Bulwagga is made of cut metal flukes wich are welded together at a crown.
When compared to casting metal it is much stronger due to its flexibility and lighter. It gives less weight on the bow of your boat.

The Bulwagga features three flukes, two of which penetrate, and a pivoting shank which adjusts itself to the correct angle of pull. Thanks to its central symmetry geometrical design, when dropped, bullwagga falls always in the right position ready to prick and promptly slide into sea bed unlike other anchors which need first to position themselves as they are pulled. So when using any other usual plow type anchors, you never know exactly how many meters the anchor would drag before getting stuck, a distance which differs due to the bottom type. However with the bulwagga anchor you will always be sure that it would start piercing the bottom immediately after it touches onto any permeable sea bottom.

Plasma cut flukes from steel plate Sharper edges, well pointed tips Cuts weed and sooner digging, less dragging in hard bottoms.

Bulwagga is especially prefered for its efficiency and usefulness on a wide variety of sea bottoms: no any other anchor can perform on such variety of bottoms as would the bulwagga anchor. Weed is always a nightmare for experienced sailors when choosing the right place for anchorage. Weed gathers and blocks the ordinary plow type anchors hampering them to prick the bottom. Bulwagga sharp flukes cut the weed and leave them to slide out through its rifts between the flukes easing the pointed tips to reach and pierce the bottom.

Bulwagga Anchor has free forth and back moving shaft. The Bulwagga Anchor's shaft is free to get retracted towards to opposite of its plunge direction and this unique feature avoids any concern that the anchor could be squeezed or trapped in rocky bottoms. Less concern in the choice of anchorage location. Less trouble in rocky bottoms. It is so easy to retract!

At first glance, it seemed unlikely that the Bulwagga anchor would cause any excitement. It looks like a grappling hook made of steel plate with a loose, sliding shank made of 3/4" round steel rod.

After testing the Bulwagga anchor, we started calling it “The Bull.”
Dropped casually in the water, its two points grabbed, dug in and the dynamometer climbed without jerking to 1,060 pounds.

“Is it bent? No? Let’s try that again.”

It went 880 lbs., dropped to 380, jumped back to 1,000, etc. At Site 2 in the very clean sand, it went 400 lbs. at 3:1 scope, 890 at 7:1 scope, 1,000 at 5:1, etc.

It set quickly, didn’t roll, crab or pitch.

The anchor was designed to penetrate weeds. If lowered straight down, its shape would permit it to work through weeds. Mele said other considerations were that it set immediately, pivot when veered, be non-fouling when on the bottom, re-set if dislodged, retrieve easily by bringing it vertical or retracting its shank if the load on the rode is reversed 180° and back out of rocks or other hard bottoms.

All we know for sure is that “The Bull” in sand is nearly as phenomenal as the Spade. It’s only real liability, in our view, is that it is not the easiest anchor to stow—either on the bow, the deck or in a locker. The Bulwagga does have holes in each of the outer corners of the three triangular flukes that would make it possible to hang the anchor upside-down on the bow pulpit.

Practical Sailor: "Anchor Reset Tests", Belvoir Pubs, January 2001