Can anyone suggest a good way of anchoring to a sand
beach? I drove a regular anchor in, and tied it down with
a dog tie out screw. That seemed to work okay, but I'm
afraid it might still pull loose if the wind gets too strong.

My dad used to keep a 6' steel pipe and a sledge hammer on the boat, and
hammer the pipe down into wet sand, angled at 20-30 degrees away from the
water. He'd tie a 2nd line to that, in addition to the Danforth anchor,
which he'd bury by hand until it was in contact with wet sand. A few whacks
on the side of the pipe would release it. This method was enough to keep a
32' Luhrs in place in all sorts of weather. By the way, there was always a
2nd anchor from the stern to keep the prop off the beach. I'm sure this
absorbed quite a bit of force and helped the beach anchor.

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Can anyone suggest a good way of anchoring to a sand
beach? I drove a regular anchor in, and tied it down with
a dog tie out screw. That seemed to work okay, but I'm
afraid it might still pull loose if the wind gets too strong.

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:39:38 GMT, wrote:
Can anyone suggest a good way of anchoring to a sand
beach? I drove a regular anchor in, and tied it down with
a dog tie out screw. That seemed to work okay, but I'm
afraid it might still pull loose if the wind gets too strong.

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Assuming that the wind is blowing on to the beach, my preference is to
set the main anchor in deep water, back in towards the beach, drop a
stern anchor (typically a small danforth), and then have someone carry
it into the beach where I'll hand bury it. All of the major loads are
on the deep water anchor this way and the stern anchor is just there
to keep the boat from swinging out. If you want to be really
conservative, use two stern anchors on the beach and spread them out a
bit.

A small danforth well buried in the sand, with a lot of scope, has a
tremendous amount of holding power.

They use 5' "T" fence posts (sort of ugly green things) around our lakes.
You can drive with a sledge or a post hole driver.


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Can anyone suggest a good way of anchoring to a sand
beach? I drove a regular anchor in, and tied it down with
a dog tie out screw. That seemed to work okay, but I'm
afraid it might still pull loose if the wind gets too strong.

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Can anyone suggest a good way of anchoring to a sand
beach? I drove a regular anchor in, and tied it down with
a dog tie out screw. That seemed to work okay, but I'm
afraid it might still pull loose if the wind gets too strong.
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Concrete or steel plates buried deep, large truck wheels, even fill the
centre with concrete., remember to have more than one spaced well apart
connect with chain, galvanised wire is a no no , and a good strong swivel,
especially in tidal waters, when the mooring is left unattended for any
length of time.

The standard anchor should work well. Make sure your scope is right.

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Can anyone suggest a good way of anchoring to a sand
beach? I drove a regular anchor in, and tied it down with
a dog tie out screw. That seemed to work okay, but I'm
afraid it might still pull loose if the wind gets too strong.

So tell us: how do you measure scope when the anchor is level with the boat?

BTW, a friend who has anchored out about 250 nights a year for the last 25 years
is fond of pointing to a small Danforth on the stern and saying, "That's the
anchor that held us for the 'Storm of the Century'. It was set in a mud bank
about 200 feet away."




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The standard anchor should work well. Make sure your scope is right.

wrote:

Can anyone suggest a good way of anchoring to a sand
beach? I drove a regular anchor in, and tied it down with
a dog tie out screw. That seemed to work okay, but I'm
afraid it might still pull loose if the wind gets too strong.

Jeff Morris
said "
BTW, a friend who has anchored out about 250 nights a year for the last 25
years
is fond of pointing to a small Danforth on the stern and saying, "That's the
anchor that held us for the 'Storm of the Century'.

Usually anchoring by the stern alone is asking for trouble. Better to anchor
from the bow to allow the boat to face the waves/swells. A Danforth IS the
answer for a sand bottom. Not so good in mud and doesn't do well with a grassy
bottom.

Mike
F/V Can't Retire
San Diego

"CaptMP" wrote in message
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Jeff Morris
said "
BTW, a friend who has anchored out about 250 nights a year for the last
25
years
is fond of pointing to a small Danforth on the stern and saying, "That's
the
anchor that held us for the 'Storm of the Century'.

Usually anchoring by the stern alone is asking for trouble. Better to
anchor
from the bow to allow the boat to face the waves/swells. A Danforth IS
the
answer for a sand bottom. Not so good in mud and doesn't do well with a
grassy
bottom.

Hmmm....my Danforth was almost immovable last weekend in a mud/grass combo
bottom. Brought up over 11 million tons of the stuff when I finally got it
free. :-)

I do it weekly. I either plant my bow anchor (a Delta) in the sand or tie a
line to a tree. I also put out my stern anchor (a Danfoth).
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Can anyone suggest a good way of anchoring to a sand
beach? I drove a regular anchor in, and tied it down with
a dog tie out screw. That seemed to work okay, but I'm
afraid it might still pull loose if the wind gets too strong.