On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 09:04:17PM -0400, spetri wrote:
> I tried using the vinyl covered mushroom anchor I've been carrying for the
> last few years for the first time a few weeks ago off of the dingy beach in
> the GSP on BI. It was a total failure! :( I didn't thing it would perform
> so poorly. It just bounced on the mud sand bottom. I now know why it was
> gifted to me.
>
> Our dinghy has an air-deck so I'm concerned about pointy bits puncturing the
> deck.
>
> What are you guys using?
I've been using the standard 7-lb. folding grapple for ages, but not
exclusively. I rarely anchor the dinghy anyway, but there have been at
least two times when I just didn't trust the bottom or the wind and
current, so I hauled out my aluminum FX-23 (lunch hook for the big boat)
and used that. The dinghy was still there when I came back, so I guess
it was OK.
Related point worth considering: Cabela's sells a 1000' spool of
parachute cord - the real mil-spec stuff - for $40. That's a really
great deal, considering that it has a nominal breaking strength of
550lbs. and is less than 1/4" in diameter. Carrying a couple of hundred
feet of it in your dinghy allows you to have the dink a hundred feet
out, away from tilted-up outboards, nail-covered docks, etc. - but
retrieve it whenever you're ready to use it.
> PS ***Almost wrote "Inflatable Anchors" for the subject. With this group,
> I'm glad I didn't. :)
But you did, right there! I saw you!
Hmm, inflatable anchor. Sounds like a great idea. You could blow it up
to the exact size you wanted, anything from a dinghy anchor to one
suitable for a cruise ship... :)
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