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Post by wood235 on Apr 22, 2009 2:54:41 GMT
Hi, i am just getting back into dinghy fishing after 6 yrs without my boat and a long drawn out refurb on the outfit. I have recently seen small angling boats with a buoy for retrieving the anchor. Can anyone enlighten me on the procedure and nack for doing this, also the size of buoy i would need for my 16ft boat. Thanks. Gary.
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Post by AQUAJAK on Apr 22, 2009 7:04:25 GMT
Hi Gary..
Just seen your post...havn't got time to explain the way it works...Just leaving for work....
My advice though, is to get someone to show you out at sea, you need to know the do's and dont's......quite important
All the best mate
Nick
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Post by abuc4 on Apr 22, 2009 7:15:35 GMT
look at anka yanka in this section bottom of page 2 mayb top page 3 now
it tells u all u need 2 no m8e
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Post by Crusader on Apr 22, 2009 17:20:34 GMT
Or search for Alderney Retrieval Method
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Post by Dan-Langstone Angler on Apr 22, 2009 18:01:52 GMT
In short the buoy and the boat does the hard work for you, leaving you to pull in a nice slack anchor. The buoyancy of the buoy should overcome the hold of the anchor in theory, it takes a fair few goes to perfect it and like Nick said above get shown or do a bit of research. Like most things its very simple but made complicated when its done wrong.
Dan
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Post by Salar on Apr 24, 2009 21:34:30 GMT
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Post by spottius on May 19, 2009 8:06:08 GMT
Hi Gary .I had a look at the link above and one thing they don't mention is when you steam an anchor out using a buff or buoy what ever you do. Don,t and I really mean this. DON'T tie the anchor rope off from the back of the boat. If your fishing in a run of tide and the anchor snags and you've tied it off from the back it can easily pull the back of the boat under water. Make sure its tied off from the bow. Then if it snags your boat will describe a big circle. If you've got a gps or plotter you will be able to see this clearly.
Get some one to show personally as a lot can go wrong.
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Post by michael1923 on May 19, 2009 8:47:20 GMT
As above, the best bit of advice you can ever be given.
Don't be scared of it just careful.
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Post by Sunny on May 19, 2009 20:47:24 GMT
Hi Gary .I had a look at the link above and one thing they don't mention is when you steam an anchor out using a buff or buoy what ever you do. Don,t and I really mean this. DON'T tie the anchor rope off from the back of the boat. If your fishing in a run of tide and the anchor snags and you've tied it off from the back it can easily pull the back of the boat under water. Make sure its tied off from the bow. Then if it snags your boat will describe a big circle. If you've got a gps or plotter you will be able to see this clearly. Get some one to show personally as a lot can go wrong. Too right... years ago I did just that... had to dive under the water and cut the rope...nearly lost my boat and possibly worse. After that episode I always fit a cleat to the front right side of my boats and pull from there. That way the rope is always clear of the prop and if the anchor hooks in the front of the boat just gets pulled around. The other important trick is to fix your chain to the front of the anchor and lash it to the top of the anchor loop with plastic cable ties. If your anchor does get snagged you steam forward until the cable ties break and the anchor pulls out from the base - does that make sense ? ;D We all lose an anchor from time to time... it happens  |
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Post by peewee007 on Jun 2, 2009 22:59:49 GMT
Hi mate, I have the anka-yanka and it works a treat. Take nicks advice on retrieving anchors as getting it wrong could possable end ya life! Still on a lighter note check out this from anchor retrieval sollutions where I got mine from. they are soooooooo helpfull. If you tell them what weight your anchor and chain are they will suggest the correct one for you. www.anchoryanka.com/ is the web site.... www.anchoryanka.com/anchor1.htm is anchoring tecniques on up anchoring... good luck with it and I hope this helps :-) |
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Post by peewee007 on Jun 2, 2009 23:21:07 GMT
ALSO I started a thread on here a while ago www.beachandboat.co.uk/index.cgi?board=boats&action=display&thread=8640 about anchor retrieving. since then I have got quite good at it.... The only thing I would say is IF you have a dory ( i.e wilson flyer) Ya must make sure b4 you try to up anchor MAKE SURE THE ANCHOR ROPE IS ABOVE THE BOW AND OFF TO ONE SIDE OF THE BOAT B4 YOU START RETRIEVING or you could foul the prop! After a few tries in shallower water (20 ft or so) it all starts to make sence.... GOOD LUCK |
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Post by Sunny on Jun 3, 2009 19:55:38 GMT
ALSO I started a thread on here a while ago www.beachandboat.co.uk/index.cgi?board=boats&action=display&thread=8640 about anchor retrieving. since then I have got quite good at it.... The only thing I would say is IF you have a dory ( i.e wilson flyer) Ya must make sure b4 you try to up anchor MAKE SURE THE ANCHOR ROPE IS ABOVE THE BOW AND OFF TO ONE SIDE OF THE BOAT B4 YOU START RETRIEVING or you could foul the prop! After a few tries in shallower water (20 ft or so) it all starts to make sence.... GOOD LUCK I have a 20ft Wilson and as I suggest... a cleat fixed to the side of the boat 1/3 from the front (2/3 from the rear ;D ). That keeps the rop clear of the prop at all times and you can see exactly where the line is when you are steaming forward. I just release the line from the front bow cleat when I'm ready to up-anchor. The line is already tied off on the side cleat, so with the engine already running you just steam forward and job done  |
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Post by Salar on Jun 6, 2009 16:50:29 GMT
If your engine failed and you were anchored by the side cleat in a tide run you would sink in about...30 seconds. I would not recommend fixing the anchor line to anything but the front. The alternative is to have a lazy line (running eye) that can pull the rope in to the side of the boat and that way the anchor point is still the front.
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Post by Sunny on Jun 13, 2009 23:56:49 GMT
If your engine failed and you were anchored by the side cleat in a tide run you would sink in about...30 seconds. I would not recommend fixing the anchor line to anything but the front. The alternative is to have a lazy line (running eye) that can pull the rope in to the side of the boat and that way the anchor point is still the front. Not strictly true. I can stop and *suspend* my boat from that point. I have done it in-numerable times ...and do so everytime a prepare to pull the anchor. I think you may be confusing the circumstances with tieing off to a cleat midway along the boat... which agreed would be very dangerous. |
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