Box Anchor

[juradog]

Has anyone had experience with the box anchor?

Thanks.

 

[pateco]

I had to look it up.

I would also like to hear if anyone here has experience with one

 

[Hardhead]

I can tell you one thing - watch your fingers.. I bought one once, and in opening/closing it, I felt it very easy to amputate one unintentionally. I wound up returning it.

I would think it is very effective at holding in certain bottoms - but don't have any first hand experience as far as that goes.

 

[thinwater]

I've heard it dismissed out of hand many times, but I don't know of any testing. I can think of a number of reasons why it would be completely out of its weight class in a competitions with NG anchors.

• Flukes exposed to rode fouling.
• Cannot bury deep.
• Cannot rotate without tripping.

Curiously, it might actually be superior on river gravel. I'd bet it's a good lunch hook... but sailors don't really use lunch hooks.

 

[pclarksurf]

Assuming you're researching... check out Mantus, I believe @Gene Neill has some experience with them as well.... I had to choose an anchor from scratch as my '73 came with none.... LOVE it.

https://www.mantusmarine.com/

 

[pclarksurf]

also had to look up the box: one manufacturers less than epic test, but for what its worth: