Greetings John, glad to have you around. I have always appreciated your thoughts about anchoring. There was a time when I thought that I might have been able to travel to your part of the world with a bunch of test anchors. With those aspirations now faded, I rely on testimonials such as yours for that kind of information. Cheers, Steve

Thanks@@flygoodwin Of course a genuine CQR kind of proves the point with its incredibly fat, heavy and blunt shank. I have witnessed many a CQR on its side on the bottom, but still doing work with the plow part dug in. In fact, the typical set has a CQR on its side, at least in somewhat firm bottoms. Don't know if you've been there but many Bahamas anchorages are so crystal clear that you can easily observe everyone's anchors just from the dinghy with a glass-bottom bucket or by snorkeling on the surface. Back before we had new-gen anchors with sharp points I found that frequently the best anchor in the Bahamas was a Danforth Hi-Tensile and then the Fortress when they came out. I haven't tried my Mantus there yet, but I'm sure the sharp point would make it much better than my old CQRs.

Likewise I bought an M2 30kg after watching Steve's testing. It has commercial impact and influences consumer buying.

Thanks Peter, I am not sure what you mean by "number of trials". To many? To Few?

@@flygoodwin I’m sure everybody is as impressed as me with the tremendous amount of work that you put into these anchor tests but I just wonder if 4 trials can result in any kind of real significant results given natural variation in the seabed, location of weed, rocks etc etc. A statistician might want 40 trials. Still it gives a good hint at the direction anchor design should take. I can’t tell you how much I enjoy and appreciate your body of work.

The seabeds in which I test produce fairly consistent, "good enough" results from a relatively small numbers of trials. Also, the camera really helps "weed out" (no pun intended) bad tests. But, it is always a "balancing act" between having a larger number of trails and the even more important (in my opinion), large number of test scenarios. For example, in this "leading edge test", if I had focused on the soft mud seabed and conducted 10 trials for each condition (10 x 4 = 40), we would have perfect data for that 1 seabed and zero data for the other 3 seabeds. In my opinion, having "good enough" data from 4 seabeds beats perfect data from 1 seabed. In a perfect world we would have: -Tests of relevant anchor designs (minimum 20) in at least 3 different sizes each. -Test all those with at least 3 different rode combinations with at least 3 different scopes. -Test all of the above with various "soak times" and different rates of pull increase. -Test all of the above with multiple "resets", veers, surges. -Test all of the above in at least 20 different seabeds that are spread around the globe. -And yes, test all of the above with at least 10X trial repetition. So that is 20 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 2 x 20 x 10 = 5,184,000 If I somehow conducted 30 trails per day, for 300 days per year, I would be finished in 576 YEARS!!! Don't forget the video editing and voice work which requires at least as much time as the "on water" testing - so now we are at well over 1,000 years!!! Note that this entire endeavor has been (and will likely remain) a net money loss for me.

Thank you. I’m use I’m your biggest fan. Can’t count the number of people I’ve recommended your channel to.

@@peterheiberg566 Ditto with what Peter said!

I’ve sailed in many locations throughout the Mediterranean and never had a problem finding an anchorage with good holding substrate even with an inferior delta anchor (wasn’t my choice). The biggest problem with anchorages is being overcrowded in the summer months which will keep you on your toes.

What you might be seeing on Google Earth is likely sea grass which there is plenty of.

Thank you both for the input.

What kind of anchor and what size?

@@flygoodwin Hey Steve, did you get my response? I'm not seeing it now. 22# by Ankerplex out of Spain. It's an easily broken down anchor.

Ankerplex looks interesting. I might want to test it. I need to see it in person first. I will be working at the boat haven tomorrow and next week. Can meet you during lunch at a landmark of your choice.

@@flygoodwin Great, how about along the fence on the water by the bathrooms? Near Haven

On my way to the fence.

Maybe your right but your seeing head to head tests in the exact same conditions which still provides useful information.