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Originally Posted by fishingjim48
Talking about a round buoy attached to 3 or 4ft of rope with a ss ring on other end of rope. I don't want to get on the bow to retrieve the anchor
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The previous guy who owned my boat had the anchor rope rigged such that he could drop it from the cockpit and retrieve from the side of the boat too. It was clever, but I was new and didn***8217;t note how he did it. He kept the anchor behind the drivers seat in a tub. He was kind of one of those folks who fish commercial on the side near Martha***8217;s Vineyard. The story was that hey once brought back 800-1000 lbs fish back with 4 fishermen on board.
Obviously anchor ball is a good option. I personally couldn***8217;t justify the cost of the windlass given the cost of the boat and that I am usually anchored in about 30-50 ft at most and I am ok with pulling it up, that***8217;s about the limit for me manually. If I ever were in a situation where I would need to anchor consistently in deeper waters say more than 100 ft I would think of the windlass. But that***8217;s pretty far offshore here and I don***8217;t think I would ever take the v20 out there in the first place.