Ken E.
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- Joined
- Nov 12, 2016
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- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Hatt Trick
- Vessel Make
- 45' Hatteras Convertible
In Barnard Harbour on BC's north coast we were setting our Bruce anchor as normal and it immediately dug in and stopped Badger with a jolt. I thought for sure we were going to leave it behind.
Before leaving the next day I read the Karl Hinz book on anchoring and mooring about strategies for disengaging a stuck anchor. One thing he suggested was to start the boat up, get some slow forward momentum going, put some tension on the rode, then do a slow circle around the anchor.
Luckily our anchor came up as normal so didn't have to try the above technique.
What would you do?
I like the circle approach. Another way is to take in all slack at low tide, snub it off on something strong and see if the rising tide will pull it free. We used this once and it worked.