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Testimonials - What users say . . ."The Anchor Buddy anchor weights are the most useful marine product for boating safety to come on the market since I started boating"Des Townson, New Zealand Yacht Designer "My wife and I are the proud owners of a Whiting 45 yacht called "Meridian Passage". Over the past 18 months, we have sailed the Northland Coast of New Zealand quite extensively, circumnavigating the North Island, as well as thoroughly exploring the Marlborough Sounds, Tasman Bay and the D'Urville Island areas. We purchased an all chain model Anchor Buddy at the Auckland Boat Show. On first using this amazing device, I was very reluctant to give credit to any significant change in the holding power or behaviour of our yacht at anchor. But after many months and extensive use of this anchor weight in all sorts of conditions, I can no longer deny the marked change in our boats performance at anchor. I list the most notable observations; 1) In choppy conditions, without the Anchor Buddy, the boat see-saws quite noticeably. With the Anchor Buddy on, the boat is very steady and when observing the motion, I would liken it to a shock absorber in a car, where as the boat will rise with chop, then settle and steady very quickly, giving the impression of a calmer sea than one would normally experience in this type of sea condition. 2) The holding power of our anchor in strong winds and limited area to swing, with Anchor Buddy deployed is amazing. It has vastly increased our confidence of anchoring in areas with limited space, and removed our anxiety with sleepless nights worrying whether we are going to drag etc. 3) When anchoring in foul ground which we do regularly when scuba diving, we always let a generous amount of chain out, deploy our Anchor Buddy and dive down the anchor chain to check the holding power. Since deploying the Anchor Buddy our observation in a variety of sea conditions, is we have observed NO WEIGHT AT ALL PULLING ON OUR DELTA ANCHOR. With the motion of the boat having to contend with the anchor weight and chain, we have never witnessed our Delta anchor working. In summary, under all conditions, we are very glad we own an Anchor Buddy and would thoroughly recommend all cruising boats seriously consider equipping their vessel with what we now consider standard equipment for the safety minded boatie. Kind regards Merv Dobbs, WHANGAREI" "Ours is a Farr design and these fin keeled boats sail around at anchor. The Anchor Buddy reduces this enormously..." "It was 60 knots in Minerva Reef. The Anchor Buddy made the yacht feel like we were anchored in a calm harbour, compared with other boats anchored there at the same time." "Our catamaran yaws wildly! I had been told that the Anchor Buddy would control it at anchor, but the difference is UNBELIEVABLE! It takes up the tension and slows the motion down instead of the sudden jerk often encountered by multihulls in a heavy blow. It also keeps the warp clear of other vessels' rudders, keels or props, keeping it almost vertical to the bow. Two anchors - forget it!" "I dived down to see the Anchor Buddy working. The angle change of the rode induced by the Buddy was significant - I estimated it to be between 20 and 30 degrees. The weight was serving as a spring, absorbing the weight of the boat in the gusts and leaving the critical section of the rode leading to the anchor unmoved. I took the Buddy off and dived back down to see the difference. The length of rode on the bottom was some three metres less, but more importantly, the movement of the rode was more pronounced, as was the movement across the bottom as the boat swung - just the things that are likely to pop an anchor in questionable holding. I WAS SOLD!" Independent gear test by Editor of Boating World magazine |
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