Tripping Anchor

[Simon Everett]

Right, you may have to be patient as it is some time since I tried to put pictures up -(goan from Newt's corner. Oh no, here we go again).

 

I have taken some piccies of my anchor set up which, hopefully, will explain how my anchor trips, automatically and resets itself without any whipping twine or cable ties.

[Simon Everett]

Here is my anchor set-up. 1.5kg anchor with 2m of 1/2" chain attached to 50m of parachute cord (15p/m from the army surplus store). The frame is home made and is to an old design used for mackerel whiffing lines (there is a good old Cornish term for you).

 

The frame is nothing more than two pieces of 1" x 1/2" timber. The cross bars are two at each end, 1/4" round dowel - so as to give more room for air to dry the line better.

[Simon Everett]

Oh dear, here we go again!

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try again - anchor set-up picture:

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close up of business end:

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and again to show you how it works:

 

[Simon Everett]

I think the pics will be pretty self explanatory from now on - so no more waffles, the syrup is getting into my keyboard...

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And just for good measure here is a picture which shows the comparitive size of the "standard" 1.5kg that everyone is using against the beautiful little .75kg one that I have tried and found it holds the kayak happily - perhaps with a little more line out but that is no hardship.

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What I would suggest to anyone setting up this anchor tripping system on their own would be to visit the dinghy riggers shop and get them to crimp a length of GALVANISED stay wire onto the anchor in place of my nylon cord - that was only used as an easy way to test the set up.

I am not worried about the cord chaffing through very quickly - because the chain will take up all the snatch (fnr fnr)and prevent much wear on it. When I notice it rubbing through I will have wire fixed - but until then the doubled nylon is plenty strong enough.

I shall have to fix the top end on the little anchor a bit better though - I was jsut too mean with the length of cord! I'll whip the ends down, that will prevent it from coming undone.