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Richard Casady

On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:14:37 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Apr 25, 10:33*pm, wrote:
On Apr 25, 1:05*pm, "SteveB" wrote:

"mmc" wrote in message

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"SteveB" wrote in message
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Sorry I didn't put in all the info. *This is a 2 square mile lake,
deepest part, 190 feet, but most of it 100' or less, and that's where the
fish hang out. *I have a 10# anchor that came with the boat, and it is of
the smooth braided line, but is in two segments that total about 50'
total. The bottom is mostly sandy or muddy, and not a lot of areas where
there are rocks to catch on. *Kind of like the braided, as it is easy on
the hands. *Manila or sisal would be harder on the hands, and actually
1/2' sounds good, although it is far stronger than needed. *Just wanted
comments and input as per longevity, cost, rate of wear, those things.
Boat is 16' Aluminum Lund. *No current. *No wind. *(If if's windy, I
don't go, or go home.)

Steve

Steve,
If theres no wind or current and you just want to maintain position over a
favorite spot, how about just using a weight? You wouldn't need a lot of
line for scope and I'd think a 25 lb hunk of lead would work.
For anchoring in rocks a welded rebar grapple works good. When, not if it
gets caught, you can pull it out because the rebar will bend out. After
you retrieve, you bend it back into shape.

Lets see.......... I'm a welder, and I have all sorts of junk and rebar
laying around. *I wonder who I could get to make me one of those.

Thanks for the great idea.

Last time out, that little ten pounder was keeping us right at the point
where we stopped. *With current or wind, the line would need to be longer,
but the 40something feet of line we had that day worked.

I've seen those big coffee cans filled with concrete and a rebar U poured
into it that worked fine.

I can just hear the laughter over that idea....a new 20 foot Parker,
with a trashy-looking coffee can anchor...

If you cant afford a decent anchor, you cant afford to run a boat.-

If it does the intended job well, what difference does it make?

The summer camp I went to had five fifteen foot sailboats and a 20
foot C scow. They were on moorings. Anchors were five gallon cans of
concrete. They had been known to drag in thunderstorms, but usually
not. At 150 pounds per cubic foot, five gallons comes to 100 pounds.
There is no reason you couldn't have pieces of rebar sticking out like
the horns on a naval mine.

Casady
Casady