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Bill Balme - 6/19/2019

Hmmm...

Do you use a buoy every time you anchor Phil? I hate the things - especially in a crowded anchorage... When you launch it, how much scope do you put out - the right amount based on how deep you are - or just throw the whole lot over with the anchor? Ever got it tangled in the prop?? 

Your analysis is spot on though - waaay cheaper than this gizmo. BUT - it's a pretty cool gizmo! and it's always deployed and since with probably $3500 invested in the anchor and rode, a reasonable insurance premium...

No we only use a trip line buoy when we know there is a risk of foul ground ... and now that we are avoiding rock ... BTW you can get the scope on the trip line to match the depth of water and adjust for tide by having the line from the anchor go through a block on the underside of the buoy and a small dive weight attached to the end of the line.

Hmmm...

Do you use a buoy every time you anchor Phil? I hate the things - especially in a crowded anchorage... When you launch it, how much scope do you put out - the right amount based on how deep you are - or just throw the whole lot over with the anchor? Ever got it tangled in the prop?? 

Your analysis is spot on though - waaay cheaper than this gizmo. BUT - it's a pretty cool gizmo! and it's always deployed and since with probably $3500 invested in the anchor and rode, a reasonable insurance premium...


Bill Balme

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Philip Heaton - 6/19/2019

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Bill Balme - 6/19/2019

Did the chain foul or the anchor?

We have a little gizzmo should the anchor foul ever - made by the same folk that make Monitor windvanes. An attachment sits over the chain at the shackle, with a light duty chain from it to the head of the anchor. If a foul occurs, we haul on the chain so that it's tight and the boat right above, send a mating gizmo down the straight rode, it attaches itself to the first gizmo, then you relax the main rode and pull up on the joined gizmos - which means that you're effectively pulling from the head of the anchor and she *should* pop out. Not used in anger yet - hope to never have to...
The Anchor Rescue

Thank you. No not the anchor, it was the chain. However I will look at your gizmo. Is it as effective as a duberry ferkin

Had a look at your $260 item plus delivery.  The other alternative is simply to use a buoy and line to the head of the anchor at a cost of  say 10% of your duberry ferkin.  A buoy also means you have a good idea where your anchor is placed ... and so do other folks.

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Bill Balme - 6/19/2019

Did the chain foul or the anchor?

We have a little gizzmo should the anchor foul ever - made by the same folk that make Monitor windvanes. An attachment sits over the chain at the shackle, with a light duty chain from it to the head of the anchor. If a foul occurs, we haul on the chain so that it's tight and the boat right above, send a mating gizmo down the straight rode, it attaches itself to the first gizmo, then you relax the main rode and pull up on the joined gizmos - which means that you're effectively pulling from the head of the anchor and she *should* pop out. Not used in anger yet - hope to never have to...
The Anchor Rescue

Thank you. No not the anchor, it was the chain. However I will look at your gizmo. Is it as effective as a duberry ferkin

Did the chain foul or the anchor?

We have a little gizzmo should the anchor foul ever - made by the same folk that make Monitor windvanes. An attachment sits over the chain at the shackle, with a light duty chain from it to the head of the anchor. If a foul occurs, we haul on the chain so that it's tight and the boat right above, send a mating gizmo down the straight rode, it attaches itself to the first gizmo, then you relax the main rode and pull up on the joined gizmos - which means that you're effectively pulling from the head of the anchor and she *should* pop out. Not used in anger yet - hope to never have to...
The Anchor Rescue




Bill Balme

We have done anchoring in places like the Tuamotus where it is extremely hard to avoid bommies and coral, and we hated doing any damage and always tried to drop in sand. We did the toing and froing to unwind the chain successfully each time.
We are now in the Med and have been in the Balearics and currently Corsica.  When in Ibiza we anchored off a sandy beach - the cruising guide warned of rock in the middle. Having dropped in sand we fell back to dig in and got the chain in the midst if some rock.  Thinking it was better to re-anchor straight away, we had the devil if a job freeing the chain and I thought I may have to dive on it - not a pleasant prospect as the sea was full of jelly fish.  Anyway we eventually got recovered the chain and anchor. 
We no longer anchor in any place where the cruising guide says rocky seabed.
The irony us that we carried an enormous Fisherman anchor around the world just in case ... and gave it away to friends who were heading for the Pacific. 
Our main anchor is a Manson Supreme and we also have a Delta and a Fortress.  Should I try to get my Fisherman anchor back or simply carry on staying away from rocky bottoms?