| Description: MODEL 160 (1600 cm2) Boat LOA < 75' - Disp. < 50,000 lbs.
The SPADE Anchor, one of the truly greatbreakthrough designs to make its way into the marine industry in the lastdecade. The anchor has been receiving great accolades in the boating pressworldwide. Its biggest drawback for North American boaters has been thedifficulty in purchasing this anchor, due to a lack of dealers and distributionin this region. Great Lakes Marine Specialties is proud to make the anchoravailable to its North American customers by inventorying a number of theserobust anchors so that you, the boater, can spend more time boating and lesstime trying to figure out how to import this anchor to your location.
What is the SPADE Anchor all about?
The SPADE Anchor is a truly NEW andunique anchor design. There have been many variations of the plow anchorand the fluke anchor marketed in North America, the popular brands of which weall know the names.
Plow shaped anchors are designed to plow the sea floor, asthey move through it - hence their name. SPADE anchors by name, and by action,dig deeply into the sea floor. Once they are within the sea floor, the concaveshape of SPADE anchors is designed to compact the sea floor, and thus not tomove! This is what makes the design so unique!
The Manufacturer of the SPADE anchor never refers to ananchor's weight, but rather to its effective surface area. The remarkableefficiency of a SPADE anchor is due to the size, and shape, of its effectivesurface : SPADE anchors of the same surface area will have the same holdingpower, no matter the material of which they are made.
The SPADE anchor is manufactured in three materials(Steel, Aluminum, and Stainless Steel), and in six sizes. Hi-tensile steelversions are hot-dip galvanized. All SPADE anchors of the same size, regardlessof the material they are made of, will work with the same efficiency. |