sarca Excel will hold solid, rollout, reset, and repeat. I love the work you're doing. Keep it up! Also, another category to consider is fouling, whether by mud or weed.

Question have you ever done any testing on the slide anchoring box anchor? Found myself owning one when I fouled on it in liberty bay. Is it worth keeping on the boat?

I'm in the pnw 36ft Grand Bank's what's the best anchor for her she has a 35lbs cqr now

Interesting. Down here in tassie my (very) subjective impression was that the delta set much better than the CQR. Especially in hard sand.

Why recommend the cqr over the delta? Isn’t the point of all this testing that boaters should be considering modern anchors.

Beware. I bought a D type copy, would not even set in soft mud. Just sat on its back. The shank did look over sized, I guess the geometry is very critical. I don’t like CQR as the hinge makes it not good to handle. Though perhaps an over sized one is worth considering, considering they are not expensive

Shit vs shit, but not as shit as next week's anchor, got it :-D

Bruce

Why would you bother , both are poor holding , bad reputation there is a reason for that and the pin wear doesn't make a difference , and delta OMG it should come with a disclaimer that you put your life in danger every time you anchor