Does the aluminum SPADE have the same holding as the steel version of the same size?
Holding power of an anchor has very little relation to its weight. Holding power has a much closer relation to the size, and the shape, of the effective surface area of the anchor’s blade. Because each model of our anchors will have the same effective surface area, whether made of steel or of aluminium, each anchor will have the same holding power. Several independent tests, by nautical magazines have confirmed that our aluminium anchors hold with exactly the same power as the steel version of the same size although it is important to note that we only recommend the use of an aluminium anchor as a secondary anchor.
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