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About MoorSafe
Built by people who know the harbor.
MoorSafe was founded on a simple observation: the standard mushroom anchor has had the same flaw for a hundred years, and someone in Maine ought to fix it.
The founder
Scott Karkos
Scott brings more than thirty years of worldwide sourcing experience to MoorSafe, with a strong international network of supplier partnerships built across decades of working in industrial manufacturing.
He holds a B.S. in Business from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and founded MoorSafe to bring a Maine-built solution to a problem he'd watched harbormasters and boat owners wrestle with year after year.
In memoriam
Captain Gregory Smith
MoorSafe carries the name and the standards of its co-founder, who is no longer with us but whose decades on the water shaped every decision we make.
Captain Gregory Smith
Founder · 1988 – 2025Captain Smith brought twenty years of mooring service experience to MoorSafe, paired with the discipline of a captain of unlimited tonnage vessels in worldwide commercial trade. He held a B.S. from Maine Maritime Academy.
The MoorSafe anchor exists because Captain Smith spent his career watching chain wrap break boats, mooring fields, and seasons. He knew exactly what a working solution had to look like — and his standards for what counted as "working" remain ours today.
We build every MoorSafe anchor the way Captain Smith would have wanted it built.
The team
The people behind every anchor.
A small Maine team — designers, engineers, and people who've spent more time on the water than off it.
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Denise Karkos
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Manny Kourinos
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Oliver Silverson
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David Young
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Bios coming soon — we're putting them together with the same care we put into the anchors.
Frequently asked
Questions about the company.
How did MoorSafe start?
It started with Captain Smith and Scott Karkos watching the same problem play out year after year — chain wrap on traditional mushroom anchors creating preventable damage in mooring fields. They believed a simple geometric change could solve it, and that the right place to design and build it was Maine. The patent application followed.
Is MoorSafe a Maine company?
Yes. The company is based in Maine. The anchors are designed in Maine. The cast iron, the bar fabrication, the welding, the finishing, and the inspection all happen in Maine. Both founders are Maine-rooted — Captain Smith was a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy.
Is the company looking for partners or distributors?
Yes — we're talking with marinas, mooring service providers, and harbormasters. If you'd like to explore a partnership, please get in touch and select "Mooring service / marina" or "Something else" on the form.
Can I tour the shop or see an anchor in person?
By appointment, yes. We're a small operation, so we coordinate visits in advance. Send a note via the contact page and we'll set something up.
Maine, USA
Designed here. Made here. Tested here.
We design and manufacture every MoorSafe anchor in Maine. Our tensile testing was done at Yale Cordage in Saco. Our field testing was done in Casco Bay. The people we build for are our neighbors — and that's reflected in everything we make.
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