Anchor ball

[Group W Bench]

We don't drag the rig back to the boat, but rather run the boat back to the rig once it is all floating on the surface. Someone just flakes the slack anchor line back into the anchor hatch. This is the only way to go when you are bringing up 500-600 feet of line. You would have a dang mutiny from the folks dragging all that line back.

[gran398]

Up here its a bit different. A pretty day is a four foot swell offshore. Add any wind and heavy current...you can't just run up to it and stow it in.

A good Cap always runs back upwind to it....but the wind ends up taking precedence. Then with the current belly in the line in 250 feet of water...better to pull by hand downwind the last 100 feet. Last thing you want to do is  wrap a prop or two.

[John Jones]

Last thing you want to do is  wrap a prop or two.

Saw a guy sink a boat with his anchor in Tampa Bay.  Anchor was stuck.  He tried to power it out.  Rope tangled in prop.  He could not untangle it so he hit the gas harder.  As the rope wound around the prop it pulled the transom under.

[gran398]

Exactly JJ. Seen all kinds of stuff happen with dummies vs. anchors.

We had one sink up here 15 years ago 55 miles offshore, pulling an anchor off the stern cleat.

Stretched it out, boat yo-yoed back and sunk.

[wingtime]

That happened here a to some NFL players few years back.  They were over 30 miles out on a day when there was some REALLY bad weather on the way.  The anchor was stuck and he had lost a few before.  So they attached it to a stern cleat to try and pull it out...  the boat rolled over...  Only one of them survived.  They found him on the overturned boat clinging to the lower unit.

[flounderpounder225]

Look up on the bow in this video. You'll see what Marc is talking about.

http://s669.photobucket.com/albums/vv60 ... EO0054.mp4

Good day out there Lew!!