How Embarrassing

[Little Hooker]

I decieded to take the boat out on the harbour to watch the NYE fireworks . And btw was more enjoyable then what ive read.

I found a spot in between ms macquarie chairs and the Opera house which almost had a full view of the harbour brigde.

After spending 200bucks on this SARCA anchor i thought i be anchored down on my first go! But after 5 tries (slow drifting) with no luck i was force to move to a spot futher back in the crowd! A few ppl had there 2 cents worth which made me feel abit embarrass...

The depth of the water was about 9meter so i was letting out about 15meter including 4meters of chain.

Do you think it had something to do with the surface?? to muddy??? I was very let down from what ive seen with this SARCA anchors.

OOPS this was meant to be in the boating section!! Can one of the mods move it there pls!!

Edited January 4, 2008 by Little Hooker

[Robbielites]

Hi Mate,

It sounds to me like it was swell on the water from boat traffic that caused your problem. All the bouncing around from waves will affect your anchor particularly if it is not laid out properly.

You can't just chuck an anchor over the front, it needs to be laid out slowly, kinda gracefully so that all the components work together.

How heavy is the chain you have? A $200 anchor aint worth shite if you have flower pot chain on the end of it. The chain needs to be heavy enough to keep the anchor....Anchored

Robbie.

Edited January 4, 2008 by Robbielites

[BalmainBob]

Gday Little Hooker,

I have a Sarca anchour that camae with the boat that I bought. I also recieved this anchouring guide from sarca.

Hope it helps

Balmain Bob

[Harris]

I reckon that D shackle on the bottom picture should be turned around so the pin goes through the chain. This would eliminate any chance of the pin undoing itself if the shackle is dragged through the slot to unsnag the anchor. I'm not out to be a smart???? but I'd hate to see someone lose an expensive anchor, especially if it's the only one they're carrying.

Cheers,

Anthony.

[inhlanzi]

G'day Little Hooker

Did you use a Stainless Steel shackle?

Make sure the shackle runs along he top of the anchor and not on the bottom.

Shackle must be a good fit and is critical to th operation of the anchor

The bolt through the chain works better.

I have been holding in the swells of the last week at a 3 to 4 to 1 ratio where I normally run at a 2.5 to 1

I only use 2m of light chain.

Only time it does not hold is in soft mud in a big tide.

Hope this helps

cheers

inhlanzi

[Little Hooker]

Balminbob, thanks for the guide!

Robbielites, I dont laid it out gracefully cause i have a electric winch. I jus press the button and it drops down till it hits the bottom. that cause be a problem some times. My chain is decent size but i can only use the chain size the recommend which is 6mmshort link, 7mm DIN BBB 1/4inch G4 HT. I think i have 6mm short link which is 4meters in lenght.

Stuck, it does say to use locklite on the D shackle??? But it worth a shot what you jus said.

inhlanzi, No im not usin a stainless steel. Will buy for the next trip out on the water

[caine]

you think thats embarrassing

after waiting to use the ramp for 1hr on boxing day. I forgot to tie off the rope when dropping my boat into the water and had to go for a swim in front of about 20 boats lined up to use the ramp.

i also managed to cut the crap out of my foot in the process. the good news is... i now carry a 1st aid kit in the boat and will always check my launching rope is tied up properly

[Little Hooker]

HAHA at least you got the boat back.

I guess lesson to be learnt from that one.

[offtap1]

I reckon that D shackle on the bottom picture should be turned around so the pin goes through the chain. This would eliminate any chance of the pin undoing itself if the shackle is dragged through the slot to unsnag the anchor. I'm not out to be a smart???? but I'd hate to see someone lose an expensive anchor, especially if it's the only one they're carrying.

Cheers,

Anthony.

Actually the pic (Above)of Bow shackle is the only correct method of attatching chain to a Sarchor as the pin being a flat surface will eliminate the shackle binding along slot in anchor, shackle binding in slot will make the retreival of anchor almost impossible in rockie areas due to shackle being unable to slide up to heavy end,which is required to break grip to bottom, Also this shackle needs to be stainless steel and be only just smaller in diameter than slot size,(Gal shackle will bind due to harsh surface against the hard surface of Gal anchor and a much smaller diameter pin will allow more sideways movement of Pin causing it to bind at times) . Fishos having an electric winch as i have will have the problem of finding the right size shackle to just fit slot in anchor (Minimum Tolerance required) and also fit the usual 6mm chain, this can be over come with the use of an additional shackle of smaller size to fit chain 6mm and attatch to main shackle as discribed above. This is the only tried and proven method of keeping your costly anchor from being devored by the sea floor. With holding issue, soft mud bottom will always be an issue if big swells or current are encountered, but generally the more rope or less angle to sea floor you have will over come this problem in most circumstances. Cheers Dave

[Harris]

Actually the pic (Above)of Bow shackle is the only correct method of attatching chain to a Sarchor as the pin being a flat surface will eliminate the shackle binding along slot in anchor, shackle binding in slot will make the retreival of anchor almost impossible in rockie areas due to shackle being unable to slide up to heavy end,which is required to break grip to bottom, Also this shackle needs to be stainless steel and be only just smaller in diameter than slot size,(Gal shackle will bind due to harsh surface against the hard surface of Gal anchor and a much smaller diameter pin will allow more sideways movement of Pin causing it to bind at times) . Fishos having an electric winch as i have will have the problem of finding the right size shackle to just fit slot in anchor (Minimum Tolerance required) and also fit the usual 6mm chain, this can be over come with the use of an additional shackle of smaller size to fit chain 6mm and attatch to main shackle as discribed above. This is the only tried and proven method of keeping your costly anchor from being devored by the sea floor. With holding issue, soft mud bottom will always be an issue if big swells or current are encountered, but generally the more rope or less angle to sea floor you have will over come this problem in most circumstances. Cheers Dave

That's a fair comment Dave. When I first started working as a rigger one of the first things I was taught was to avoid as best you can any surface running over the pin of a shackle. I put my theory forward on that experience alone. Another solution might be to try a bow shackle (stainless of course) as the increased diameter of the shackle gape may prevent it from binding up. You could also look at matching the load rating of the shackle to that of your anchor rope. i.e. A 12mm shackle is a sight stronger than 12mm rope so you may be able to get away with a smaller shackle. Anyways, each to their own just don't come crying to me when........

Cheers,

Anthony.

[Davemmm]

you think thats embarrassing

after waiting to use the ramp for 1hr on boxing day. I forgot to tie off the rope when dropping my boat into the water and had to go for a swim in front of about 20 boats lined up to use the ramp.

i also managed to cut the crap out of my foot in the process. the good news is... i now carry a 1st aid kit in the boat and will always check my launching rope is tied up properly

What was wrong with all the mongrels who were around the ramp. Surely they could have assisted by either stopping the boat floating away or retreiving it for you when it had drifted.

Society is definately to blame.

Dave

[caine]

What was wrong with all the mongrels who were around the ramp. Surely they could have assisted by either stopping the boat floating away or retreiving it for you when it had drifted.

Society is definately to blame.

Dave

i didnt see this post, so thanks mate

i did catch a 6kg jew that day so i was still smilin