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Anchor
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:04 pm
by LC addict
I am getting ready to order a new Anchor, I need a #13, I found this one at Overtons
http://www.overtons.com/modperl/product ... 008&r=view Just wondering if there is a better place to get one, and if anyone has any reviews on this anchor
Re: Anchor
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:17 pm
by crwky
That should do it.
Re: Anchor
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:18 pm
by LC addict
crwky wrote:That should do it.
I do way too much online shopping when Im home sick in bed, lol
But on a positive note, my boat should be all set for next year!
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:19 am
by Islander_212
LC addict wrote:crwky wrote:That should do it.
I do way too much online shopping when Im home sick in bed, lol
But on a positive note, my boat should be all set for next year!
Suzy
The Box Anchor by Slide Anchor is the best I have ever seen. They are a little bulky but they do fold up to a fairly flat package. For a boat your size the small would be sufficient. You do not need any chain with it and the amount of rope needed is 2:1 instead of 7:1 with most other anchors.
I actually held three boats with only my anchor out in fairly stiff breeze and we never moved while others around us struggled to stay put all day.
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:59 am
by LC addict
Islander_212 wrote:LC addict wrote:crwky wrote:That should do it.
I do way too much online shopping when Im home sick in bed, lol
But on a positive note, my boat should be all set for next year!
Suzy
The Box Anchor by Slide Anchor is the best I have ever seen. They are a little bulky but they do fold up to a fairly flat package. For a boat your size the small would be sufficient. You do not need any chain with it and the amount of rope needed is 2:1 instead of 7:1 with most other anchors.
I actually held three boats with only my anchor out in fairly stiff breeze and we never moved while others around us struggled to stay put all day.
Can you post a link so I can check it out?
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:25 am
by crwky
LC I trust a 21 Lb. anchor just like what you posted to hold my HB (little more chain and larger rope) . I know they work and you will be fine at about 4 to1 on the rope. I have heard a lot of people talk about the box style. I don't know much about them, they may be fine for a runabout but I know the other style works great. The problem most people have is they put the anchor out where "they" want to stay not were it needs to be and it will never hold like that. 99% of the time the problem is with the person trying to anchor not the anchor.
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:38 am
by LC addict
We raft up with the same crew just about every wknd, and the anchors that tend to hold seem to be the ones like I've posted. My brother in law also has one that holds, not sure if it is considered a box anchor but the thing is so darn heavy you can barely pull it up. Are the box anchors heavy or is this another type that he has? If that is it, I dont want anything that heavy. I know where it would end up the first time I anchored out by myself, lol.
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:39 am
by Islander_212
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:44 am
by Islander_212
Suzy
Here are the specs for the anchor.
Small Box Anchor (collapsed) for Offshore / Sport 18' to 30', cabin cruiser to 24'
Cost - $149.95
Weight - 19 lbs.
Height - 22.0"
Length - 8.5"
Width - 5.0"
Craig
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:01 am
by jazzgirl831
what ever did you do with the last anchor that you had? I thought that you already bought one of these earlier this year?
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:09 am
by crwky
jazzgirl831 wrote:what ever did you do with the last anchor that you had? I thought that you already bought one of these earlier this year?
Must be a story here
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:15 am
by LC addict
Geez, you all act like I leave important things on the bottom of the lake!
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:29 am
by jazzgirl831
L.C. - There's another call coming in for you. It's Charlie Tuna. Hold on....
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:43 am
by LC addict
jazzgirl831 wrote:L.C. - There's another call coming in for you. It's Charlie Tuna. Hold on....
Is he drinking Parton?
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:45 pm
by Islander_212
LC addict wrote:jazzgirl831 wrote:L.C. - There's another call coming in for you. It's Charlie Tuna. Hold on....
Is he drinking Parton?
...and talking on a cell phone, while anchored up somewhere!!!
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:54 pm
by LC addict
Islander_212 wrote:LC addict wrote:jazzgirl831 wrote:L.C. - There's another call coming in for you. It's Charlie Tuna. Hold on....
Is he drinking Parton?
...and talking on a cell phone, while anchored up somewhere!!!
Lord I hope he's not in my boat!
Re: Anchor
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:25 pm
by E_
Suzy I use what you were looking at in your first post but I use the coated one. It works GREAT even without an anchor chain.
Ask Waterwings, at Poker run I was holding myself, my sisters boat, Waterwings Pontoon, and another in place but the wind was holding us sideways so the next boat that came up I asked to put one out on their end but it took them forever..
I sawed the ends down on the hinge part so that mine would fit in my anchor locker.
