Anchor traps

[oldbilbo]

Not another 'anchors' thread....? This is about known 'anchor traps' - where sea-bed debris is known to ensnare yotties' anchors.

I'll make a start with the south end of Barn Pool opposite Mayflower Marina/Plymouth, where several hundred years of Devonport Dockyard junk is sunk.

Next....?

 

[NormanS]

It's not always bad news. A friend's boat dragged, and would certainly have been wrecked, if his anchor hadn't fouled an old ground chain. I hate using a tripping line, but will if I think the bottom may be foul.

 

[Resolution]

It's not always bad news. .

Agreed. We anchored outside St Vaast late one night, waiting for the lock gates to open in a stiff 30 knot SW wind. Anchor held beautifully for two hours. When we winched it up it came with a large thick black cable. After a bit of a wrestle we made it let go and were relieved to see the lights of St Vaast still shining brightly!

 

[Scillypete]

Not another 'anchors' thread....? This is about known 'anchor traps' - where sea-bed debris is known to ensnare yotties' anchors.

I'll make a start with the south end of Barn Pool opposite Mayflower Marina/Plymouth, where several hundred years of Devonport Dockyard junk is sunk.

Next....?

Puerto Naos, Lanzarote lots of junk including sunken trawlers in the anchorage, I know because when the wind changed and I decided to move back to Arrecife while hauling up my anchor I was looking straight down at the superstructure of such a sunken beast fortunately my anchor was not in it and there was enough water to float over it.

 

[OldBawley]

I know of more than one place in Greece where the anchor is fouled every time.

The local diver ( he is the only one allowed to dive in the harbour ) comes to free the anchor for a more than good fee and while under water makes sure he has an other job the day after.

Rhodes Mandraki is one of those places.