Lou West Garhauer Marine NZ Ltd New Zealand

The Anchor Buddy anchor weights have been manufactured by Garhauer Marine NZ Ltdin New Zealand since 1995. The Director, Lou West is a keen sailor and has been around boats for almost half a century! He wanted to revive a 2000 year old method of safe, secure anchoring that has been used for generations. The use of an anchor weight. His purpose was to design and develop a range of modern, high-tech, very easy to use anchor weights that would suit boats with all chain as well as rope anchoring and required no tools to put them on. A large number of cruising yachties take our anchor weights to the Pacific each year. Skippers of fishing vessels say they can now stay 'on their spot'! Owners of high winded vessels say the boat behaves much better at anchor. Many who have previously sat up all night, wondering if they are going to drag, say they can now sleep much easier.

It seems boating has become so technical. There are many gadgets for boats but not one helps the anchor dig in more securely.
It is time to get back to the basics of good seamanship and use an anchor weight for safe, secure anchoring.

What the Anchor Buddy and Kiwi Anchor Rider anchor weights are made of

A quality marine product from New Zealand

• Made in the finest quality materials and marine grade components
• Die cast in zinc/aluminium compound (mixed to prevent it acting like an anode)
• Assembled with Lanacote to prevent reaction between dissimilar metals
• Purpose designed to keep chafe of rope or chain to an absolute minimum
• Has an internal nylon roller for ease of lowering and retrieving
• Comes complete with 15 metres (50ft) of 8mm nylon rope

Warranty

We are extremely proud of our product and hope it exceeds all your expectations.

All component parts are warranted to the original purchaser, to be free from any defects in materials or workmanship. Since conditions of use are beyond the manufacturer's control, we do not assume any liability in connection with the performance or from injury or damage from use. Our warranty does not cover normal wear and tear or breakage caused by misuse or abuse.

It does not cover any damage caused by corrosion if the Anchor Buddy anchor weight has been taken apart and not re-assembled using Lanacote (or a similar product) to coat all surfaces of the nuts, bolts and holes.

We suggest the Anchor Buddy anchor weights, and the rope around the handle, are washed in fresh water periodically to prevent salt encrustation. We are pleased to report that when we dismantled an Anchor Buddy after 5 years continuous use, it showed no sign of corrosion whatsoever.

Except as provided in the Customer Guarantees Act 1993, all warranties, descriptions, product representatives or advice given as to the fitness or suitability for any purpose, tolerance to any conditions, similarity to sample merchantability or otherwise are expressly excluded.
The customer will ensure that any products purchased are used for purposes for which they are suitable and shall be responsible for ensuring all necessary skill and care in maintaining and using the product purchased.
Product Returns: Note: A "defect" is any aspect of an item or service that is not of acceptable quality.
However, a customer cannot reject the defective goods whenever they want to. Instead, the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act requires customers to reject the goods within a "reasonable time" from purchase.
It is the intention of Garhauer Marine NZ Ltd to pass on any customs duty and freight charges that are applied to an item that has been returned for repair or replacement by an overseas customer, when it is determined by Garhauer Marine NZ Ltd that either:
a) The suggested fault is found to be caused by the customer and is not covered by provisions of the NZ Consumer Guarantees Act, or
b) The reason given for replacement or rejection is in fact not able to be validated and cannot be aligned to qualifying circumstances as defined by the NZ Consumer Guarantees Act.
Refunds:
Consideration for refund will be given on the basis that the goods are defective in some way, as per provisions of the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act. Any refund will be given at the sole discretion of Garhauer Marine NZ Ltd.
Please be aware that it is the intention of Garhauer Marine NZ Ltd to charge any overseas customer, customs duty that is applied to an item that has been returned for repair or replacement, when it is determined by Garhauer Marine NZ Ltd that either:
a) The suggested fault is found to be caused by the customer and is not covered by provisions of the NZ Consumer Guarantees Act, or
b) The reason given for replacement or rejection is in fact not able to be validated and cannot be aligned to qualifying circumstances as defined by the NZ Consumer Guarantees Act.

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