Anchoring a small boat
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- This video goes through some of the basics of anchoring a small boat. This includes selecting an anchor, setting up the anchor rode and the effects of increasing scope.
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There is a science to everything. Interesting details on ocean anchoring. Lakes and rivers don't have tide issues, but they can be really busy with boat traffic, wind, waves and boat wakes, and with rivers, add current and quick changes in depth, especially smaller rivers that can be affected by flood water from dam releases. You can be up a small river where flood water is being released, and while you are there, they shut the water way down. If you are not paying attention, you may be in a deep pool, but below as the water level quickly drops, the water can become so shallow, you can't get back down stream to where you launched from. Looks like salt water has its own issues. Thanks for the information.
Love your videos. Learning so much and appreciating all the hard work you have done to record and edit them :-)
Thanks mate. Hope they've been helping you. :)
I really loved the part where the rope went with the anchor & your reaction, I'm glad you left that in as it was a good laugh thank you.
Great video mate...another classic. Having dragged anchor in a storm many times overnight this one provides sound advice. Thanks..
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the vid. Would love to do another one on big boat anchoring soon.
Great video, I've been on the water my hole life and still learned a few new things by watching. I
Thanks Bill, glad the video helped you. :)
Gotta say-love your videos. You share so much wisdom, both the theory and practical.
One question I have on this video is around anchoring around other boats. Unless I missed it I don’t think you actually mentioned how to avoid knocking into other boats? Is it just a matter of putting out the minimum required scope (for your boat, conditions and water depth), keeping as far from other boats as possible, and perhaps trying to anchor near boats that are likely to swing the same way as yours?
Great videos thanks! I have a 1963 MFG Seaway 18 ft Fiberglass hull With a 88 hp Johnson outboard. I’ve owned it for over 38 years Runs great use it in the Delaware Bay and the Chesapeake Bay.
Thanks mate. You've got a good life out of that boat!
Hi Stu,great video again mate and some funny moments.One thing I probably would've added was bringing an anchor up from deep water with the use of a buoy,the dangers of anchoring a vessel from the stern and perhaps how to bridle a boat safely.
I look forward to your videos every week as you my friend are very down to earth and say it as it is.
My condolences go to the family and friends of the little boy lost in that tragic boat ramp accident which occurred in the Hawkesbury recently.
Thanks again.
Hey Fabian, given we did anchor from the stern for a while I probably should have mentioned this is only for very calm conditions. I think before it gets too cold I will do a video just on recovering anchors. And yes, that was a very tragic accident. Such a simple mistake with such terrible consequences.
+1 for a video on anchor recovery. I sometimes anchor in 30m or 40m and I don't have a winch. It's hard work. Been thinking about getting an anchor retrieval buoy from BCF, but I'm not convinced they really work
Hey David, sounds like a good reason to do a Myth Busters style video. There are a few other techniques too so I'll make a point of doing this one soon I think. :)
Dangar Marine
Hi Stu, as to the comments from Fabian and David - what do you think on this technique using a buoy with the anchor, maybe add this if you do another video for anchoring: th-cam.com/video/vQ78Mtyt6HU/w-d-xo.html
Great to see some scuba filming. Observing an anchor working in the rough would be really good to see l. Thanks
Hey Alan. Filming the anchor working in a rough sea was actually my goal for that part of the vid but it turned out to be such a calm day. Next time!
Thanks for the video Stu, well done. Once during a heavy blow, I had to motor to a safe cove, told my son to throw the anchor, well he grabbed the back up and threw, line and all over the side. that was seven years ago. the look on his face was the funniest thing I ever saw! His brother was able to grab the primary and thew it over board and saved the day as I held the boat in place with the motor. Still brings a smile to my face. I see you use a lifting plane on your outboard, dolp-fin or shark, different brand names. think they are worth it???? Doug...................
Ha! Boat certainly has its memorably moments. I do think those anti ventilation plates (by whichever brand name) are a good thing. They allow the motor to be mounted and trimmed a bit higher without cavitating which gives the boat a better ride. I also find they protect the prop from knocks against wharf piles and other vertical hazards. Should do a video on installing them soon. :)
Another fantastic instructional video! Your pacing and editing is top notch.
btw, really enjoyed the bonus diving footage!
