Anchor Chain??????

[durk187]

Im stumped.<br /><br />Why do you put a chain on a anchor and then the rope, why not tie the rope directly to the anchor?

 

[crab bait]

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a good length of chain first allows the anchor to dig in an the rope to start it swall up to the boat at a farther run from the anchor.. ( the chain & rope combo runs more horizonial with the ocean floor before it's belly run to the boat.) for a much much better angle & hold..<br /><br />also , equally important. it guards the rope from gettin' nicked or cut on the ocean floor by numerous sharp things,there

 

[Jack Shellac]

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A little addition to Crab Baits info: I don't know what kind of water you're in, but a Danforth-type anchor will actually "sail' in any kind of current unless you have some chain holding it down. In the Gulf of Mexico [about a 4 knot current from Gulf stream], it is almost impossible to set a Danforth anchor witout at least 6 feet of chain on it. More for bigger boats and anchors.

 

[spinakersheet]

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You should have a foot of chain for each foot length of vessel. 18' boat 18 feet of chain.<br /><br />Make sure you get a shakle with an eye in the pin so you can wrap wire throughthe eye and around the shackle.

 

[Ross J]

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There's also the added advantage of having a chain on the anchor rode so there is a "cushion effect" where the anchor rode doesn't 'jerk' at the bow in inclement wheather!<br />Ross<br /><br />Remember the easiest way to bring an anchor up is to order the crew to do it!

 

[durk187]

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Thanks for all the info everyone. I guess here in Missouri there isnt any real reason to do that, being the owner of a jon boat. <br /><br />Is this the right way to do it?<br />www.cableone.net/jdurkin/oops.mpg

 

[blifsey]

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Thats great video!!! I didn't even have an anchor when I first got my jon boat so I used one of the old window weights from our 100yr old house. They're heavy as heck and if dropped straight down, sink into mud about 18 inches.<br /><br />BL...

 

[CalicoKid]

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A brush clamp is ultra sneaky when you're stalking shy fish and don't want to chase 'em off with an anchor.

 

[sloopy]

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ok here's whY!!<br />!<br /><br />chain is used to prvent chafe on the line and to absorbe shock!!! on my anhcor line first there is the anhcr then 20 feet of 1/4 inch chain. followes by 10 feet of 3/8 inch chain to pull it lower to the ground, then 300 feet of 1/2 inch diameter nylon line marked with a splice of a differnt color rope every 25 feet (it took me all winter to splice it all <br /><br />hope that helps... think About it!

 

[Jack Shellac]

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That's a lot of work, but I bet it looks really cool. I just put the plastic number markers through the line twist on mine.

 

[jeff_nicholas]

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When we lived aboard we had an all chain rode. You can't beat chain for worry free nights aboard. But now that I'm running an 18 footer in protected waters I find any chain quite a nuisance. I stow the anchor off the stern, so I never bring it aboard, but I must deal with the rode and cleaning muddy chain on a small boat is a nightmare. I spend at least one night aboard a month (at anchor), with a couple weeklong outings a year -- I've been 'chainless' for 6 years now, with never a thought of looking back.