Over the past seven years, we've invested millions of dollars developing, meticulously engineering, and improving Beach Bags™ within our 22-year-old, award-winning product development business. To date Beach Bags™ have successfully anchored +3,600 houseboats of all shapes and sizes, establishing a remarkable track record of +19,000 anchoring days enhancing Lake Powell houseboating vacations. Beach Bags™ have made houseboating easier, more enjoyable, and safer for families and friends, even in the most challenging weather conditions. Their ingenuity has been recognized with four US patents (additional patents pending), and they have successfully passed a National Park Service-approved, 3rd party validated, wind load testing program demonstrating their ability to hold the largest houseboat on the lake, a 120-foot-long, five-story vessel, in winds exceeding 65 mph winds.

No. While the "wet" (or filled) anchor weight is important, it's not the only thing to consider when selecting an anchoring system to safely anchor your houseboat. The most important consideration, by far, is "holding power".

Holding power is made up of numerous factors including, but not limited to, wet weight, under-load integrity, placement angles, and surface conditions influencing the anchor's coefficient of friction.

We'll help you select the right anchors for your boat informed by a combination of:

• professional engineering and +7 years of product refinement
• real-world and third party validated wind-load testing in Lake Powell storms
• professional experiences anchoring +3,600 houseboats spending over 20,000 days successfully anchored on Lake Powell

Beach Bags™ systems will range from 4 - 10 anchors depending on the size of your houseboat and anchoring preferences.

Lake Powell weather is extreme and our recommendations will include a professionally engineered system for successfully anchoring your houseboat in 70 mph broadside winds and a safety factor of 1.5.

We have many anchor configurations available for safely anchoring your houseboat and will consult with you to select the right system for meeting your budget and needs.

Beach Bags™ anchors support cam-lock filling. This means:

• 2-3X faster filling (250 -400 gpm)
• Hands free operation
• Shorter time to safety and security (essential when anchoring in windy weather)

Our recommended pumping options include:

• Several gas powered portable pumps (250 gpm) 

Beach Bags™ "dry" weight is between 50 lbs. and 85 lbs., depending on anchor size. Weight gain after use results from improper draining and cleaning. We'll teach you the tips and tricks for keeping your "dry" anchor weights low.

Each anchor is supplied with an innovative carrying case designed for compact and convenient deployment, retrieval, and storage. The case features several ergonomically positioned handles on either side to facilitate single or multi-user carrying.

Beach Bags™ are designed to fold and pack quickly and compactly They also come with an innovative carrying case to facilitate deployment, retrieval, and storage. Packed anchors are as small as 3x2x1.5 feet.

Each Beach Bags™ anchor includes a patented and professionally engineered water bladder and bridle for safely anchoring your houseboat contained in a compact and convenient carrying case to facilitate deployment and retrieval.

We also include professional written and on-lake training as part of your purchase.

We're glad you asked. In addition to selling the highest quality, professionally engineered, and proven houseboat anchoring system designed exclusively for Lake Powell, we also operate a robust service anchoring more than 1,000 houseboats per year. That means we're here, on the lake and can help with questions or issues should they arise during the houseboating season. Ask our customers how we treat them. We genuinely believe you'll hear, "like family".

With proper care, Beach Bags™ have been proven to last up to 4 years (and counting) under daily, commercial use throughout the houseboating season. We are continuously improving our product and anticipate our latest generation of anchors will last even longer. Therefore, we would expect personally owned anchors to last substantially longer.