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Post by tar12 on Apr 30, 2012 15:14:07 GMT -5
I am currently using bell shaped anchors for my 16 ft boat and they suck! No holding powerat all. I am leaning towards trying the Navy Anchor style. Anybody use these and your thoughts?
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Post by rossman40 on Apr 30, 2012 20:34:39 GMT -5
Grandpa made something like this with rebar and a piece 5 or 6"well pipe, he filled the well pipe with concrete. It worked on the Illinois river. I think you know where to get most of the material.  Then there is how much line you have out (there is a term for it) it should be 4 to 5 times the depth. With the hinge fluke style you have to be careful. Buddy of my grandpa's anchor was hung up on something and and was really pulling on it trying to bring it up abeam. Ended up putting the flukes thru the hull. |
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Post by slugger on Apr 30, 2012 21:52:52 GMT -5
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Post by tar12 on May 4, 2012 19:51:52 GMT -5
I like both ideas. One is much cheaper than the other. I will let you know how it turns out.
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Post by rossman40 on May 8, 2012 0:13:24 GMT -5
That's the thing, snag a $200 anchor and it would make you cry if you had to cut it loose.
We were on the carrier USS America and they told us each anchor weighed 60,000lbs and each link of chain was 350lbs. Total for two anchors and chains, 1.5 million pounds.
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Post by billc on May 10, 2012 16:44:46 GMT -5
"Scope" is the term for length of line to depth.
When I lived in Oregon and fished in the Columbia, a 10# mushroom anchor, 10 feet of chain, and 200 feet of line would keep my 12 ft boat anchored in 80 ft of water -- the current in the Columbia is pretty impressive.
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Post by youp50 on May 17, 2012 18:51:23 GMT -5
Ken,
Did you get up to the forecastle and see the links?
It was said to be a bad place to be when the anchor was dropped. Noise and flying rust from the chain. The deckhands sure kept the place spotless.
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Post by rossman40 on May 18, 2012 19:44:45 GMT -5
They basicly thought it was a way to keep us Army types out of the way so they basicly took us to the forecastle and kept us there and feed us doughnuts till our ride was ready. Some serious equipment and it was spotless. It was/is one of the largest areas in the carriers that isn't being used while at sea so they show movies and hold church in it while at sea.
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Post by mike3132 on May 25, 2012 20:09:57 GMT -5
When fishing on fast rivers we use chain anchors. Take a 20 ft chain and loop it back and forth and tie to the middle. If the anchor gets hooked on rock you can work it out. The links will hook between rocks and hold. In mud bottom or sand navy anchors work best. Mike
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