Best anchor for a rocky bottom.
 

Any anchor advice for a Catalina 22 (displacement around 2300 lbs). I
'm at Lake Travis in Austin Texas and we have a very rocky bottom
here. The boat came with two danforths but they are possibly the worst
choice for this type of bottom. I have been looking at an #11 Bruce
anchor.
Any comments would be very welcome.

Thanks
Chris

Mule wrote:
Any anchor advice for a Catalina 22 (displacement around 2300 lbs). I
'm at Lake Travis in Austin Texas and we have a very rocky bottom
here. The boat came with two danforths but they are possibly the worst
choice for this type of bottom. I have been looking at an #11 Bruce
anchor.
Any comments would be very welcome.


I've used a Bruce anchor in rock & gravel & weed & combinations. The
only thing it's not good for is soft loose mud.

11# might be a bit on the light side, especially if you're anchoring
overnight. I'd go to the 16.5# with at least 20' of chain.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:17:58 -0500, DSK wrote:

Mule wrote:
Any anchor advice for a Catalina 22 (displacement around 2300 lbs). I
'm at Lake Travis in Austin Texas and we have a very rocky bottom
here. The boat came with two danforths but they are possibly the worst
choice for this type of bottom. I have been looking at an #11 Bruce
anchor.
Any comments would be very welcome.

I've used a Bruce anchor in rock & gravel & weed & combinations. The
only thing it's not good for is soft loose mud.

11# might be a bit on the light side, especially if you're anchoring
overnight. I'd go to the 16.5# with at least 20' of chain.

If you started the chain argument again with this post, I'm going to
find you and beat you about the head and shoulders. :)

Figuratively - not literally. :)

Later,

Tom

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
If you started the chain argument again with this post, I'm going to
find you and beat you about the head and shoulders. :)

Figuratively - not literally. :)


What? What??

Who would argue with putting some chain on an anchor rode?

DSK

There isn't too much mud in lake travis but there are some good
anchoring locations that have it. Would a CQR or plow type be better
for all around usage? Rock and gravel are the primary bottom type but I
would like to be able to anchor in the occasional mud.

You are right about bigger is better because this will be our primary
anchor for overnight stays.

Chris

Big rocks or little rocks? Bruce is good but nothing is gonna hold well in
gravel.
Gordon
"Mule" wrote in message
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Any anchor advice for a Catalina 22 (displacement around 2300 lbs). I
'm at Lake Travis in Austin Texas and we have a very rocky bottom
here. The boat came with two danforths but they are possibly the worst
choice for this type of bottom. I have been looking at an #11 Bruce
anchor.
Any comments would be very welcome.

Thanks
Chris

Both....
Lake Travis is in the Texas hill country which is mostly composed of
limestone and granite. We have everthing from of large boulders to
gravel to soft mud. There are places where the bottom is just flat rock
with large rocks strewn around (I don't expect to get a great hold
there). There are also places with large sized gravel and a few place
with mud but it never seems very deep.

Chris

On 21 Mar 2005 06:53:34 -0800, "Mule" wrote:

Any anchor advice for a Catalina 22 (displacement around 2300 lbs).

I have a 44' Catalina. I sailed it around Cubs last year.

are those old fashioned anchors... don't remember the name.. the best for
rocks? you know, the classic ancient anchor that's on the US yacht ensign..
??



"Mule" wrote in message
ps.com...
Any anchor advice for a Catalina 22 (displacement around 2300 lbs). I
'm at Lake Travis in Austin Texas and we have a very rocky bottom
here. The boat came with two danforths but they are possibly the worst
choice for this type of bottom. I have been looking at an #11 Bruce
anchor.
Any comments would be very welcome.

Thanks
Chris

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:50:59 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

are those old fashioned anchors... don't remember the name.. the best for
rocks? you know, the classic ancient anchor that's on the US yacht ensign..
??
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They are called a "Fishermans Anchor" or "Kedge Anchor". They are the
only anchor with any proven track record in rocky bottoms:

http://tinyurl.com/4la22

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:50:59 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

are those old fashioned anchors... don't remember the name.. the best for
rocks? you know, the classic ancient anchor that's on the US yacht
ensign..
??
=================

They are called a "Fishermans Anchor" or "Kedge Anchor". They are the
only anchor with any proven track record in rocky bottoms:

http://tinyurl.com/4la22




I have a heavy 4 point grappling hook type anchor for the gravel rivers.
Bill

yeah their track record is like 500 years! They have to be heavy though..
of course anything you throw into the rocks is going to have to be heavy...



"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:50:59 GMT, "Falky foo"
wrote:

are those old fashioned anchors... don't remember the name.. the best for
rocks? you know, the classic ancient anchor that's on the US yacht
ensign..
??
=================

They are called a "Fishermans Anchor" or "Kedge Anchor". They are the
only anchor with any proven track record in rocky bottoms:

http://tinyurl.com/4la22

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 03:57:58 +0000, Calif Bill wrote:


I have a heavy 4 point grappling hook type anchor for the gravel rivers.
Bill

How's it work? I wouldn't have thought a grappling hook would work very
well in gravel. Any problems?

"thunder" wrote in message
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On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 03:57:58 +0000, Calif Bill wrote:


I have a heavy 4 point grappling hook type anchor for the gravel rivers.
Bill

How's it work? I wouldn't have thought a grappling hook would work very
well in gravel. Any problems?

Works pretty well. Weight is about 20# and the grappling hooks have maybe
3" wide flukes at the end likd a navy anchor. I am looking at buying what
we call an Orlands anchor (because the guy who first made them lives in
Orlands on the Sacramento river). They are heavy and shaped somewhat like a
Danforth, but has a round tube bottom that you can fill with lead for even
more weight. Best feature is the shank is a round tube that is held in
place by 2 x 1/2 tubes under spring tension. So if the hook is really
wedged in the river, you can drive the other way and pull the shank out of
the holders and then pull the anchor out backwards.

A fishermans anchor would be just too heavy for my little boat. I think
I am going with the bruce with extra chain and plenty of rod.

Chris