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[The Jester]

It shows depths, tides, wrecks etc, plus the way from H/pool YC to a Decent Marina.....

[easyfish1]

turn left after the heugh, keep goin till ya see the pikeys...

does the gold card have a girly voice like tom tom sat nav.....

"you have reached your wreck destination"....( in a girls voice )

[Peter M]

Got the wife a pair of fur lined wellies for the boat, and I got an Alderney ring. Looked at a couple of tutorials on how to use one on the internet. I'm sure it's not as dangerous as it looks

[The Jester]

turn left after the heugh, keep goin till ya see the pikeys...

does the gold card have a girly voice like tom tom sat nav.....

"you have reached your wreck destination"....( in a girls voice )

The only voices you hear Rob.......are the ones in your head....

The pikeys are in the YC compound....in a campervan.....parked next to your boat......

[canman]

Got the wife a pair of fur lined wellies for the boat, and I got an Alderney ring. Looked at a couple of tutorials on how to use one on the internet. I'm sure it's not as dangerous as it looks

Only if ya pull the stern cleat off along with the back of the boat if you've got too strong an anchor that gets totally fast. Oh! and watch for the rope going round the prop, or the rear of the boat gets swamped if you don't get the power off quick enough Good luck Peter, just take every thing slow at first.

[easyfish1]

[The Jester]

You will also need to put a trip on the anchor, i use a couple of tie wraps

[big_sean]

Only if ya pull the stern cleat off along with the back of the boat if you've got too strong an anchor that gets totally fast. Oh! and watch for the rope going round the prop, or the rear of the boat gets swamped if you don't get the power off quick enough Good luck Peter, just take every thing slow at first.

I would never use a stern cleat whilst towing the anchour out, and always use a trip system with your anchour and it will come out easy.

I use a 7.5kg bruce anchour and dont have any problems but will reduce to a 5kg when back in hartlepool

Sean

[Peter M]

Only if ya pull the stern cleat off along with the back of the boat if you've got too strong an anchor that gets totally fast. Oh! and watch for the rope going round the prop, or the rear of the boat gets swamped if you don't get the power off quick enough Good luck Peter, just take every thing slow at first.

Thanks for that Arthur, so if I don't sink the boat I'm doing it right
re stern cleat, I have noticed some people use the stern cleat via a short rope to keep the anchor rope up so you can easily see if it is getting too close to the prop. Others say you shouldn’t. love to hear your's or anyones thoughts on it.

[Peter M]

I would never use a stern cleat whilst towing the anchour out, and always use a trip system with your anchour and it will come out easy.

I use a 7.5kg bruce anchour and dont have any problems but will reduce to a 5kg when back in hartlepool

Sean

Thanks Sean, I am planning on using a 5kg Bruce and a DIY grapnel made from rebar for the harder ground. Both tripped. also planning on a few practice runs with the Alderney ring, to get the hang of it.
Do you use the Bruce on heavy hard rocky ground?

[big_sean]

Thanks Sean, I am planning on using a 5kg Bruce and a DIY grapnel made from rebar for the harder ground. Both tripped. also planning on a few practice runs with the Alderney ring, to get the hang of it.
Do you use the Bruce on heavy hard rocky ground?

Yes I use the Bruce all the time. But have it set to trip. When using the lazy line if you go from the samson post as the rope tightens if the anchor is snagged it will pull the front end of the boat around if you are not trying to rip it out too fast, trying a couple of times usually makes it trip untill you get used to it. the speed at which you drive does help if you take it slowly to start with

Sean

[canman]

I would never use a stern cleat whilst towing the anchour out, and always use a trip system with your anchour and it will come out easy.

I use a 7.5kg bruce anchour and dont have any problems but will reduce to a 5kg when back in hartlepool

Sean

When I tow the anchor out using the stern cleat, all I do is wrap the rope once round the cleat and hold onto the rope going to the rope bin, and if I feel that the anchor is stuck even though tripped, I just let the rope slip through my fingers and cut the throttle, then try again from a different angle. When I anchor up, everything is done from the confines of the open deck space, not from the front hatch as that is such a clart when fishing alone.

[big_sean]

When i did anchoring on my shetland sheltie, I made a piece of rope up which fastened to the samson post and then threaded it through the bow roller and then it cam along the side of the boat to the cockpit and had a stailess steel clip on it these are called lazy lines. i would then deploy the anchor from the safety of the cock pit and tie a loop in the anchour rope and attach the clip.

this would then have the boat moored from the front without having to go forward and then towing it out was done as it was set up.

i never had to rely on anyone to help as it was all done fron the safety of the cockpit

it is a simple way and does not at any time allow the rope to get stuck at the stern which is very dangerous

i can see your method but i would still do it from the front with a lazy line

Sean

[Peter M]

When i did anchoring on my shetland sheltie, I made a piece of rope up which fastened to the samson post and then threaded it through the bow roller and then it cam along the side of the boat to the cockpit and had a stailess steel clip on it these are called lazy lines. i would then deploy the anchor from the safety of the cock pit and tie a loop in the anchour rope and attach the clip.

this would then have the boat moored from the front without having to go forward and then towing it out was done as it was set up.

i never had to rely on anyone to help as it was all done fron the safety of the cockpit

it is a simple way and does not at any time allow the rope to get stuck at the stern which is very dangerous

i can see your method but i would still do it from the front with a lazy line

Sean

Sounds like a good way of deploying your anchor Sean. I like the idea of the lazy line, as you said you can do everything from the safety of the cockpit. And as I will have my wife with me most of the time a single handed method will be ideal. Don't tell her I said that
Now here is a silly question, when you tie a loop in the anchor rope, so you can attach the lazy lines ss clip, does the knot you tie for the loop not get over tightened with the weight of the boat pulling the anchor and ending up being difficult to undo, or is there some sort of special knot that is easily untied. Or do you end up with lots of loops for different depths?
Peter

[big_sean]

Sounds like a good way of deploying your anchor Sean. I like the idea of the lazy line, as you said you can do everything from the safety of the cockpit. And as I will have my wife with me most of the time a single handed method will be ideal. Don't tell her I said that
Now here is a silly question, when you tie a loop in the anchor rope, so you can attach the lazy lines ss clip, does the knot you tie for the loop not get over tightened with the weight of the boat pulling the anchor and ending up being difficult to undo, or is there some sort of special knot that is easily untied. Or do you end up with lots of loops for different depths?
Peter

The loop can get a bit tight but i had a stainless steel spike and would undo it with that but i have never had a problem. the loop is just basically the surgeons end loop knot but i throw the anchor ball over as well and make sure the loop is after that,

then use the alderny method of retrieval

It is so simple and safe

the aldernay method is described here

Anchor Retrieval Solutions

Sean