[Rhodes22-list] Anchor retrieval system

[Rob Granger]

Hey All

I read about a neat trick with an anchor buoy and I don't see why you
couldn't adjust it to work similar to this anchor puller.

If you are in a crowded anchorage and/or are worried that someone will run
over you anchor line after dark...  use a clear plastic jug as your anchor
buoy and crack off one of those glow sticks and put it in the jug.

Cheap and easy (two of my favorite things).

r

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 3:47 PM, <daysails at aol.com> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing this.
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> 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
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> 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
>
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> 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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Dr. Robert Granger
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Sweet Briar College
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