Anchors Away!!

[nuffa]

My buddy bought a new fishing boat and asked if me and another friend wanted to try some fishing, we all went. After driving around looking for the right spot, the captain shuts off motor and goes to drop front anchor while we are slowly moving toward spot.

So there he goes and heaves the anchor overboard, we all watch as the rope continues all the way into the water. HMMM Guess someone forgot to tie it off! So looks like we are going to drift and fish.

NUFFA

 

[RC]

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Been there, done that. Needed a new anchor anyway!

 

[ratracer]

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My father did that to me once when tossing out the lunch anchor. I'm still not sure what irritated him more, the fact that he did it or that I just sat there and laughed at him.

 

[JB]

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The correct term is "anchors aweigh". Retrieving is "weighing anchor".

Sorry. Just couldn't resist. This is a boating forum.

 

[ricksrster]

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anchors away is a nice pun.

 

[Daddy O]

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Last summer while anchoring, I throw the anchor out. Next thing I know there goes my anchor without the line.
Good thing it was where we were swimming only a couple of feet of water. I made my kids and nephews walk around looking for it. Low and behold my nephew found it. Got a better line this year.

 

[Triton II]

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Every year a huge number of boats park themselves on Sydney Harbour to watch the NYE fireworks. A friend of my girlfriend's decided to park his 16ft half cabin in amongst a bunch of 'gin palaces' in 70ft of water on the north side of the harbour. He duly anchored using150ft of line and enjoyed the show. Being in a little trailer boat he decided after midnight not to sleep on the boat, but to weigh anchor and go back to his ramp. Unfortunately his anchor was tangled up with several others and after half and hour of trying he just cut his line and motored off. I still wonder how many of the big boats had to do the same next day! :$

 

[Fishstick1962]

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While trying to anchor out on friends boat. I dropped the anchor, then noticed that the rope wasn't moving, looked at end of rope and the clevis was still dangling there. Buddy still gives me sh*t about "loosing" his anchor!

BTW anchors "aweigh" means the anchor is not touching the sea floor. i.e. you are weighing the anchor, feeling its weight.

 

[puddle jumper]

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8)8)8)That is just to funny

 

[KRS]

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I've lost one too.... but not like that o

 

[i386]

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We were out in the mullet boat in the Apalachicola river (family outing) when I was a kid and my grandfather (commercial fisherman all his life) threw a new anchor overboard with no rope attached. Everyone thought it was funny but him. I think it was shallow enough that he got it back though. We still bring that up sometimes. Good times.

 

[tiller7104]

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Yup my wife did it once this summer and I did it once.....getting expensive!

 

[robpoe]

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had that happen this last season. Threw the anchor in, wondered why we were drifting, pulled on the rope .. whoa .. no anchor.

That anchor sucked anyhow. Bought a newer (and bigger) anchor. Works MUCH better...

 

[OBJ]

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Try a float on the end of the anchor line. Doesn't really get in the road and if the rope goes over with the anchor, at least the end of the rope will stay afloat. Has saved mine a couple of times.

 

[Capt Joe]

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I have two anchor lines (sometimes too deep for one). The lines are tied together and clipped around a post in the anchor well.
If I need the extra depth just undo the clip & put out another 50 metres of line if necessary.
Incidentally, it's not necessarily the anchor that lifts. The length of chain acts as a shock absorber so there is less direct pull on the anchor itself.

I use a short length of light chain for normal anchoring while fishing, unless there is a big current flow. I have 30 metres of heavier chain for overnight anchoring which is too heavy to keep pulling in too often.

 

[Tom P]

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I was on someone else boat when he dropped anchor without tieing it off. That was 15 years ago. We named the spot Jeff’s Point. Every time we pass it we turn off the motor and salute before proceeding. Jeff hasn’t made that mistake since.

Tom

 

[chrish]

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its alwase fun to watch every inch of a 50 ft rope go over the side of a boat, (dam i knew i forgot something) "Hay guess what guys"