2nd anchor suggestions for heavy 18 footer

[frankthomas]

Hi.. I have a 18' Celebrity 2900 lbs and want a second anchor for beaching and fishing. Any recommendations? Thanks

 

[frankthomas]

Oh and preferably something that would fit in the ski locker. Thanks

 

[GA_Boater]

Lake, river or ocean? How big is your ski locker, they aren't one size fits all?

 

[Ned L]

I’ll bite. ..... 3.5 lb Danforth, three or four feet of 3/16 chain & 50-75 feet of 5/16 or 3/8 line.

 

[frankthomas]

Sorry about the lack of detail in the OP. In land lakes and Lake Michigan. Bottoms are typically sandy or muck. The ski locker is 12" wide. 10" deep.

 

[Lowlysubaruguy]

Columbia river anchor should do the trick mine weights 75 pounds has 15 feet of 9/16” diameter links of galvanized chain and a rubber cushion in the first 20 feet of line. It usually will hold a 20 foot boat Usually but sometimes the current and waves will move me around. I think pulling anchor 10 times in a days fishing equates to about 4000 calories of beer. You may have trouble fitting it in your ski locker but it will keep your skis from bouncing around in rough water.

 

[Old Ironmaker]

If you want to fit it in the locker you are looking at a Navy anchor that fits or a Danforth with collapsing wings.

 

[wahlejim]

Richter anchor, complete with chain. Best anchor I have used on both my 1980 sea ray (aka 'The Tank') and 25' pontoon.

 

[JimS123]

You said "second anchor", so I assume you have a first anchor that will hold the boat. Not rocket science.

I use a SS corkscrew anchor that is screwed into the muck by hand, and then tied with a line to the aft cleat.

If its cold and i don't want to swim, a simple 6 or 8# danforth can be heaved out over the stern and will catch with little effort.

If you decide to buy a 75# anchor with 15' of chain, you missed the sarcasm.

 

[frankthomas]

I appreciate the humor of the 75 lb anchor. I'm green enough to boating to be a little naïve but that post was funny. I went with a Danforth a size or two down from my main anchor which is a Danforth. It's a 4.5 lb slip ring fluke or Danforth. It doesn't fit in my ski locker but it does fit in the storage well under the bow seats. Used it earlier this week in Lake Michigan. Half to 1 footers and current about 30 degrees to shore. Anchoring perpendicular to shore did not work well. The larger bow danforth anchor held great the whole time in maybe 8' of water with about 50' of rode paid out. Learned through trial and error that the stern anchor had to be pretty much at a right angle to the current to hold. It did pretty good. But I like the SS Corkscrew idea, I may need to get one of those.

 

[SkiGuy1980]

But I like the SS Corkscrew idea, I may need to get one of those.

That swim down to 8 foot might wear you out!

I use the slip ring design (similar to the greenfield shown here on iBoats) for my 21' Crown. Not sure how much it weighs but its about 12 inches wide and the slip shaft is around 15 inches. It's attached (bolted) to about 3 or 4 foot of chain and 150 foot of rope. All that easily slips down into the bow anchor locker for storage.

Side note - I used to have the anchor attached via a spring snap link .... until I accidentally depressed the clip and lost the anchor while cleaning the muck off it.

 

[oldjeep]

Box anchor