I learned a valuable lesson this weekend. If you've never used an anchor that has a rope attached to it not only should you make sure the anchor is attached to the rope but you should make sure the rope is in one piece. I handed my son the anchor and told him to throw it over I heard the zzzzzzz as it was going down and suddenly nothing he looked at me with eyes like silver dollars. We got quite the laugh on the way back to the marina.