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08-29-2016, 02:20 AM #11
Anchor??
+1 for the box anchor.
Funny story, I tripped and stubbed my toe on a lost box anchor. That's how it became mine haha works like a champ!
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08-29-2016, 06:23 AM #12Senior Member
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08-29-2016, 09:13 AM #13
Box anchor all the way! Just toss it over and forget about it. I've never had it come loose.
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08-29-2016, 10:40 AM #14
I'm all in with the box anchor as well. I have used pretty much every variety of anchor over the years and could never get one to consistently hold on our muck-bottom lake, but the box anchor never fails.....like said above, just throw if over the side and tie it off!!
Like Trayson, mine folds flat and has a nice storage bag that actually takes up less room than most of the other anchors I have had.Mike
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08-29-2016, 08:29 PM #15Senior Member
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Re: Anchor??
http://www.instgram.com/jlyons30
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08-30-2016, 10:14 AM #16
I use one of the above with a rope only and no chain. We have muck bottoms and I have had no problems over the years. I would rather have a folding box anchor for space. The 75 feet of rope takes up more room than the anchor though.
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08-30-2016, 11:46 AM #17
Good tip but after that incident I moved to the box.
Until then I never had an issue, and looking at it, I don't see how a chain would have helped, that was some serious pressure on it to bend it. It was dug into a hole and buried and that's how it came out from the wind blowing the boat.Malo <--- Means--Evil or Mean One. This explains a lot.
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08-30-2016, 12:19 PM #18
The Danforth had some serious side forces on it that would indicate the anchor was set and the boat either shifted to port about 45-90 degrees or the wind and waves were such to cause the boat to shift in that direction while the anchor remained set.
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08-30-2016, 05:34 PM #19
I love the box anchor. I boat mostly rivers some with strong currents and the box holds
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08-30-2016, 06:42 PM #20Senior Member
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Re: Anchor??
The chain helps put down pressure on the handle and causes the anchor to drag on the bottom helping the flutes dig in. Without the chain when you hit reverse the rope may pull up on the handle making harder to set.
I saw it on ship shape tv..lol ..
From the reviews here the box anchor is the way to go.http://www.instgram.com/jlyons30
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