Well, yesterday I wanted to straighten out my tangled mess of anchor line on my boat. I also wanted to wash off the salt residue. So, I paid out the anchor and some line and tied it off. I got the rest of line untangled. When I tried to get the anchor back in, it had gotten hung up on something on the bottom of the lake. Something mean!
This is where I tried to use the anchor ball thing I bought before the MackFest trip. Well, I guess it only works in the ocean and not in lakes. I went in several directions to no avail.
This was the first time I've had to cut an anchor line. I've got a fender tied to the line as a marker bouy. I wrote on the fender that it was marking a hung anchor and do not take. It's in 70-80 feet of water. I pulled up right next to the bouy and pushed the MOB button to mark the location. I'm thinking of diving down for the anchor if I can find the nerve to do so. It's dark, cold and spooky down there. This would be a good testing ground for my 50 watt underwater light I just constructed from my video light.
The anchor was FREE but the 15 foot chain was not. It's some of the good stuff from West Marine that I had just replaced from the Home Depot chain that was a rusted mess.
West Marine is having a sale. Guess I'll get some more chain for when I 'find' another abandoned anchor.
We use to do a lake clean up with scuba divers and that's where we find the FREE anchors.
Seems that a lot of boaters don't know that there needs to be chain between the anchor and the line. DUH!
Chain doesn't come in the "package" with the boat from the dealers.