Comments on: Where Should You Avoid Anchoring? https://pioneersurvival.com/where-should-you-avoid-anchoring/ Outdoor Discovery Sat, 24 Aug 2024 11:22:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: SailorSammy https://pioneersurvival.com/where-should-you-avoid-anchoring/#comment-3007788 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 04:00:00 +0000 https://pioneersurvival.com/?p=11034936#comment-3007788 In reply to SailorSammy.

it’s all about making sure you’re letting enough line out for the depth. gotta be a good ratio or it just drags.

]]> By: SaltyDog https://pioneersurvival.com/where-should-you-avoid-anchoring/#comment-3007797 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:37:55 +0000 https://pioneersurvival.com/?p=11034936#comment-3007797 Proper anchoring technique is a skill that’s often overlooked. Glad to see it getting the attention it deserves in this guide.

]]> By: capn_crunch72 https://pioneersurvival.com/where-should-you-avoid-anchoring/#comment-3007796 Sun, 21 Jul 2024 22:59:49 +0000 https://pioneersurvival.com/?p=11034936#comment-3007796 so you’re telling me i’ve been using the wrong anchor size this whole time? no wonder it felt like i was always drifting. thanks for nothing, previous life decisions.

]]> By: TideRider https://pioneersurvival.com/where-should-you-avoid-anchoring/#comment-3007795 Fri, 19 Jul 2024 00:22:29 +0000 https://pioneersurvival.com/?p=11034936#comment-3007795 Checking the facts on different anchors types and it’s spot on. Good job breaking it down, makes it easier for us newbies to get a grip on it.

]]> By: SeaLegs77 https://pioneersurvival.com/where-should-you-avoid-anchoring/#comment-3007787 Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:28:41 +0000 https://pioneersurvival.com/?p=11034936#comment-3007787 In reply to SailorSammy.

so when you say toss it and hope, what’s the right way? like is there a trick to make sure it holds?

]]> By: beachbum33 https://pioneersurvival.com/where-should-you-avoid-anchoring/#comment-3007794 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 04:39:01 +0000 https://pioneersurvival.com/?p=11034936#comment-3007794 anyone ever had to cut and run? sounds intense but guess sometimes you got no choice.

]]> By: oldSalt1942 https://pioneersurvival.com/where-should-you-avoid-anchoring/#comment-3007793 Sun, 14 Jul 2024 02:49:48 +0000 https://pioneersurvival.com/?p=11034936#comment-3007793 While most of this is on point, I’d argue that the anchor line recommendations are a bit conservative. Always depended on conditions in my experience.

]]> By: JennyT https://pioneersurvival.com/where-should-you-avoid-anchoring/#comment-3007792 Fri, 12 Jul 2024 23:28:02 +0000 https://pioneersurvival.com/?p=11034936#comment-3007792 This article was a big help! Finally understand the short haul technique, been doing it wrong all this time. Thanks Jonathan Holmes for the clear explanation.

]]> By: WavesNDaves https://pioneersurvival.com/where-should-you-avoid-anchoring/#comment-3007791 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:24:57 +0000 https://pioneersurvival.com/?p=11034936#comment-3007791 man, choosing the anchor size got me puzzled, too many options out there. Jonathan Holmes, got any tips for newbies?

]]> By: anchor-man https://pioneersurvival.com/where-should-you-avoid-anchoring/#comment-3007790 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 06:51:57 +0000 https://pioneersurvival.com/?p=11034936#comment-3007790 Heard ’bout the Get Stern method, sounds like my last breakup – harsh but effective.

]]> By: curiousgeorge94 https://pioneersurvival.com/where-should-you-avoid-anchoring/#comment-3007789 Fri, 05 Jul 2024 02:29:12 +0000 https://pioneersurvival.com/?p=11034936#comment-3007789 how do you know what size anchor your boat needs? is it like the bigger the boat the bigger the anchor or something else?

]]> By: SailorSammy https://pioneersurvival.com/where-should-you-avoid-anchoring/#comment-3007786 Wed, 03 Jul 2024 23:01:34 +0000 https://pioneersurvival.com/?p=11034936#comment-3007786 read the bit about the proper technique for anchoring, gotta say not bad advice. too many folks just toss it and hope for the best. keeping it real simple and to the point helps a bunch.

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