On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:02:27 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Sure, it works, but it can be a pain in the butt in a crowded fishing
anchorage, since you have to drive your boat beyond your anchor to
retrieve the latter, and that might put you too close to other boats.
I use one on occasion.

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I have my doubts that it would work on a chain rode either, since it
seems likely the ring would hang up on a chain link instead of sliding
towards the anchor.