From: "Jay" <linda.hinz2@verizon.net>
To: slideanchor@msn.com
Subject: step platform
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:02:57 -0500 Hello! Just a note to tell
you that your step platform is great. We were thinking of selling
our 23' Eliminator Daytona because we could not stop on hot days
and go swimming in the middle of the lakes. We always had to go
to shore. We have a lot of weeds in the shallow waters by shore
so swimming is not good there. The deep water has no weeds. Now
we can jump out and get right back in. You saved my boat from being
sold! Thanks again for a great product.
Jay Hinz Minocqua - Wisconsin
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From: Eric <rommayo@aol.com>
To: slideanchor@msn.com
Subject: Thanks!
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:51:27 -0400
I'd like to thank you guys for making such a great anchor. I received
it Friday just about a week after I ordered, just in time
for the weekend. Previously I have had trouble anchoring in some of
the areas with a hard sandy bottom with a danfourth fluke style
anchor. Not anymore, the box anchor works great. I used it 6 or so
times in the past two days and it grabbed the first time every time.
Thanks again, you guys have a simple but great design. I've already
recommended it to quite a few people. Keep it up!
Regards,
Eric Theberge
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From: "Thad and Debbie Briggs" <perchin@cyberport.net>
To: <SlideAnchor@msn.com>
CC: <perchin@cyberport.net>
Subject: Loved your Product
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:31:29 -0600
To the Owners of Slide Anchor:
My name is Thad Briggs owner of Thad's Tackle Shop in Olney, Montana.
I recently tried your 25# anchor on 17 feet Trackor. I was shocked
at how the anchor worked in 4 foot swawls. It hooked up awesome.
We lost power to our bow mount motor, so we had to anchor to fish
for walleye in a tournament on Fresno Reservoir (Havre, Montana).
The second tournament we were in we needed the anchor again. This
time the wind was gusting 30-40 mph creating real choppy waters.
We caught fish, and the boat stayed using the anchor. We placed
30th out of 94 teams. If we didn't have your anchor we wouldn't
have been able to fish. Thank you for a great product. We probably
could have used your lighter model. Can't wait to try your smaller
anchor on my new Lund 2025.
Thank you,
Thad Briggs
Olney, Montana 59927
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The following letter was brought to us at the Anaheim
Boat Show in April 2006 by the owner of a bent shore spike. He brought
us back the spike, the letter, and a very big "thanks".
Ryan Dvorak, owner of Slide Anchor, gave him a new shore spike,
free of charge of course. [Click
here to see the original letter.]
To Whom It May Concern,
My family was on a Lake Powell houseboat vacation during the first
week of August 2004. One afternoon, we encountered one of Lake Powell's
infamous storms. The stern of our 24' deckboat was tied to the stern
of the houseboat and our bow was secured to a large (38") Slide
Anchor Shore Spike that was pounded about 10" deep into the
sandstone rock.
During the storm, we experienced winds like we had never seen on
a lake. The eyebolts holding the houseboat mooring lines popped
out of the sandstone rock and had to be reset. This meant our boat
lines, toed off to the Shore Spike and the houseboat, were securing
everything to the shore. With the wind pushing our boat and the
houseboat, the Shore Spike bent to an approximate 45 degree angle
but remained in place.
We had used the Shore Spike many times for securing to sandy beaches
in considerably better conditions. It had held up under light winds
and some current, but we never considered using it under the extreme
conditions we found at Lake Powell.
I purchased another Shore Spike as soon as I could, and continue
to use it every time we go out. I would highly recommend a Shore
Spike to any recreational boater wanting to secure any type of watercraft
to a shoreline.
Thank you,
David Wilson
Yorba Linda, CA
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From: TD Smith <detective.bubba@sbcglobal.net>
To: Ryan Dvorak <slideanchor@msn.com>
Subject: RE: Houseboat anchors.
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 07:52:23 -0700 (PDT)
I have to tell you that we used the first set of anchors on our last
trip. We had a storm and some strong winds on Mead. During this type
of weather with the re-bar stakes we were always retying and pounding
the stakes. The slide anchors gave about 1/2 an inch. We did not retie
but re-adjusted the stakes once. You have a great product.
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I just wanted to take a moment to compliment you on your Box Anchor.
I bought one from you a few years ago for my 1978 Ski Nautique.
I go up to Buckskin Campground on the Colorado on the Parker Strip.
We make the annual trip with a large group of Firemen. This last
trip there were 5 boats including my own. We anchor right offshore
and depending on how much water they are letting out of the Dam
at any given time, not only is the speed of the current widely variable
but the depth of the water and as a result the 'angle of attack'
on the anchor line changes. The bottom can consist year to year
of sand, boulders of heavy growths of sea grass or duck weed. Our
group of intrepid firefighters (traditionally known as 'cheap')
use a wide variety of anchors from a standard Danforth to a huge
hunk of concrete that 'Mongo' walks out as far as he can carry it.
Once again I arrived, backed the boat down the ramp, grabbed my
Box Anchor and walked it out a respectable distance, dropped it,
walked back and gave it a tug, left it marked by my buoy, went back
and launched the boat, drove it over and hooked to the anchor, waded
ashore and drove away the truck/trailer while those knuckleheads
sat on the beach drinking, amazed at how easy that was. For the
entire week my Box Anchor held it's set despite the current/depth
changes or the Monsoon that swept through off the Desert one afternoon
accompanied by a beautiful lightning storm that dared us to try
to pull the boats out. Needless to say the other anchors (except
Mongo's concrete block) pulled loose or dragged the bottom and had
to be reset. When it was time to go I walked out and stood over
the Box anchor and reeled it in with ease. In the bag it went and
it is ready for the next trip. Someday if you run a special I might
be able to sell 4 of the small anchors to my 'cheap' Brother Firefighters.
Sincerely, Chief Mac
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| Slide Anchor,
I just bought a box anchor and a large slide anchor and I wanted
to tell you guys it's the best item I've ever bought for my boat.
I used it during 4th of July weekend for the first time and you
guys couldn't make anchoring an easier.
Again, your product rocks!
Thanks,
Carlos
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From: "Chris Scarff" <cscarff@oaktrust.ca>
To: <slideanchor@msn.com>
Subject: Nearest Dealer
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:00:12 -0800
I already have two of your Box Anchors (medium size) on my other boats
(two Fountain Offshores) and have found them to be the best anchors
I have ever used. I have just ordered a new Fountain 48 Express Cruiser
for delivery on March 15th and my old anchors will probably be too
small. I would like to order one of your largest Box Anchors. Would
you kindly let me know where your closest dealer is to London, Ontario,
Canada?
Thank You,
Chris Scarff
J. Christopher Scarff
President
Oak Trust Company |
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