Spade anchor
instantly digs into the seabed
Your anchor is the main component keeping your boat secure and must be able to be quickly dropped to the seabed in order to immediately provide a secure anchorage for the vessel and crew.
Our Spade anchor features a honed tip that holds 50% of the total anchor weight, enabling it to always fall to the seabed the correct way up and dig in as soon as it touches the bottom. Even before the boat’s anchor rode pulls on it, the anchor is digging itself in. The more honed and heavy the tip, the easier it is for the boat’s anchor to dig into the seabed.
Honed tip
For optimal anchor penetration
Instant effect
Spade anchor instantly digs into the seabed
Intelligence
The anchor always lands the right way up.
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from our ambassadors
The Spade anchor provides unrivalled user comfort and security, making it the best anchor in the world according to many sailors!
Spade anchor digs deep into the sand
Spade anchor has a cutting edge, unlike some other boat anchors which have a ‘scraper’ edge. By having a cutting edge, the anchor can optimally penetrate the seabed and its sharp edge makes it easy for the Spade anchor to dig deeply into sand.
Even if you always anchor on sandy seabeds or the sea floor is covered with algae, the Spade anchor will still properly do its anchoring job. In fact, it cuts through the plant layer and digs into the hard part of seabeds, unlike other anchors on the market that slide along algae-covered seafloors for dozens of metres, pulling the plants out as they go.
Digs deep
into sand
Spade anchor
has a cutting edge
Optimal seabed
penetration
Spade anchor stays in place on the seabed in all situations
The patented Spade anchor is the only boat anchor with a concave shape. For many years, aeronautical engineers have been defining the load holding coefficients of various shapes:
- The strongest is the concave shape
(coef. 1.7) - In second place is the flat shape
(coef.) 1.2) - In third is the chevron shape
(coef. between 0.5 and 1)
The anchor’s concave
shape is patented
The Spade anchor has the strongest profile
Stays in place on
the seabed in all situations
Spade anchor holds exceptionally well in the seabed
Numerous comparison tests of various boat anchors on the market have been performed by the specialist boating media. These tests help establish rankings. Spade anchor is often at the top of the rankings and in these tests has shown an exceptionally high holding power on seafloors.
When there is a high load, it is essential that your anchor does not dislodge. Boats are often pushed around in high winds and rough seas. Your anchor is your anchorage lifeline and must never dislodge.
Cyclic anchor
Behaviour of ‘plough’ or ‘two-fluke’ anchors without stabilising anchor stock: the anchor digs in, dislodges, digs in again, and in some situations remains dislodged.
Catapult-effect anchor
Behaviour of ‘two-fluke’ anchors with stabilising anchor stock: the anchor dislodges in one go at the worst possible moment and fails to regain its hold (dragging on the seabed in a position that does not enable it to hook on or dig in again).
Spade anchor
Spade anchors always remain deeply embedded in the seabed without twisting or dislodging, thereby ensuring maximum load holding power.
Spade anchor pivots on the seabed when the wind changes direction
When the wind changes direction and the boat pulls in a different direction, many boat anchors are pulled up to the seabed surface and dislodge when the anchor rode is once again pulled straight. The boat then drifts tens of metres before the anchor is able to dig into the seabed again.
Thanks to its concave shape and extremely high holding power, the Spade anchor can pivot in sand by slightly leaning in the direction of rotation.
Once the anchor rode is once again pulled straight, the anchor instantly adjusts to resume its optimal position.
Spade anchor pivots
on the seabed
Spade anchor perfectly repositions itself
Spade anchor
sinks deep
Spade anchor never gets caught in its anchor rode
When a boat’s anchor is dropped or the direction of pull is reversed, the anchor rode may get caught on the sharp flukes or stabilising stocks of anchors. When the line is pulled taut, the anchor is not in its normal anchoring position and can drag a certain distance before finally digging into the seabed, if that is possible.
Thanks to its concave shape and lack of flukes or stocks, the Spade anchor never gets tangled in the anchor rode and can properly do its boat anchorage job.
- Spade anchor never gets caught in its anchor rode
- Spade anchor properly does its anchoring job
The Spade anchor has extremely high holding power when anchoring a boat
An anchor must remain in place on the seafloor regardless of the conditions and traction force applied to the anchor rode, and be able to resist those forces. It must not become permanently damaged or break under the tension.
The Spade anchor gets its impressive strength from the hollow trapezoidal shaft, dual triangulation attachment, ribbed and curved shapes, and special high strength alloys.
- Spade anchor never gets caught in its anchor rode
- Spade anchor has the strongest shape