Attach the chain on the warp to the loop at the centre of the 'bottom' of
the anchor. Then run the chain alond the shaft to the 'top' and attach to
the ring with a mediun sized cable tie / 60 lb nylon. If it gets stuck,
the temp restraint snaps, and you pull it out backwards .... easy-peasy


On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 20:19:39 +0000 (UTC), Merlin
wrote:


"Derek.Moody" wrote in message
...
In article , dunky
--remove55 wrote:
hi, quite new to boating, got big inflatable, dont laugh but tried
anchoring
with bag of stones on rope over the side to do bit of fishing, hopeless
as u
prob know in a breeze ,also heavy to lift up again, so got myself a
small
folding type anchor.
bit puzzled as to what to do getting up if the spikes get stuck on
bottom
junk or whatever. i see it has an eye at the bottom which i presume is
for
another rope ??? so u can pull up and out hopefully from snag??can
anyone
say if this is correct or do u just hope u dont get snagged??? cheers
dunky

Er, please don't take this the wrong way:

You need to do a basic boating/seamanship course. One of the RYA
courses
would be fine, your local harbour office will know where to find them.


Good advice.
But if you choose to ignore, as many do, purchase a set of flares. You
will
probably think that you will rely on a mobile phone. Don't risk it.
Phones
fail
to connect. A inflatable with a failed engine against the tide will drift
out at a
extremely fast rate. As a newcomer I expect that you will no navigation
or
map
reading experience to inform the authorities or whoever you contact on
your
mobile
where you are.
Set off a flares can alert more people than a mobile who can good
navigational
information to the Coastguard.
Just friendly advice.
http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/mcga-home





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