Anchors A-Weigh

[randlemanboater]

Everyone I have seen on here uses the traditional "fluke" style anchor w/ a chain. I found this (red) anchor hooked to a line in the inlet about 8 years ago and have thrown away all others since then.

I can drop the anchor anywhere and it sticks every time, no fuss, no re-anchor, just drop and done.

The red one is 20#, the black is 10#, I bought it for keeping the back of the boat away from the sand when beaching.

Anyone else?

[Mac_Attack]

I believe they are called navy anchors. I used a 10 lb navy anchor on my Gruman CC. It worked very well.

[charlie_the_tuna]

i use a danforth #8 fluke anchor and a sand spike when beaching.

[willy]

I got a 20 pounder I inherited from an earlier boat. They do work pretty well all though I believe you need more scope with them than you do with the other anchor styles. At least that has been my experience. I never used one in the salt only in the lakes I fish but they are up to 250 feet deep here.

[turbinedoctor]

I have one like the black one that was given to me but I think it's a 13 pounder. Never used it because by looking at it, I did not think it would hold as well as the Fluke style.


Do you like your better then a fluke stlye?

[TunaHead]

OK.. since you brought up the subject of anchors...

I'll be buying one soon for the V. All of my anchoring will be in rocky structure. The boat will be unattended cuz I'll be diving. What I need is an anchor that'll set reliably under those conditions AND is retreivable.

I'm not sure the Navy anchor will fulfill that last requirement. Any recomendations?

[randlemanboater]

Originally Posted by turbinedoctor

I have one like the black one that was given to me but I think it's a 13 pounder. Never used it because by looking at it, I did not think it would hold as well as the Fluke style.


Do you like your better then a fluke stlye?

I don't know if I just had bad luck w/ flukes, but to me the "navy" is the only way to go. Last trip out I tossed out the 20 pounder with about 125 ft of rope in 65 ft of water in 15-20 kt wind and it stuck like I put on the parking brake the first time.

[randlemanboater]

Originally Posted by TunaHead

OK.. since you brought up the subject of anchors...

I'll be buying one soon for the V. *All of my anchoring will be in rocky structure. *The boat will be unattended cuz I'll be diving. *What I need is an anchor that'll set reliably under those conditions AND is retreivable.

I'm not sure the Navy anchor will fulfill that last requirement. *Any recomendations?

Sounds like you might need a "grappnel style" for the rock, but not sure, all we have here is sand in the ocean and red mud in the lakes.

[2ndchance]

This is our version of a wreck/rock anchor. The anchor is made from the top rail of chain link fence and 3 peices of 3/8" rebar. Cut the fence rail 6 to 8" long, Cut the rebar 1 each 4' long and 2 each 22" long. Bend the 4' long peice in half, you have to use a maul to get the top radius smallenough to get close to the end of the pipe. Insert the bent peice into the pipe and then put the short peices in. Stick the bent end into a bucket of sand and melt some lead. Pour the lead into the pipe and let cool. Then turn the anchor over and fill the other end with lead. Then you bend the tines in the shape that you can see in the pic. When you set the anchor in the wreck or rocks it will hold. When you are ready to move you motor up until the anchor rope is as straight up and down as you can get it, cleat it off and then power off the wreck/ rocks. The tines that were holding will bend and release. When you get the anchor up on the boat you take a peice of pipe and rebend the tines and you are ready to set it again.

This is my spare

[TunaHead]

Excellent! A great idea AND a project for Saturday.
Thanks for the tip
TH