anchor management

[adaptolife]

Putting together the anchor equipment for the Osprey 200. Starting with 150' of 3/8" New England anchor rode with 6' plastic-coated acco chain. Have a fluke anchor and a river anchor. The anchor locker is huge, and I would like to have a way of containing the anchor and rode. I would like to store other stuff there. Any ideas?

[gran398]

[JoseGaspar]

Nothing to contribute other than to say that is a great name for a boat.

JG

[seabob4]

Sort of along Scotty's line but a bit sturdier, a milk crate would work very well also.  Hell, they worked great for my old LPs...

[wingtime]

I use a milk crate for my 170.  Fernando uses one too.

[gran398]

A milk crate works great with a moderate amount of line. The fish baskets work good for a longer rode.

The big-boy commercial grade gray model fish basket is beefier....but may be more difficult to wedge/install/conform to your space.

All recommendations drain easily, are all poly, and won't rust or corrode.

Round is a plus when deploying/feeding line. Depends on where you are, amount of scope, and ease of use.

[Capt Matt]

How deep is the water you generally anchor in?
150ft is a lot of rope to tangle if you fish in less than 10ft most of the time

I have 25ft of rope on my seaclaw anchor with a 3ft stainless chain and a float bouy
The bouy is rigged on a stainless clip so I can pitch it if I have to chase a fish ie: tarpon
then I carry 50ft of rope with a clip on if I'm heading offshore I have 100ft of rope with a clip

When anchoring in deeper water just unclip the bouy and clip in the right amount of rope for the depth
Milk crates work great,  most of my anchoring is off the stern so I keep the anchor with short rode and bouy in my fish basket
A fish basket is just handy to have, I use it every day from dumping my bait from the castnet in it so I can sort it before it goes in the live well, then it serves as a trash can then I use it to carry my days catch to the fillet table.
Capt Matt

[adaptolife]

I wound up using a 5 gallon nursery pot. It is easy to crush in order to get thru hatch. Drain holes were already in the bottom, and a hole saw made a bunch more. A 14# river anchor, 6' of coated chain and 150' of anchor rode fills it halfway. As soon as I can add some hooks, I'll store dock lines along the sides.