mushroom anchors

Eric Zilbert (eezilbert@ucdavis.edu)
Sun, 21 Feb 1999 16:37:58 -0800


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I've had some small experience with mushroom anchors in mud. They work,
sometimes too well. If the mud is real deep, they can go down and never
come up. Thats why they make good permanent moorings. I've lost two in
muddy bottoms from small fishing boats. - Eric