On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:35:51 -0700, Jessica B
wrote:

I guess I'm still stuck on the anchor question... for people who
aren't really strong in the upper body... I can see why you might not
want to rely on an electrically driven winch to raise the anchor,
because if you did and ran out of battery, you'd be stuck. So... what
about a manually operated winch? I was at the Home Depot and saw a
hand crank winch. Wouldn't that work?

Jessica, your alter ego, nom d'plume, explored this issue exhaustively
on rec.boats last year. Why replow old ground?