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it. :)
"That's the only way people in submarines can get television, so be kind..." That was hilarious!!!
We wouldn't want them to go with out. ;)
Said with a completely straight face as well...
My son did that at Christmas . Twice
I honestly had to look it up. Idk why it seemed so true hahaha
They use SubNet these days ... 😜
The buffering can be awful though .
Great advice on anchors. A serious business which can be dangerous in strong tidal areas, or when the anchor gets caught on a rough bottom and can become a danger to the boat.
Comparing an anchor to the hand-brake of a car was a good analogy. Never thought of it that way.
Nice work even the "hiccups" show boating is not by the book... things change and you need to be aware of them. You put it over well. This is useful for anyone who is on the water not just local to you. Errors...... show your human, and not frighted to show it! good work. Amacf
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed the vid. :)
Thanks!
Fun video... Leaned lots for my little tin fishing boat
An excellent video plainly presented. Easy to understand. Cant wait to see the next one.
Thanks Norman. :)
I've just watched an almost half hour video on anchoring and thoroughly enjoyed it!!!
We're looking to move down to Oz in the next couple years (sorry more poms on the way), and really want to get out and enjoy the water. So these videos are fantastic to get a heads up on some of the things we need to consider!
Cheers!!
Thanks Ben, glad you enjoyed the vid. There's always room for a few more poms here. ;)
Dangar Marine ha, cheers mate!!
Hope you get to move down Ben! lived there back in the 70's and it's been a life long quest to get back. Oddly enough, it wasn't until we were visiting London last year that i learned what Pom stood for! although i did learn Ozy history in school they didn't teach us that because it wasn't really a term of endearment i guess. Anyhow, best of luck getting down. and agree completely...these vid's are awesome! Gotta love the dry humour slid in there on occasion..
cheers!
Thanks. Very helpful for a beginner boater like me.
You're welcome. Glad to hear it helped you. :)
How do I get submarine television? Even throwing your anchor away, no matter how embarrassing, really brings the point home. Feel far more able to select and fit an anchor now. Having just built my boat I don't want to cock up the anchor etc. Cheers mate!
Thanks. I'm going to take my anchor off the boat and do some work on it (extra chain and some wire).
sometimes a great plan to anchor a large orange float(Buoy) then attach boat to buoy with steel ring,then use the buoy and powered-up boat to lift the anchor.In Canada here you must display a white light on top of cabin if at anchor. Cheers
Haha excellent video
Glad I'm not the only one who has weeks like that!!
A video on anchoring.....
Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Good job brother!!
Thanks mate!
hi mate can you please do a video of boat handling in slightly rough wheather ? showing us how to approch the waves and impact of the directions of the wind ?
really appreciate your efforts
Hi Khurram, good suggestion, might tie that in with a bar crossing video or something.
Loved the dead pan delivery of the submarine cable joke. Actually made me laugh.
laughed out loud :D
*quick cut to:
“When you go to buy a new anchor...”
lol
Outstanding video. You made this fun as well as very informative. Keep them coming!
Thanks David. I'd like to make the videos a bit more fun. There is no reason that learning has to be boring!
I was taught to shackle the danforth type anchor through the front hole, run the chain along the anchor shaft and tie the chain to the end hole with either heavy fishing line or a couple of heavy cable ties, that way if you snag your anchor up you just slowly drive over it and the cable ties break off and the anchor comes straight off the snag backwards.
Hey Matthew, that is a good text book technique for recovering an anchor. I'm pretty much sold on doing a separate video dedicated to recovering anchors as there are quite a few different methods. You can also attach a second line to the front hole so that you don't compromise holding power in a storm but can still use the second line for retrieval. More to come!
I must say, I don't anchor overnight or for long periods, just for fishing generally.
