Never try and pull your anchor or use an anchor yanker tied to the back of your boat in open waters.

(Feel free to add comments or ask questions in this thread)

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why not, tell us please

It's not as high as the front and it lets more water in if the pick gets stuck...maybe

No matter which type of anchor you are using reef/pick, plough, star etc when it's time to pull it in

Use your Noggin & not your Brawn

When anchoring I attach a 8" styrene ball on a short piece of rope via one of those spring open long line clips about the length of my boat down the anchor rope from the front bollard 2 reasons for this.

1* always lets me visible see tthat we are holding bottom moreso on those light current days ball gets dragged underwater

2* when it's time to pull anchor it gives sight of were the anchor rope is I'm refering to my larger boat of course.

I start the motors & drive up the anchor rope slinging it up the side of boat until rope can be reached by hand & grabbed then a Buoy is clipped onto rope the S/S clip is large enough to also slide over chain but stops @ the prongs when I see buoy skipping on surface I slow down & do a 180 degree turn driving back up the rope, there's no weight to pull in just loose rope.

Plough anchors always drive back up the rope they unwedge much easier this way & again lift with buoy as they are very heavy.

If you ever have probs getting anchor loose/free & your boat starts sinkong on the rear cause of stain dont be a hero try driving boat in a differnt firection to release anchor.

If this fails get a knife retrieve as much rope as possible & cut the rest off very good chance you are chain rapped around a rock.

I was chain wrapped 3 times in a week not to long ago & cut the rope all 3 times

If your anchor gets stuck and the stern finishes up facing the oncoming swells your boat will get pulled under.
I got away with pulling frm the stern for years and one day I finally got caught out.
I was motoring up the anchor rope with 2 cold spluttery motors and when and when the tension came on the boat almost flipped because of a stuck anchor and the stern corner getting pulled under. Then the trouble really started....
Drifted back down trying to get the motors started without success until the tension came on again but this time we were stern on to the swell and no power from the previous motor dunking. Within seconds the swells were coming over the transom and the boat was going down, 3 guys standing at the helm looking back at a pair of outboards 4 feet underwater is not a good feeling with water lapping at your feet and half the boat gone.
We were so lucky to be able to even find a knife in the panic let alone cut the rope, it all happens very quickly believe me.
Luck was on our side at last and with a self draining deck the boat soon popped back up to it's former glory.
Fired up the motors and went home with our tails between our legs having learned a valuable lessong the hard way.

Thats why I pull from the front bollard even though the rope is running aft over the transon the nose will swing around if pick wont release.

Another little trick you can use if anchor is stuck is to let out more rope B4 attempting to pull pick free again this will act as a shock absorber & be more forgiving on your boat than a short rope.

Again I'll stress drive back up your rope & dont do what happened to Fed you dont want the arse of the boat facing the swell as you wont be able to turn the boat.

If this does happen & you do have rope tied to transom bollard run a loop to the front bollard & undo the rope from the rear bollard your boat will turn on it's own.

When tying off to bollard's DONT just 1/2 hitch the rope, wrap 3 -5 free loops depending on size of bollard 1st
By doing this pressure is taken off the 1/2 hitch's & makes for easier untieing

Hi FED,
Scary stuff,know the feeling.I allways pull the anchor yanker from the front with the hatch closed just in case,had a mate standing at the pointy end with the hatch open got some water in ...not good.
I use a "Mooloolaba anchor"(12months) now no problem with a stuck anchor anymore...works well



run the chain from the front down the shaft and zip tie it to end of shaft, if it get stuck the zip tie breaks and it pulls from the front.



and I put a small zip tie through the D shackle just incase they come loose .

Regards

Fish

Hey fish !

I've been using that type of anchor for years & years have to make up another one only ever lost 2 & the last one I had to cut off a few months back cause I got chain wrapped.

Make mine out of stainless find they're only good on shallow water to about 40 - 50 meters but am curious as to why you run chain to the nose of the anchor ??

here's a pic of the ones I make up

Hi JGD,
Have enother read and have a close look at the anchor(goggles on)this time :o

Fish B)

Yeah I'd reas this B4



Thought you mis something or other cause I cant see how the cable tie could hold pressure & not break whilst on anchor you must let out a hell of alot of rope to act as a shock absorber ??

As in my 1st reply in this thread where I said I just drive back over the anchor rope by doing this my star re your Mooloolaba anchor just flips itself backwards & release's itself.

I have a anchor well but dont use it my rope anchors sit under the passenger seat I uploaded a pic sometime back for a reply to the NUT of all people it's still in my filder files.

I'll post it in Fed's slab thread for majed to see seat layout have a peak if you want.

Here's another tip

There's no need to use thick heavy rope more so when anchoring in deep water reason being the thicker the rope the more drag placed in your anchor to pull.

I used to use the thicker 12 mm rope but ever since I started using the thinner 8 mm rope cant really recall last time my anchor straight'd or broke free & I'm using the 8 mm on a 23 ft boat.

To give a good example A old friend fished Browns on night for Broadbill in his 41 ft Steber 600 lb mono was used to sedure the anchor & it did not break the small dia of the line stopped any drag back on the achor which by the way was a couple of milk crates filled with concrete