Anchor Tripping Line

[snowleopard]

No, you misundedrstood what he was saying.

What he does is common: you attach the tripping line to the crown of the anchor and the other end to the chain. If the anchor snags you take in the chain until you find the end of the tripping line, detach it from the chain then lift the anchor using the tripping line. The benefit over using a buoy is that there is nothing floating to snag passing boat's props or be mistaken for a mooring.

 

[bbg]

Thanks - I see now

 

[peteandthira]

Sorry, my post wasn't clear enough. The ANCHOR end of my trippiing line is indeed attached to the hole at the head end of the anchor, ie suitable for tripping the anchor when pulled upwards, It is the "loose" end of my tripping line which is then attached to the chain about 20m from the anchor, so that the tripping line sinks with the chain and lies along the bottom somewhere. Then, if the anchor is stuck, pulling in enough chain to get to my tripping line allows me to unclip it, then haul in the tripping line now only attached to the head end of the anchor.

Does that change your view of it?

Ta

Pops

 

[peteandthira]

Snowleopard

Ah! I just read your post after I answered bbgs very quickly! You explained it much better than I did, but that is indeed what I do. I think it was a tip in one of the magazines some years ago, so it must be good, mustn't it....

Pops

 

[bbg]

Thanks, with Snowleopard's and your explanation I understand. Do you find the tripping line gets messy after a while?

 

[peteandthira]

bbg

Er, no because I don't use it very often! After all that chat, I tend to attach it only if I think there may be a problem. It can be a bit of a faff separating the trip line from the chain as it comes back in, plus it has to be coiled up separately or else one ends up with a rope and chain orgy in the locker. It makes me feel good though when I have bothered to deploy it.

That idea about a chain lasso sent down to the anchor seems a good idea and I'm thinking of changing to that system. I already keep a chain lasso in the anchor locker for lassoing large mooring bouys that have no pickups.

Thanks for your tips guys.

Pops

 

[DeeGee]

Oh, I read that one differently. I think he meant rig the trip line to the trip eye of the anchor, then attach the other end to the chain. If anchored in, say, 5m, the tripline would be tied to the chain at, say 6m and thus the end would be available when the chain goes taut. Not that I endorse the method, Cliff's is pretty much how I do it.

 

[Thrall]

bbg - I think Pops could have been clearer; I have often used this method, of attaching the tripping line to the chain - the nether end is however of course attached to the crown. Chartering sometimes less well equipped boats means no buoy on board, and it takes a day or two of beach combing to find a suitable plastic container, with cap. As Pops says, it is very important to have the line longer than the chain portion to which it is attached, otherwise.............

Daði