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[Buttanic]

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I am a scuba diver and quite often anchor in water over 100 feet deep with a 20 pound danforth type anchor, 15 feet of 1/4 inch chain and 300+ feet of 1/2 inch line. I found the easiest way to haul it all in is to idle up while someone pulls in the rode until I am directly over the anchor. Than I tie off to a cleat and start backing up. This breaks the anchor loose. Once it is free of the bottom I increase speed in reverse, this causes the flukes to flip up so the points are pointed towards the surface and act as a plane that literally flys the anchor to the surface. Once the anchor is skipping along on the surface it is very easy to finish hauling it in because there is no weight just a little water resistance. <br /><br />Buttanic

 

[18rabbit]

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COOL!!! Louisiana anchor skiing. <br /><br />“Looky thar, Mar-da! Thar goes an-udder won a doze back-waard boats ski-en hiz an-car! Un heze hook’d ‘em-self a gadar!”

 

[Buttanic]

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Make fun if you like but it works like a champ. Lot easier than pulling 30 pounds up 100+ feet hand over hand<br /><br />Buttanic

 

[18rabbit]

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Buttanic – if you are pulling up 300-ft of rode, regardless or size/weight, you would be happy with a windlass.<br /><br />I dive also. Still using the little 18-ft RIB until the new boat is setup for it. I do not need to come up and find the boat moved. I usually follow the anchor line down and set the anchor, first thing. Last thing I do is free the anchor before coming up the line…except once about 10-years ago. I wedged the anchor into a crack in a reef and forgot to free it before coming up. If it wasn’t for the day’s N2 loading I could have gone back down to free it. I ended up having to cut the rode and replace the anchor.

 

[aspeck]

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and remember, never leave your anchor under water on a boat ramp 'cause anchors love water!

 

[flashback]

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beat me up guys. I was just makin a point. every line on a vessel has a unique name.......

 

[wajajaja]

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thanks for the info, i found bondo's web site, and spent the evening topic to topic, that site should keep me in reading until the boatting season comes and then some.

 

[Fly Rod]

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Like i said in my earlier post if you don't have a windless you will difinatly will be windless when hauling an anchor 150-200feet and like I said the next best thing is an anchor ball.