Anchor and trolley install

This topic comes around regularly and I've asked questions of many of you. I waited over 6 months before I did this just to know what I wanted to do and as many options as possible. I decided to set up an anchor trolley so I can run it fore and aft, as needed.



From the trolley, I ran a line to float the spool in case a quick release was needed. This line clips through the spool and onto the anchor line.





The line then runs out to a 3lb folding anchor with 2' of 3/16 chain. The chain attaches at the top of the anchor via a zip tie that will break on a hard pull, hopefully freeing a stuck anchor from the bottom.



This is how it looks deployed.



To keep control of the anchor system, and to provide a quick release, just in case, I installed a cam cleat to keep the line at my hip and released instantly. To keep the line perpendicular to the cleat, and to minimize the chances of anything lifting the line out of the cleat, I installed a padeye just below the cleat as well. These were the only 4 holes drilled in the yak and well sealed with goop.





Thanks to Spot, Green Butt Skunked and everyone else that contributed to all this. It worked great yesterday in shallow, slow water. Now it's time to test it for real.

Looks good.  I have yet to test mine in faster water yet either.

BTW..I hope you don't mind, but I shrank your photos a little.

Brian

Looks good.  I have yet to test mine in faster water yet either.

BTW..I hope you don't mind, but I shrank your photos a little.

Brian

Thanks for that. How can I do that so you don't have to?

If you add a width attribute to your image tag like the following..

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[img width=600]http://....[/img]

they should just fit the page.   The other option is to use smaller images to begin with.

Brian