Anchors and Inflatable Dinghys

[Hudson Force]

Kenomac's photo is identical to my dinghy anchor. I keep it folding in a small bag with 75' of light line. I tie the bitter end of the anchor line to the pad eye low on the bow so there is no chafe of the rode against the inflatable bladder.

More often I'm tying the dinghy achor line to the stern of my dinghy and tying a bow line to a dinghy dock as I use my dinghy more for shore access than fishing.

Anyway, a small bag about the size of a football (US or UK) does the job!

[SV Sailfish]

I'm still stuck back on the picture in my head of you, having to hoist up a 75# anchor into a Jon boat.

Thank you for the Monday chuckle and also for being brave enough to put your story on this forum.

Good on ya mate!

[Broken-Sailor]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

Broken,

We just use one of these folding anchors which can be purchased very cheap from any Walmart sporting goods department, and attach it to about 75 ft of nylon rope. It seems to grab onto the bottom good enough to hold the dinghy. It stores very small with the claws folded up against the shank.

Originally Posted by Starbuck

Folding grapnel.

I saw these at Wal-Mart and just thought it felt too light but was planning on getting one as a backup and to use for Rocky areas like the area of Duck River that I sometimes fish at too.

Originally Posted by SV Sailfish

I'm still stuck back on the picture in my head of you, having to hoist up a 75# anchor into a Jon boat.

Thank you for the Monday chuckle and also for being brave enough to put your story on this forum.

Good on ya mate!

You are welcome, my niece thought it was funny too when I almost fell into her lap when it broke loose. The not so funny part is I re-injured a old injury of my right shoulder that might require surgery to fix this time. I hope not, I am tired of surgeries messing up my fun times. Had a total of six surgeries in the past two and a half years including two total knee replacements. Knees are doing good so far, still a little numbness in the left one but that will go away sooner or later.



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[SV Sailfish]

Originally Posted by Broken-Sailor

You are welcome, my niece thought it was funny too when I almost fell into her lap when it broke loose. The not so funny part is I re-injured a old injury of my right shoulder that might require surgery to fix this time. I hope not, I am tired of surgeries messing up my fun times. Had a total of six surgeries in the past two and a half years including two total knee replacements. Knees are doing good so far, still a little numbness in the left one but that will go away sooner or later.

Oh man, no fun! All the more reason for a baby anchor. And my best wishes to you for no more surgeries needed!

[Dave22q]

Inflatables displace very little so there is no real force applied to your rode. A 2 -5 # grapnel should be more than enough. If it drags at a 3x scope let out some more line for a 4 to1. Newbys are overly susceptible to the BS you find on the internet.

[Broken-Sailor]

Originally Posted by Dave22q

Inflatables displace very little so there is no real force applied to your rode. A 2 -5 # grapnel should be more than enough. If it drags at a 3x scope let out some more line for a 4 to1. Newbys are overly susceptible to the BS you find on the internet.

Thanks

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[0urh]

Try a Coopers nylon anchor.

Nylon Cooper Anchor - Cooper Anchors for jetskis, Kayaks, boats

[Broken-Sailor]

Originally Posted by 0urh

Try a Coopers nylon anchor.

Nylon Cooper Anchor - Cooper Anchors for jetskis, Kayaks, boats

At $24.09 a pound for what is basically a plastic anchor, thanks but no thanks. That is what the 3.3 # anchor comes out to not counting any shipping or taxes. Fixed income = try to get by as cheap as you can while still being safe.

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[Spade Anchor]

Any chance pictures exist of the Jon Boat w/ a 75lb anchor on it?

[Broken-Sailor]

Originally Posted by Spade Anchor

Any chance pictures exist of the Jon Boat w/ a 75lb anchor on it?

The only photo I took that day was this one. At least the extra weight balanced out the boat. Mom + great niece + 75# anchor is probably still less weight that my 6'6" 275# frame lol

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[ranger58sb]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

Broken,
We just use one of these folding anchors which can be purchased very cheap from any Walmart sporting goods department, and attach it to about 75 ft of nylon rope. It seems to grab onto the bottom good enough to hold the dinghy. It stores very small with the claws folded up against the shank.

Originally Posted by Starbuck

Folding grapnel.

Originally Posted by Hudson Force

Kenomac's photo is identical to my dinghy anchor.

Originally Posted by Broken-Sailor

I saw these at Wal-Mart and just thought it felt too light but was planning on getting one as a backup and to use for Rocky areas like the area of Duck River that I sometimes fish at too.

I've had decent success with the folding grapnel, not just for the dink but also for our traveling canoe...

OTOH, it IS possible to get that sucker hung up underneath various "stuff" on a fouled bottom... to the point where a trip line might work... but otherwise you'll likely need a replacement grapnel.

-Chris

[a64pilot]

Originally Posted by ranger42c

I've had decent success with the folding grapnel, not just for the dink but also for our traveling canoe...

OTOH, it IS possible to get that sucker hung up underneath various "stuff" on a fouled bottom... to the point where a trip line might work... but otherwise you'll likely need a replacement grapnel.

-Chris

That is how we got ours, stuck under a tree root in the mill pond in Mariana Fl.
We cave dive there and saw it near the entrance to the cave. My only draw to it is it will fit in the bow locker of my dinghy, I think as an anchor, it is not going to work worth a darn, unless of course I can find a Cyprus tree root


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[Broken-Sailor]

New boat got here today. Got a headache from all the calls I had to make to find out what all I needed to register this thing. Had to play phone tag with the county clerks office and the TWRA offices getting transferred all over the place. Trying to get it through some people's head that when you order something online you do not get a bill of sale you get a printout of the order and a shipping invoice when it arrived. Plus a manufacturer's certificate of origin for a boat.

Guess I will make me an anchor Saturday plus pick up a grappling anchor more chain and line at the same time and will be rowing the boat till the local clerk gets her head out of the sand and wakes up to the 21st century.

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[Broken-Sailor]

Curious about how effective of a small anchor this would be. Take two 4" x 5 1/2" metal coffee cans fill with concrete with an eye bolt concreted in the middle of the cans. The "cans" would weigh a little over five lbs each. Now shackle the two cans together with a six foot chain plus attach a second 4 foot chain to one of the cans and attach your anchor line to four foot chain. Probably overkill on an inflatable in 25 foot of water while fishing or diving but it is just an idea I had that might hold better than the single can anchor and chain if the wind picks up and you are diving.

What do you Guys and Gals think?


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[Jim Cate]

Mate, if you mean diving as in leaving the boat unattended whilst you go off somewhere else exploring, and you are where you really need the boat to get back to shore... well, in those circumstances I've always wanted something a LOT more secure than w hat you describe. As in some sort of "real" anchor, dug in by hand if necessary, with enough chain and rode to ride out any reasonable change in the wind while we were gone. Coming back to a missing boat is any offshore diver's nightmare!

Really, a couple of meters of light chain and a knockoff Danforth (West marine even has some of t hese at reasonable prices) and some 6 or 8 mm cheap poly line will hold you dink. Your coffee can weights will likely not. Your choice!

Jim