Bubba smarts....

[rgranger]

I was browsing the boat parts section of my local Craigs List site today and found this ad

Dang! Why didn't I think of that.... I could have saved..... I dunno... maybe $5

 

[shemandr]

There are rumors of a few engine blocks on the bottom around here. No one's fessin' up given the potential environmental liability.

 

[rgranger]

There are rumors of a few engine blocks on the bottom around here. No one's fessin' up given the potential environmental liability.

Yeah.... I think (?) Buehler's Backyard Boat Building book mentions that option... for a mooring maybe but I'm trying to see someone stowing and deploying this hunk of concrete as an anchor. Wait... imagine it dangling from the anchor roller as it pendulums into your boat....

 

[25yearslater]

OMG! I needed a good laugh today. The comments are as hilarious as the add. Thanks.

 

[Benny17441]

Whatever happened to concrete blocks?

 

[brazenarticle]

Think it was missssspelled, should have advertised a "Concrete Anker". Please send phone number, if he is willing to pay shipping I have a buddy near Mt Everest who can use it to anker his tent.

 

[31seahorse]

OBO makes me think "low ball offer". Perhaps that beauty could be had for $6.95! Then I would just need to find some used chain and anchor "rope" to finish off my cruising gear.

 

[JamesG161]

You all have spent too much time at sea. That is NOT a boat anchor. That is a Bad Husband anchor.
It is obvious that it not made from salt water concrete!
Jim...

 

[RussC]

Well I guess the one my wife drug home from a beach walk at the lake, and is now used for garden art, should be worth at least $20.00 then. At least the guy who built this one used some imagination by using both a coffee can (or stove pipe) and a ham can for his mold.

 

[Skipper]

The seller's name is Guido. Called him.
He said, in a thick Italian accent, "Yeah, av used it several thimes. No problems. It's a little banged up ya know, from a few struggles with deployin' it.
Listen uh, you can have it for free. Yeah. If uh, you know, if ya wants me ta do some kinda ting fer ya. If ya know what I mean."

 

[capta]

I wonder if he'll ship it to Grenada?

 

[woodster]

that thing reminds me of duct taping a leaking pipe or bailing wiring a gate shut

 

[rgranger]

.... or bailing wiring a gate shut

WHAT! Everyone does that.... heck... I use bailing wire for the gate hinges too.... no problems. Makes a good replacement for weed wacker line too.... I always keep a spool in my shed. You never know when you need to fix something. I got some holding my tail gate shut as well.

 

[RussC]

I'm ok with the bailing wire slam, but when ya go knockin duct tape….. whoooo.

 

[woodster]

I'm ok with the bailing wire slam, but when ya go knockin duct tape….. whoooo.

duck tape makes me go quackers

 

[centerline]

All you "rich" folks here makin fun of a poor mans anchor..... my dad used to make his own anchors all the time like this. He fished for blueback in a rocky river where losing anchors was more common than not...
The $10 price tag for a gallon of concrete is not a poor mans price though....

 

[JamesG161]

that thing reminds me of duct taping a leaking pipe or bailing wiring a gate shut

Runs down to the boat and grabs the emergency repair kit and puts it in trash, but left the wire ties and Elmers glue.
Jim...

 

[woodster]

Runs down to the boat and grabs the emergency repair kit and puts it in trash, but left the wire ties and Elmers glue.
Jim...

make that super glue james

 

[wufibugs]

Most of the boat rentals on local lakes around here utilize the "sleep wid da fishes" anchor pictured