Re: Anchor Idiocy
Count my friend as a "me too" on this topic. He and I went to a prime night fishing hole, one evening, in his 30 footer. Since it was difficult to navigate the narrow channel and currents in the dark, we arrived just at dusk. He pays out all 300' of 1/2" line for a 30' water depth, due to the strong current. The monkey fist in the end of the line proves inadequate to jam the end of the line, and it goes through the winch and into the drink. <br /><br />Now it is too late/dark to leave, so we need to stay the night. I scrounge up the anchor from my 16' runabout(which I had planned to use to stop anchor swing), and grab all the line I can find from the throwable PFD, docklines etc, and tie 'em all together. If provides about 50' total. So I toss in the 5 LB fluke-style anchor and cleat it down. Of couse late that night the wind starts howling and the boat is swinging on the hook. I am certain we will end up on the sod banks or worse, and sleep with one eye open. Somehow, we did stay afloat, and the anchor held without any dragging. I am still shocked that it worked that good. Oh yeah, way too much seaweed, too many tangles and 1/2 dozen dead eels, no fish!
