Flook anchor made in Australia - any tips on use?

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Went shopping at my dads house over the holidays - dad has more "stuff" then you could imgagine -<br /><br />I said hey I could use an anchor and low and behold on the front porch he had this flook anchor.<br /><br />It has some instructions on the shovel? part<br /><br />It has 2 connections 1 for the rope and 1 to pull it back out with.<br /><br />Does this mean I have to have 2 ropes of equal length to use this anchor?<br /><br />I mostly use the boat in either sandy rivers or intercoastal tidal areas.<br /><br />Oh it is a 14ft fiberglass boat.<br /><br />thnx<br /><br />Tomatolord
 
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Re: Flook anchor made in Australia - any tips on use?

Yes, you do need 2 ropes. The second rope will allow you to free the anchor. Of the fluke anchors i've seen, the second rope trips a mechanism that allows the main beam of the anchor to rotate backwards, so you can power upstream of the anchor and pull it free.<br /><br />"Fluke" anchors, as they are called, work on the principle of driving those flukes deep into soft bottoms.... so don't be afraid to pull on it some when setting it. They typically only work on a "straight pull", meaning if the current has you wandering, it won't hold. A fluke would be good when anchoring in a steady current situation, like a river. It won't work on rocky bottoms, it would just be dead weight at that point.<br /><br />What size is the anchor? In my opinion, a fluke wouldn't do much good in a smaller boat, as it really needs to be "set" in the bottom to work.<br /><br />Like any anchor, the fluke needs a few feet of chain to properly work, because the top of the anchor needs to be sitting right on the bottom.<br /><br />Good luck.
 
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