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Topic: anchor question  (Read 2978 times)

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showa

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  • Location: Seattle
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Is 1.5 lb. and 12 to 14 inches of chain is heavy enough to hold a kayak in moderate current? Can you reel in the line when using the plastic tire wire reel?  Thanks in advance.


yakbass

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I like the bigger anchors more for the longer flukes. Those 1.5lb anchors are tiny.

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yakbass

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I think it 3lbs the 5.5 I use the 5.5 most of us have plenty of extra weight we can carry.

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