jchaplain
Contributor
I've been tossing around ideas for anchoring my boat when I leave it at the surface empty. ( 24 foot cabin cruiser, 2 divers.) Of course, the last thing you want is to return to the surface to find the boat drifted away.
My first idea to prevent this was to go to an oversize anchor. This would of course help, but it's still not a positively sure thing.
My new idea is to dive to the anchor to check that it is secure as I always do, but now I have made up a large loop of chain and rope that I intend to have attached to the anchor and throw over some large nearby rock to ensure that even if the anchor does let go the boat will not drift away.
Because of the dive conditions in Boston ( very low vis) I now always dive with a reel to the anchor anyway and return there at the end of the dive, so it would be easy to undo the safety loop before returning to the surface.
My question is....has anyone else ever considered this or used similar techniques for safe anchoring while diving?
John C.
My first idea to prevent this was to go to an oversize anchor. This would of course help, but it's still not a positively sure thing.
My new idea is to dive to the anchor to check that it is secure as I always do, but now I have made up a large loop of chain and rope that I intend to have attached to the anchor and throw over some large nearby rock to ensure that even if the anchor does let go the boat will not drift away.
Because of the dive conditions in Boston ( very low vis) I now always dive with a reel to the anchor anyway and return there at the end of the dive, so it would be easy to undo the safety loop before returning to the surface.
My question is....has anyone else ever considered this or used similar techniques for safe anchoring while diving?
John C.