Hi, I have an FX-23 and it works very well. Sometimes too well. I dont have a windlass, and when it holds tigh I have to manouver the boat around the anchor to release it. Is there a specific way to help release the fortress under power?
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Ignacio, glad to here that your FX-23 is performing well for you. As with all anchors, the best way to retrieve your FX-23 is to slowly move the boat to a position directly over the anchor, while you are pulling in your line. Then snub the line on a cleat and power backwards slowly to pull the anchor out of the bottom. I hope this helps!
Backwards?
Brian, I have never heard "power backwards to release the anchor when directly over it." I was taught to power forward to break it loose. ( thought this method has bent a danforth fluke pretty bad.) Can you explain this further? r.w.landau
Brian, I have never heard "power backwards to release the anchor when directly over it." I was taught to power forward to break it loose. ( thought this method has bent a danforth fluke pretty bad.) Can you explain this further? r.w.landau
Why "power" at all?
Why not just pull in the anchor line slack until the line is vertical? Then snub the line tight and wait a few moments. The movement of the boat in the water will break the anchor loose in all but dead calm water. If the wind or current is strong , motor forward till the line is vertical. The wind or current will do the job for you. I have never had to fight my anchor to retrieve it.
Why not just pull in the anchor line slack until the line is vertical? Then snub the line tight and wait a few moments. The movement of the boat in the water will break the anchor loose in all but dead calm water. If the wind or current is strong , motor forward till the line is vertical. The wind or current will do the job for you. I have never had to fight my anchor to retrieve it.
Backwards?
R.W., by going backwards again, you are putting less stress on the anchor. I hope the following helps to explain this: Picture youself in a chair, and the anchor is on the floor, 5 feet in front of you. You have a rope tied to the anchor. Your scope is about 1 to 1. Now imagine that the anchor is buried with five feet of firm sand on top of it. As you pull the anchor, it is not trying to dig in because the pull is too straight. You are looking at the ends of the flukes. So the cross section of the anchor you are trying to pull out of the sand is far less than if you moved your chair around to the other end, and then tried to pull the anchor up. The flukes would have to pull all that sand up in the air before the anchor could be pulled out. Hope this helps!
R.W., by going backwards again, you are putting less stress on the anchor. I hope the following helps to explain this: Picture youself in a chair, and the anchor is on the floor, 5 feet in front of you. You have a rope tied to the anchor. Your scope is about 1 to 1. Now imagine that the anchor is buried with five feet of firm sand on top of it. As you pull the anchor, it is not trying to dig in because the pull is too straight. You are looking at the ends of the flukes. So the cross section of the anchor you are trying to pull out of the sand is far less than if you moved your chair around to the other end, and then tried to pull the anchor up. The flukes would have to pull all that sand up in the air before the anchor could be pulled out. Hope this helps!
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Brian, Thanks for that info, I have never heard it before, and since I have never heard that, does "The Anchor Man" have other tips for other bottom conditions? thanks r.w.landau
Brian, Thanks for that info, I have never heard it before, and since I have never heard that, does "The Anchor Man" have other tips for other bottom conditions? thanks r.w.landau
Brian. Please explain again
Brian, I just can't picture the explanation you gave for powering backwards. It still seems that you would be pulling the anchor perpendicular to the plane of the flukes, while by going forward you would be backing it out parallel to the flukes. Could you try explaining again?
Brian, I just can't picture the explanation you gave for powering backwards. It still seems that you would be pulling the anchor perpendicular to the plane of the flukes, while by going forward you would be backing it out parallel to the flukes. Could you try explaining again?
Brian. Please explain again
Gene, if you power forward, then you have more sand and weight against the back side of the still buried flukes. If you go in reverse, then the flukes have less sand and weight against them. The anchor will staighten itself out better and pop out easier.
Gene, if you power forward, then you have more sand and weight against the back side of the still buried flukes. If you go in reverse, then the flukes have less sand and weight against them. The anchor will staighten itself out better and pop out easier.
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