Anchors stern or bow

[lazy hooker]

Another question

 

When rigging the Yak up to have an anchor do you do this so that the anchor line goes off the Stern or the bow or both and decide on the day!?

 

john

[luffers]

I have always anchored from the stern !!

I have never thought to anchor from the bow ????

The only time i anchored from the stern and bow was course fishing from a boat in a lake .

[Simon Everett]

Luffers,

 

convention has it that you anchor a boat from the bow - this puts her head to the weather and makes her ride more safely than with her stern to the sea.

 

However, with the kayak if you anchor from the bow you then have to fish over your shoulder when the tide takes your line away.....not very comfortable - but you can sit side saddle and anchor from the bow then you can fish with your line streaming away and be able to control it.

 

If you want to fish whikle sat in the seat it is more conveneint to anchor form the stern - the design of a kayak is that as they are double ended they still ride the waves happily provided you don't snub her too short - give her more line to ride the sea with. Then the tide will take your line away in front of you.

 

Easy, see.

[SpeciMan]

Anchor from the stern mostly - my anchor trolley used to run the length of my kayak so I could anchor from the bow - I'm now rerigging it so the anchor trolley runs only from cockpit to the stern.

[dan01]

I tend to anchor from the stern incase of hooking a fish and it getting tangled up front

[luffers]

Luffers,

 

convention has it that you anchor a boat from the bow - this puts her head to the weather and makes her ride more safely than with her stern to the sea.

 

However, with the kayak if you anchor from the bow you then have to fish over your shoulder when the tide takes your line away.....not very comfortable - but you can sit side saddle and anchor from the bow then you can fish with your line streaming away and be able to control it.

 

If you want to fish whikle sat in the seat it is more conveneint to anchor form the stern - the design of a kayak is that as they are double ended they still ride the waves happily provided you don't snub her too short - give her more line to ride the sea with. Then the tide will take your line away in front of you.

 

Easy, see.

sorry simon ! i had a complete bow/stern port/starboard moment !! i do know the differeance honest !?!?!?

Its been a long day and i have been dealing with our Russian customers all day :-(

I will shut up before i confuse yakers even more :-)))))))