Most fishermen hereabout use the system you suggest but....

Posted By: Westcoaster: Dovekie, HMS 18 Jaunty, and The Skiff.
Date: 1/2/07 7:50a.m.

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In Response To: Part II: Deploying the anchor ball and retrieving the anchor . . . . (Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida)

..be advised that on occasion the anchor line will get caught up in the prop of a boat. On a fishing boat in the fast running freshet of the Columbia or Willamette rivers it can result in ending up stern to the river and the boat sinking as the current rushes over the blunt transom. Just had this happen a month ago with the loss of one life and very nearly more. Sailboats with their better transom/cockpit arrangement would be less likely to do this.

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An Overdue Promise: Anchoring with an Anchor Ball (Warning: Lotsa Pics) . . . -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/1/07 7:03p.m.

Part I: Anchoring . . . . . -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/1/07 7:04p.m.

Top notch tecnique CB about the same as I do -- Norm, MAC 22 KRUSE'N, MD -- 1/1/07 7:52p.m.

That is really cool CB. Did you have the split -- George in Georgia, C22, "Diamond Sail" -- 1/1/07 9:28p.m.

Oops!! This question belongs under Part II -- George in Georgia, C22, "Diamond Sail" -- 1/1/07 9:31p.m.

The whole thing is sold as a kit. -- Craig LaForce -- 1/2/07 4:04a.m.

link to the ring -- Craig LaForce -- 1/2/07 4:13a.m.

The kit -- Craig LaForce -- 1/2/07 4:16a.m.

The bridle -- Jeff G. US 21 Bourbonator, Indiana -- 1/2/07 5:25a.m.

Smartest Man in the World -- George, Lake Lavon -- 1/3/07 8:15a.m.

Ah! If only you've read the stories of his blunders! -- Doug, P-18.2 Lk Norman, NC -- 1/3/07 10:47a.m.

Part II: Deploying the anchor ball and retrieving the anchor . . . . -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/1/07 7:05p.m.

Fabulous! and a question -- Frank Ladd Hunter 23.5 North Carolina -- 1/1/07 9:18p.m.

Okay that is cool! I'll like to try that! -- Dougcan, YS24 "Twilight" Puget Sound & Lk Washington -- 1/2/07 3:37a.m.

Different places, but watch what you buy . . . . . -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/2/07 5:42a.m.

The ball. -- APR, WWP19, S. Florida -- 1/2/07 5:58a.m.

Yes the anchor balls are inflatable . . . . . -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/2/07 9:40a.m.

Foot pump for inflatable boats? -- Brian, Precision 23, Lake Lanier, GA -- 1/2/07 10:11a.m.

I have a few different options for inflation. -- APR, WWP19, S. Florida -- 1/2/07 11:25a.m.

Thanks for the instruction! -- jerryTN, South Coast 23, "Vintage ll", Watts Bar Lake -- 1/2/07 6:42a.m.

 Most fishermen hereabout use the system you suggest but....  -- Westcoaster: Dovekie, HMS 18 Jaunty, and The Skiff. -- 1/2/07 7:50a.m.

True enough, however . . . . -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/2/07 9:31a.m.

I make no confusion. I offer up observation that we are human..... -- Westcoaster: Dovekie, HMS 18 Jaunty, and The Skiff. -- 1/2/07 9:46a.m.

Amen. -- Charles Brennan, Windrose 18, So. Florida -- 1/2/07 10:18a.m.