Yeah, it certainly is a very different story when your own board. While someone is on anchor watch nothing TOO much can go wrong. ;)
You can also rig that grappling anchor by welding a ring at the tine end and attach your chain there, run the chain back along the anchor to the original ring and tie it there with a light peice of string, it won't take much, don't use a cable tie, that's plastic. When you leave and up anchor, if it is stuck that string will break and the anchor will lift out from the front. That way the least damage as possible is done to the reef. Its only for short term anchorage while fishing.
When I first looked at the video, I thought 28 minutes on anchoring is a bit much. How could you talk about anchors for 28 minutes? Why so long? Curiosity got the best of me so, I watched it in it's entirety . It was absolutely worth it! It took the myths out of anchoring. And it was entertaining! I'm pleasantly surprised at how much I didn't know.Love watching your videos! Thank you for taking the time to make these vudeos!!!
Richard Howe lol, I thought exactly the same thing.
Loved the throwing the anchor overboard 🤣 typical
thank you Dan for the great information , looking forward to the bigger boat video.
The new submarines due for construction at the moment will have a Satellite Dish built into the nose cone for Foxtel & Pay TV and will no longer need to tap into the submarine cables you mentioned to get their TV reception :)
About time! Our service men and women deserve nothing less! ;)
Learned a lot. Good job
Gday mate thought you might have mentioned the quick release trip for a danforth if snagged ,i used it all the time got my anchor back when snagged on some reef , what pisses me off is when your at anchor fishing and some bloke comes along with an auto winch and just lets her drop scares anything away for 10 miles all that clanging of chain ,another thing that i used as i couldnt afford a electric winch was the retrieval bouy after 4 moves in 38 feet of water pulling the anchor your just about stuffed and those bouys are a gods send for lifting anyway good video loved the comment about those pussers getting tv .
The main reason I didn't mention retrieval is I was planning to do a follow-up video on nothing but that. I really should get around to it soon!
was watching one your vids,,you were talking about when its time to trash one,,that makes since,,but when it has sentimental value that cant be replaced were would you buy part for a late 70 johnson outboard,,waiting for newer vids from you mate,,love how you teach as you work ,keep up the good work
You should be able to get all the parts you need from MarineEngine.com
thank you very much mate,,got a 38 hp johnson from the 70's cant let it go,appreciate at it much,,keep up the great vids and thanks for the quick response
if you shackle the chain to the hole at the head of the anchor, run the the chain up the shaft and use a cable tie to attach the chain to the eyelet on the end of the shaft then you can anchor the boat and if it gets caught or stuck just tighten the rope and use the boat to pull the rope backwards and snap the cable tie thus causing the anchor to rise vertically with the shaft for downwards and everything comes loose. only works with a danforth anchor.
Yes, that is a great way to go. Was planning to do a whole video on recovering an anchor but never got around to it. One day!
Ahhhh the "warp factor zero" dive team in all its glory!! Pissed myself laughing on this one... Hahaha. Great to see Paul again.
+Dayne Cowan so when are you going to visit us Dayne?! Or should we come to Singapore???
+Dangar Marine haha, both possible. Sadly, I've had to book all my leave this year on a trip to Canada, but I will get there sometime soon...
Dayne Cowan Oh well, Paul and I will come and visit you for a long boy's weekend in Singapore then. ;)
+Dangar Marine anytime!! You've always got a place to stay here...
Excellent video. A natural teacher 👍😃🍺
Thanks mate. :)
Great vid!! I literally said out loud "Oh he did not just do that?!" with the anchor not tied off, thankfully the end revealed the truth, nice touch though!! Looking forward to more of them, keep up the great work!
Hey Steve, glad you liked the video. It much harder to get that wrong than it looked. ;)
Tell me you lost that anchor for comedic purposes ;) haha love it. My brother in law tossed an anchor over once and the line was round my ankle...fortunately he was one beer ahead of me and I saved my knee and ankle before much line went...great helper he is
Yes, getting tangled in an anchor rope is very easy to do when there are a few people in a small boat. Ah, our lost anchor, you didn't watch to the very end, did you? ;)
+Dangar Marine...guilty...getting to it. Kids and bbq took me away...watching the rest now tho ;)
+Josh Blodgett Family before TH-cam. :)
+Dangar Marine always love the vids man! Cheers 🍻
Cheers!
great video.
