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Airwaves · 07-06-2006, 06:15 PM

Both Aquadeziac and jmbbop have it right.
The key is scope.

Another trick in the event you are concerned that either anchor might get stuck for one reason or another. Danforth anchors have this ring on the shaft, it's there so you can tie a line to it and either attach it to a small float or bring it back on board your boat with plenty of slack.

The way it works, if your Danforth anchor won't come up you pull on the line attached to the ring, that pulls the anchor from a different direction and usually loosens it enough from the bottom so you can haul it back up rather than end up cutting it loose and leaving it on the bottom!

07-06-2006, 06:15 PM	#4
Airwaves Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: I'm right here! Posts: 1,153 Thanks: 9 Thanked 102 Times in 37 Posts	Both Aquadeziac and jmbbop have it right. The key is scope. Another trick in the event you are concerned that either anchor might get stuck for one reason or another. Danforth anchors have this ring on the shaft, it's there so you can tie a line to it and either attach it to a small float or bring it back on board your boat with plenty of slack. The way it works, if your Danforth anchor won't come up you pull on the line attached to the ring, that pulls the anchor from a different direction and usually loosens it enough from the bottom so you can haul it back up rather than end up cutting it loose and leaving it on the bottom!