Anchoring in rocks

[Northern Sailor]

Any advice on anchoring to a rock bottom lake? I have two traditional anchors available.

 

[Ross]

Rig a trip line and you show a picture of a danforth type

what is the other? A Northill style will always hold in rocks.

 

[Northern Sailor]

both anchors are the same style.

 

[Ross]

A commercial fisherman anchors his trap with danforths.

They are big anchors for the job. If the flukes jamb under a big rock the only way to get it loose is with a trip line and back it out.

 

[Patrick , S/V Shangra-La]

Rig a trip line

either 1/4 or 3/8 nylon line approx 5 foot longer than the deepest place you anchor. put a 1 or 2 pound weight on the end of the line and run it through the handle of a half gallon plastic milk carton.

The milk carton will serve as a morker for your anchor it will self adjust as the weighted line slides through threw handle, and if you can not raise the anchor go to the marker then use the line to free the anchor.

 

[Peter]

fisherman (aka kedge, yachtsman, etc) anchor

The old-fashioned fisherman anchor great for hooking rocks. The fluke acts like a pick in softer bottom and digs in, but it will also hook larger rocks or jam into cracks securely being of solid construction. A Danforth is designed for its load to be distributed across the surface area of the flukes. The traditional design can bend easily (happened to a couple myself), and my hi-tensile is worth too much to me to have even tried it to see if it has enough meat for the task. No matter which you use, remember that trip line!