May 31, 2001

Donnie,

I would like to compliment you and your company on a fine product in the Digger Anchor.

I have a 25 foot SeaRay with a 5800 pound dry weight and purchased your 15 pound anchor three years ago.

I purchased your product as a stop gap measure as I recently lost my much more expensive Fortress anchor in the St. Croix river. I purchased the Digger Anchor to get me by for a weekend ad figured that later I would purchase another expensive anchor to use as the main anchor and revert the lower cost Digger Anchor as a backup. Neither I or anyone else boated with or had ever heard of the anchor so I must confess I chose it primarily because of the price.

To make a long story short, the one weekend I used the Digger as m main anchor has now stretched to three years as I cannot in any way justify buying a more expensive anchor. The holding power is fantastic. It is quite commonplace for me to drop anchor on the SeaRay and have two to three same size or larger boats tie to me! Basically we’re talking about one 15 pound anchor holding these boats simultaneously: 25’ SeaRay, 26’ Christ Craft, 25’ Formula.

On occasion we have even had one or two smaller boats tie up on the outside. While the St. Croix river is not notoriously rough, during a weekend around Stillwater it is not uncommon to have 24 to 30 inch waves roll in as boats up to 50’ criss cross the river. The river has been rough enough during these times that it has loosened up the cleats used to tie the boats together while the Digger Anchor keeps holding!

Another big plus to the holding power of the Digger is that, even though the recommended amount of line for optimal anchoring is labeled on the Digger, you can actually use a lot less line and hold very easily making the actual amount of work required to anchor a lot less. There are not many anchors with which I am comfortable anchoring over night for fear of the anchor letting go while I am sleeping. With the Digger I can sleep with ease as I am completely at ease with it’s holding power.

You have an excellent product. Thank you.

Joe Crain
Stillwater, MN