sailaboutvic
Well-Known Member
Our experience this morning ,
We anchored in 7 mts two days ago on what looked like sand , so no worries, or so we through .
This morning the anchor just wouldn't move , we tried driving it out one way then the other .
A swim to see what it was caught on didn't do much good , although it was in clear water and only 7 mts we couldn't see the anchor .
Last go at getting it out we did the slide a chain loop down the chain. We never had any luck in the pass with this , for it to work the chin loop needs to slide over the anchor shank , anyway another half a hour or so which left is its one option , get the power dive out .
Once down the anchor seen to be in pure sand totally burned other then a few ins of its loop I tied a line which I took down with me onto the loop , back on board we release the chain and drove forwards on the tripping line and out she popped .
I can only imagine there was a rock under the sand .
I have to admit I wouldn't had used a tripping line in these circumstances as it did look ok .
But it just goes to show , a anchor that's trapped the only way out is a tipping line or a dive .
We anchored in 7 mts two days ago on what looked like sand , so no worries, or so we through .
This morning the anchor just wouldn't move , we tried driving it out one way then the other .
A swim to see what it was caught on didn't do much good , although it was in clear water and only 7 mts we couldn't see the anchor .
Last go at getting it out we did the slide a chain loop down the chain. We never had any luck in the pass with this , for it to work the chin loop needs to slide over the anchor shank , anyway another half a hour or so which left is its one option , get the power dive out .
Once down the anchor seen to be in pure sand totally burned other then a few ins of its loop I tied a line which I took down with me onto the loop , back on board we release the chain and drove forwards on the tripping line and out she popped .
I can only imagine there was a rock under the sand .
I have to admit I wouldn't had used a tripping line in these circumstances as it did look ok .
But it just goes to show , a anchor that's trapped the only way out is a tipping line or a dive .