James_Calvert
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Years ago a friend got a Danforth style anchor thoroughly stuck at Salcombe. He'd had another boat or two alongside and I guess buried it deeper than usual. Nothing could get it up, we even tried tripping it with a chain run down the rode between two harbour launches.
So we buoyed it and left it. Next morning at slack water it came up hand over hand, no winches involved, as easy as anything.
Perhaps it was the release in tension on the rode that helped it trip?
So we buoyed it and left it. Next morning at slack water it came up hand over hand, no winches involved, as easy as anything.
Perhaps it was the release in tension on the rode that helped it trip?