Aft Anchor

[JV II]

Mike, you don't have to go all the way to Idaho, just a few miles north to NH and you'll have more trees than you can handle.

I've boated up there on your lake. Very nice. Love the trees. The underwater hazards scared the crap out of me. That lake is like a mine field. I know why they call it the granite state. Made me consider the opportunity to open a prop shop on the lake.

 

[jrcinnh]

Usually it's more than the prop. A guy a few slips down just tapped the rocks at headway speed this fall. This is the oldtimer that everyone knows and trusts, 15 seasons with no problems. Now he needs one new prop, the other can be fixed, a new shaft and strut, two new rudders. Looks like about $9000.

Then again if you have an outdrive this is waiting:

But they're well marked and we have good charts. If you stay on the right side of the markers, you will be safe. Just stay out of the Witches and the Graveyard.

 

[wkearney99]

Just be very careful about a stern anchor. I had one on last season and some wind gusts kicked up unexpectedly. The boat swung around enough to break the anchor loose. It then caught again. The boat swung around and the line caught on, and then DESTROYED a trim tab.

 

[MC1600]

Just be very careful about a stern anchor. I had one on last season and some wind gusts kicked up unexpectedly. The boat swung around enough to break the anchor loose. It then caught again. The boat swung around and the line caught on, and then DESTROYED a trim tab.

Yikes! Thanks for the warning, Bill! Given my somewhat anal nature, I am sure that anytime we are tied-up in this configuration, I'm going to watch it like a hawk!

 

[Ace]

I use an 11 lb Bruce anchor for my stearn. Works great except some times it will not release until you are right over top. This is a problem when beached in a crowd as you can not haul anchor until you are actualy under way.
Great anchors. Hold with 4 to 1 rode, resets itself if the wind changes, no chain needed. This anchor would hold my 310 as a main anchor if needed. Fits in the the little locker on the port side including 100 feet of 1/2 inch yacht braid.

 

[Shining]

I use the sand spike. Works great! Every time I'm at the beach, people ask where they can get one.
http://www.sandspike.com/

 

[Hampton]

Fortress.

 

[aprilfools63]

I use the fortress FX-11. I use it as a rear anchor and sometimes use it at 30 degrees off the bow when I have wind and the current going different directions in sand or muddy conditions.

$113.85 here http://www.turtlemarine.com/fortressfx7.html
I use 3 feet of chain to keep the shank down and 100 foot of rode.

 

[rhytid]

A question from a newbie on using TWO anchors.... I understand you put down the forward anchor and then back down and then deploy the aft anchor... Which do you pull up first when it's time to move?? I would think the aft anchor but how do you pull it up?? Do you back down some more?? Or am I completely wrong??

 

[Pakmule]

A question from a newbie on using TWO anchors.... I understand you put down the forward anchor and then back down and then deploy the aft anchor... Which do you pull up first when it's time to move?? I would think the aft anchor but how do you pull it up?? Do you back down some more?? Or am I completely wrong??

We just pick it up and carry it on the boat.

We use a cheap danforth and a rope. It is a second anchor and all I am trying to do is keep the boat from moving from side to side.

 

[aprilfools63]

I connect a fender to the anchor line with a D-ring. This helps to mark the line for other boaters see and when it is time to leave, I swim or paddle out on my kayak and drag the fender towards the anchor. Usually, the fender has enough buoyancy to help release the anchor. If the anchor is really set, then I pay out more line (I use floating line) and retrieve the forward anchor first, connect the rear line to a forward cleat and pull overtop of it until it releases.