folding anchor???

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.

However:

The stones might have worked if you had suitable chain and on the right
bottom. A concrete archangel would be better - used to control a drift over
sand for eg.

Your anchor has a tripping eye. Two ways to do it. Either attach a small
buoy on a light rope to the bottom of the anchor so that if it snags you
pick up the bouy and pull it out backwards or attach your chain to the
tripping eye and fold the anchor back so that it's the right way up then tie
the chain to the stock with a single loop of light twine that will break if
you pull *hard* and so capsize the pull.

You MUST have a length of chain next to the anchor btw even if you use a
lighter warp for your main line. The heavy chain brings the pull to the
horizintal and allows the anchor to do it's work.

Cheerio,

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"Derek.Moody" wrote in message
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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

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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