AngusMcDoon
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I've never had trouble getting mine in (palms permanently fitted), but after hanging off one in a strong blow, how do you get the darned things out?
Fortress Anchors
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snowleopard
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yes, i have the 'mud palms' fitted. there was one occasion in the caribbean where i rowed out my kedge about 30m in 2-3m of water (FX16 with 2m 6mm chain and 50m warp) then pulled in on the warp by hand to set it. i could feel no resistance at all and eventually it came into sight, gliding across the sea bed like a ray. a second attempt produced the same result. it was generally good holding ground and our Delta bower was holding fine.
bs33064
New Member
Hi AngusMcDoon,
Here is a tip to retrieving your Fortress or other anchor from our Safe Anchoring Guide web page:
"Slowly move the boat to a position directly over the anchor, pulling in the line as you go. Then snub the line on a cleat and power backwards slowly to pull the anchor out of the bottom.
Do not power forward because that will require more energy and put very heavy loads on the anchor and gear."
You can find more good anchoring info on this page:
http://www.fortressanchors.com/safe_anchoring.html
Cheers,
Brian
Here is a tip to retrieving your Fortress or other anchor from our Safe Anchoring Guide web page:
"Slowly move the boat to a position directly over the anchor, pulling in the line as you go. Then snub the line on a cleat and power backwards slowly to pull the anchor out of the bottom.
Do not power forward because that will require more energy and put very heavy loads on the anchor and gear."
You can find more good anchoring info on this page:
http://www.fortressanchors.com/safe_anchoring.html
Cheers,
Brian
bs33064
New Member
Hi again Snowleopard,
Hard to understand how that could happen, unless you were falling back very quickly and/or you were using a very short scope.
If the anchor is sitting on the sea bottom and there is a slow, steady horizontal pull, then the anchor has nowhere to go but down!
Exceptions would be if the bottom was unpierceable, like rocks or coral.
Check out this page for more good anchoring info:
http://www.fortressanchors.com/safe_anchoring.html
Take care,
Brian
Hard to understand how that could happen, unless you were falling back very quickly and/or you were using a very short scope.
If the anchor is sitting on the sea bottom and there is a slow, steady horizontal pull, then the anchor has nowhere to go but down!
Exceptions would be if the bottom was unpierceable, like rocks or coral.
Check out this page for more good anchoring info:
http://www.fortressanchors.com/safe_anchoring.html
Take care,
Brian