When anchoring near shore for boat in lake camping or beach picnicking, what
are the pro's and con's of anchoring stern to or bow to the shore?

Stern to seems to offer the advantage of ladder and swim platform access
with the disadvantage of a more difficult backward maneuver, but the
advantage of not having a line to tangle in the prop.

Bow to offers the advantage of a less difficult forward maneuver with the
disadvantage of climbing onto the bow or swimming around to the stern.

I'm new at this so I'm probably overthinking the scenario, but I have to
teach my wife how to drive the boat (don't ask) and anchor it for her
upcoming camping trip. Our little 18 footer bowrider has an anchor buddy
that I bought for the occasion and 100 feet of rode attached to 6 feet of
chain and a danforth anchor and 30 feet of line for tieing to land.

Shoreline is gravelly with near shore submerged rocks.

Insomnia, the source of imaginary problems and fanciful solutions.

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:03:25 GMT, "Bryan" wrote:

When anchoring near shore for boat in lake camping or beach picnicking, what
are the pro's and con's of anchoring stern to or bow to the shore?

Stern to seems to offer the advantage of ladder and swim platform access
with the disadvantage of a more difficult backward maneuver, but the
advantage of not having a line to tangle in the prop.

Bow to offers the advantage of a less difficult forward maneuver with the
disadvantage of climbing onto the bow or swimming around to the stern.

I'm new at this so I'm probably overthinking the scenario, but I have to
teach my wife how to drive the boat (don't ask) and anchor it for her
upcoming camping trip. Our little 18 footer bowrider has an anchor buddy
that I bought for the occasion and 100 feet of rode attached to 6 feet of
chain and a danforth anchor and 30 feet of line for tieing to land.

Shoreline is gravelly with near shore submerged rocks.

Insomnia, the source of imaginary problems and fanciful solutions.


I anchor stern to the shore, for all the reasons you suggest, and because I
can then use the anchor rope to pull myself away from the shore if the tide
comes in or I'm ready to leave. I drop the anchor well off-shore and 'back'
in until I'm at a depth that allows me to walk but is not going to drag the
prop. Then I'll take an anchor or rope ashore to tie up the stern.

BTW, I know my depth finder works!
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"Bryan" wrote in message
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When anchoring near shore for boat in lake camping or beach picnicking,
what are the pro's and con's of anchoring stern to or bow to the shore?

Stern to seems to offer the advantage of ladder and swim platform access
with the disadvantage of a more difficult backward maneuver, but the
advantage of not having a line to tangle in the prop.

Bow to offers the advantage of a less difficult forward maneuver with the
disadvantage of climbing onto the bow or swimming around to the stern.

I'm new at this so I'm probably overthinking the scenario, but I have to
teach my wife how to drive the boat (don't ask) and anchor it for her
upcoming camping trip. Our little 18 footer bowrider has an anchor buddy
that I bought for the occasion and 100 feet of rode attached to 6 feet of
chain and a danforth anchor and 30 feet of line for tieing to land.

Shoreline is gravelly with near shore submerged rocks.

Insomnia, the source of imaginary problems and fanciful solutions.




Always anchor with the stern to the shoreline. If waves start to kick up
you don't want your stern facing into them.

Approach the beach area until you are in about 5 feet of water. Raise the
outdrive somewhat. Turn the boat, drop anchor and back into beach until you
are in 2 1/2 to 3 feet of water. Turn off the engine, raise the outdrive to
the trailering position and attach a stern anchor (while doing so pull on it
hard to make sure the bow anchor is set).

Now enjoy the day If you plan to keep the boat anchored overnight make sure
you have as close to a 7:1 scope on your bow anchor line that you can get
and the anchor is firmly set. You will also need to keep your anchor light
on. This will drain the battery so consider a separate, detachable battery
powered ("AA" cell) one similar to this: http://tinyurl.com/ljtkw

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"Bryan" wrote in message
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When anchoring near shore for boat in lake camping or beach picnicking,
what are the pro's and con's of anchoring stern to or bow to the shore?

Stern to seems to offer the advantage of ladder and swim platform access
with the disadvantage of a more difficult backward maneuver, but the
advantage of not having a line to tangle in the prop.

Bow to offers the advantage of a less difficult forward maneuver with the
disadvantage of climbing onto the bow or swimming around to the stern.

I'm new at this so I'm probably overthinking the scenario, but I have to
teach my wife how to drive the boat (don't ask) and anchor it for her
upcoming camping trip. Our little 18 footer bowrider has an anchor buddy
that I bought for the occasion and 100 feet of rode attached to 6 feet of
chain and a danforth anchor and 30 feet of line for tieing to land.

Shoreline is gravelly with near shore submerged rocks.

Insomnia, the source of imaginary problems and fanciful solutions.




Always anchor with the stern to the shoreline. If waves start to kick up
you don't want your stern facing into them.

Approach the beach area until you are in about 5 feet of water. Raise the
outdrive somewhat. Turn the boat, drop anchor and back into beach until
you are in 2 1/2 to 3 feet of water. Turn off the engine, raise the
outdrive to the trailering position and attach a stern anchor (while doing
so pull on it hard to make sure the bow anchor is set).

Now enjoy the day If you plan to keep the boat anchored overnight make
sure you have as close to a 7:1 scope on your bow anchor line that you can
get and the anchor is firmly set. You will also need to keep your anchor
light on. This will drain the battery so consider a separate, detachable
battery powered ("AA" cell) one similar to this: http://tinyurl.com/ljtkw




I should also add........if you plan to keep it anchored overnight, move it
to at least 3 1/2 or 4 feet of water.

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:03:25 GMT, "Bryan"
wrote:

When anchoring near shore for boat in lake camping or beach picnicking, what
are the pro's and con's of anchoring stern to or bow to the shore?


Stern to the shore is the preferred method in my experience. Use a
small anchor off the stern to the beach, or tie off to a tree on shore
if available.

There are a number of advantages, not the least of which is having the
bow pointing towards exposed water, and using the stern ladder to get
off the boat in shallower water.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:03:25 GMT, "Bryan"
wrote:

When anchoring near shore for boat in lake camping or beach picnicking,
what
are the pro's and con's of anchoring stern to or bow to the shore?


Stern to the shore is the preferred method in my experience. Use a
small anchor off the stern to the beach, or tie off to a tree on shore
if available.

There are a number of advantages, not the least of which is having the
bow pointing towards exposed water, and using the stern ladder to get
off the boat in shallower water.

Thanks Jim, John, Wayne!

Will try stern to first.