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Topic: Any tips on using anchors safely in currents?  (Read 7175 times)

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Here's how I was going to anchor myself. I planned on using weighted crab line hooked to a 15 lb anchor, at the end of the rope I was going to use two big crab pot buoys. I then hook my boat with about 10 or so feet of line to the crab floats. In my head this seems logical and safe. Only one way to find out. If it doesn't work then I go back to the drawing board. I figure with the buoy being stationary, if I tie to it with extra I should be able to go up with waves and tide. If anyone has tried this method  please let me know.

There are some people anchoring offshore from their kayaks in Alaska.  I'm curious to see how you do.  Take pictures and video if you can.

Like others have said, if things go south, they'll go south before you have time to react so make sure you're wearing good immersion gear and be very meticuouls about not letting ropes lines or tethers wrap around you.  There was a gentleman who died last summer on the columbia when his hand got caught in a bite of anchor rope.

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Groups of spearfishermen anchor offshore all the time.  But they all have wetsuits, get in and out of their kayaks dozens of times, free stuck anchors on one breath, and generally act like a bunch of happy, goofy, seals out there. But that kind of behavior is only appropriate with tons of water experience, and wouldn't be advisable for a novice.