LITE 18" Anchor

4th of July Pelican Lake StormThis 4th of July weekend we were up north in the Brainerd lakes area. I anchored my Ranger Reata 1850 (2200 lbs fiberglass fish/ski) in about 4 feet of water with the 3 foot sand shark. Drove in fairly easy, but I had one of the kids do it anyway. I also had the rope they sell with elasticity to it (this is key as well). My intentions were to anchor the boat this way as there was limited dock access, and we were occupying the beach looking at the boat so if something happened I could resolve it. Thursday the 4th of July we had a rapid storm develop over the lake. Winds were 60+ and we got a lot of rain. Storm happened so fast I didn’t have time to beach the boat, plus I had to coordinate the wrangling of various party items like a 30 foot wide blow up swan and a few shade tents. Swan flew off in the air and was secured by the man they call the swan wrangler. Two of the pop up shade covers were destroyed. I watched from the house as the mighty sand shark held this boat with constant supply of two foot waves, and 60 mph winds. Convinced 2 others to buy this for shallow water anchoring you can walk away from (should be their new marketing slogan). Thanks for keeping my boat safe on the 4th of July.

SandShark has wonderful products that are well built. This anchor works great to hold my boat along the beached shores of Lake Michigan. My neighbor was so impressed he bought one the next day for his boat. Couldn’t be happier with the product.

I kayak a lot and on sand bars or shallow water with fast currents, my grapnel style anchor never held my boat in place. It would always drift. I decided to give this anchor a shot and it is fantastic! Easy to auger into the sand, holds my kayak along with my friend's yak in place, and is really high quality. I recently capsized my kayak and lost the straight bar portion of the anchor and when I contacted Sand Shark, the offered to ship me one free of charge. I am very happy with this purchase.I was fully aware how long the anchor was when I purchased so I do not see any sense in deducting stars based on you may get a bit wet using the anchor if the tide comes in. It is wonderful for any shallow sandy areas or even the beach as the tide is coming in. This thing is great and is built to last forever.

This is a review of the SandShark Lite 18" Sand Anchor.First off…this is an amazing tool for anchoring your light water craft to the shoreline or shallow sandbar!There’s a lot of room for enhancements though:The anchor comes in 2 parts; the shaft and the handle. Although the handle inserts through the islet of the shaft to allow for the turning of the anchor into the sand as a torquing device it could be improved. There is lateral play in the handle when twisting the shaft. I think a better solution would be a cap head screw handle which threads into the shaft allowing a precise fit and no lateral play in the handle when turning.The anchor shaft has a length of 18” which is great for shoreline or an exposed sandbar, but in a sandbar situation where the depth is over a couple feet you might have to dive under to twist the anchor into the sand. A screw-able shaft extension or longer shaft option would be a great enhancement to allow for a deeper water level should that be the case. I had mine anchor in about 3 feet of water and had to put on my mask to dive under to screw the anchor into the sand as my arms could not reach the handle without diving under.Lastly, the anchor is stainless steel which is awesome except for the fact that when submerged it is somewhat hard to see it. I would like to see a powder coating option of say optic yellow or day glow orange for visibility purposes and to ensure you don’t jam your toes into it while walking.Overall…I love this product and would recommend it for the anchorage of any light water craft (Kayak/SUP/Jetski). I used it on my 15’ inflatable Body Glove Crusader SUP to keep it anchored and even with 15-20mph winds and choppy water the anchor held solidly.

Bought the bungee to go with it and it holds our 21 foot boat even on a really rough day it didn't move at all. Does take a little while to get it setup and you'll need help but for beaching a boat it's hard to think of a better anchor.

it works as advertised, love the product.

Used to anchor a PWC. Held PWC, but when removing from sand, eye sheared off. Found better at Tractor Supply for 1/4 price. Go there...

Disappointed, does not stay in ground/sand. Watch out when it lets go!