What is essential for good behaviour and high holding power?

• Opening of the flukes > Large tripping palm area and a well situated hingepoint.
• Penetration > Bevelled shank, flukes, tripping palms and stabilizers.
• No balling-up and jumping out > Holes in the flukes and open head structure.
• Stability > Four plate-stabilizers.
• Handling and safety > No protruding bars, high structural strength by frame construction.

1. Flipper Delta anchors® dropped on soft bottom might sink with their flukes pointing upwards.
2. As soon as a horizontal pull is exerted on the anchor, it slides up on the flukes.


3. While the congested soil runs off through the open head, the large wide tripping palms - situated behind the pivot - ensure that the flukes turn around.
4. The Flipper Delta anchor® digs in and the four stabilizers ensure that it stays in this optimum position, while giving high holding power in soft soil as well.


5. A Danforth anchor falls into soft soil and, as a result of its heavy head, sinks with its flukes pointing upwards.
6. As soon as a horizontal pull is excerted on the anchor, it slides up on the flukes.


7. While the soft soil bulges under the flukes, the relatively small tripping area - situated in front of the pivot - cannot ensure that the flukes turn around.
8. Result is soft soil: holding power = 2 x weight of anchor.