Description
Attwood - 8 lb Black PVC Coated Iron Mushroom Anchor is designed as an economical and highly effective mooring solution for lightweight boats.
Key Product Overview
- Primary Use: It is ideal for anchoring smaller personal watercraft, such as kayaks, canoes, inflatables, jet skis, and lightweight fishing boats in calm waters.
- Bottom Compatibility: The wide-area mushroom cup shape creates a suction effect, providing excellent holding power specifically in muddy, silty, and weedy bottoms.
- Hull Protection: The thick black PVC coating cushions the hard gray cast iron, preventing scratches, dings, and clanking noise against your boat's hull or interior during deployment and storage.
Usage Limitations
- Not for Hard Bottoms: Mushroom anchors rely on sinking into soft substrate to achieve maximum holding power. They will simply drag along hard, rocky, or heavily graveled bottoms.
- Not for Large Vessels: This 8 lb weight class is meant strictly for lightweight watercraft and may fail to hold larger vessels, especially under heavy currents or windy conditions.
Specifications
- Vehicle Service Type:
- Watercraft
- Core Material:
- One-piece solid gray cast iron
- Exterior Finish:
- Protective black PVC coating
- Width:
- 7" Inches
- Height:
- 8-1/4" inches
- California Residents:
- WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals which are known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to P65Warnings.ca.gov.
