[Rhodes22-list] Anchor retrieval system

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ellner Rod <ellnerrod at gmail.com>
To: Rhodes List Email List Rhodes 22 <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>; 
Ellner Rod <rodellner at mac.com>; Rik Sandberg <sanderico1 at gmail.com>
Sent: Sat, Mar 3, 2012 2:13 pm
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Anchor retrieval system


Hi everyone

Just doing some
Winter browsing on the internet.  I have always considered an anchor 
retrieval
system was used to dislodge an anchor that was fouled on the bottom.  I 
see now
it can also be used to easily retrieve an anchor with a lot less effort 
than
pulling it in hand over hand.   I don't know if a sailboat the under 
power of an
8 hp outboard.Have any of you used this system when anchored? It floats 
the
anchor under a fender or float able to support your anchor. The rode is 
then
pulled to the boat with very little resistance.  It  sure would beat 
the hand
over hand method.

Check this video out . Watch the entire video, a very large sturgeon is 
caught.
I would use just the float and mechanical piece and my existing rodes 
and
anchors.
This first video is some serious anchoring. The second video is more my 
speed. I
just wonder if a sailboat would have enough speed to force the float to 
ride
down the rode.  Any comments, please.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3276191502727616337





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nxM7VPOC4M


Anchoring Tip # 19

Anchoring Using an Anchor Ball (The Easy Way)

I’ve been using an anchor ball since before the red plastic balls were 
invented.
At first, I used an empty Freon can.  When the plastic balls were 
invented,
everybody switched to them and eliminated a lot of rust stains on their 
boat.

For single hand operation, nothing is as fast, convenient, or safe as 
anchoring
with an anchor ball.  Frankly, I think I can haul anchor faster than 
two guys
hauling in the conventional manner.  When I drop anchor, I can watch my 
depth
finder as the boat drifts back and tie off precisely on top of the 
fish.

Here is how my boat and anchor ball system is rigged.


Here is how I anchor.  The first step after finding a rock is to 
determine where
the anchor should be hooked to allow the boat to be positioned over the 
fish.  I
drop anchor from the cockpit as shown below.  The engine is in reverse 
at idle
speed.  The anchor ball is not released.  The anchor line slides out 
through the
anchor ball ring.


Continue adding scope until you are about 2 boat lengths from your buoy 
and then
release the anchor ball.





Secure the anchor line at the spring line cleat when you are close to 
your buoy.
You can haul or release more line as needed.



I always rig my anchor system on the side of the boat closest to the 
helm.  This
gives me a better view of the anchor line while I haul anchor.  Turn 
the wheel
to port and pull ahead.  The anchor ball will begin to track down 
theStbd side
of the boat as shown in figure 1.


Continue forward and slightly to port until the ball comes along side.  
Reach
over and grab the anchor line as the ball passes and secure the anchor 
line with
one wrap around the stern cleat.  No way to foul up now.  See drawing 2.



Continue pulling ahead until the anchor catches in the anchor ball 
ring.  The
anchor ball will start following the boat, creating a large wake.  The 
chain
will sink when the boat stops and the anchor will stay in the ring as 
you haul.


  Stop the boat and haul the anchor and ball back to the boat while 
flaking the
line on the deck.



Rod
Toy Blew
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