Great video thanks for the tips cheers
Any time!
Anchoring with Russell Coight @2:53
Thanks for the videos! Just bought my first boat, so learning bucket loads. Really enjoying your channel. Hope your hands are healing. Cheers PP
Good example of how to lay an anchor improperly. "just throw that into the water" Might do if you are only fishing from a small boat in good weather, but if you want to leave the boat or sleep on it, you need proper sizing of chain and line, gradually laying by hand/winch and burying the anchor while motoring backwards.
Also if you are short on chain, you can carry a 30-40 pound (15-20 kg) lead weight that you tie to the anchor line at about 1/3 of its length in rough weather. That makes the pulling force of the anchor more horizontal to seabed and also helps smoothing out sudden pulls from gusts or wave bumps.
Thanks for your excellent videos on engine repairs.
hi Stu, not sure if you will see this comment, however, in case you do, if i anchor overnight say at outgoing tide with my danforth, and the tide changes to incoming during the night, how can i be assured the anchor will still hold given the boats turned thru 180- degrees ?. cheers
Submarine TV lol. love it.
Reminds me of my dads boat and when the bow rope wasn't tied correctly to the cleat (just looped loosely) and i threw the rope over a high jetty pylon to bring the boat around the other side of the jetty and to my horror the bow rope just popped off the cleat leaving the boat to start drifting away. We had to swim to catch the boat so embarrasing but lesson learnt did a proper securing knot soon as we got it back to the jetty and never happened again. Pushing the boat through 2 inches of water and 1 ft of mud also taught me to only put the boat out 2 hours before high tide and make sure i come back 2 hours after high tide.
Yes, watching the tides is certainly very important here too. Some areas get very shallow at low tide.
Outstanding , just what I was looking for, thank you .
i have seen where you shackle the chain to the crown of the anchor, then tie wrap the chain to the hole on the shaft. That way if the anchor becomes stuck, the tie wraps at the shank break, so you can pull the anchor up by the crown.
So that's where your name comes from.... The name of the town is Dangar!
Do a video about clearing a line fouled around an inline propeller. Do you keep a hacksaw or knife aboard?
Yep, Dangar Island is the place name en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangar_Island A knife can be good for that. We have lots of ropes in the water here from all the moored commuter boats so this is a common occurrence and I find that simply putting the boat in neural, starting it again and selecting the opposite gear to the one you picked it up in with spin the rope off the prop 75% of the time.
This video has inspired me to wanna learn diving. From what I understand, medical oxygen has a slew of health benefits as well.
Diving is a lot of fun. Really looking forward to our summer starting. :)
@@DangarMarine Good to hear your enthusiasm. I always wondered if, after a few minutes diving, when you pop up in the boat for a bit of refreshment - Do you feel a nice natty high? Cause that's what I am assuming is going on. I enjoy healthy natural things that put me in a good productive state of consciousness, yoga is one, plant teachers are another. I applaud your choice of location for your business, Dangar Island looks like a real cool place, boss.
Hey Stu can you show how to double anchor a small boat for leaving overnight.
I love crazy videos!! All is well!
Thanks Scott!
You need prime time status!!!LOL....Never a dull moment.
Not around here! ;)
Lol 😂 I'm dying laughing at the transition from loosing your anchor to being back at home " so when you go to buy a new anchor" dry humor at it's finest lol
Keep the vids coming
Will do!
I’ve had some chafing, I find Canestan cream helps. Lol
20 people dislike anchoring so much that they disliked the video. Must be aquatic nomads.
LOL. Doomed to float around forever!
What would you use to mark your anchor rhode...if you wanted to put a mark for every say 10 feet? (salt resistant) Oh, and i used some old fire hose i split for chafe protection.., and tied on where needed. double jacket that is.
Hi Mark. You can buy soft markers like this that are pretty good www.westmarine.com/buy/west-marine--anchor-rode-markers--104372 Old fire hose is good for chafe protection and pretty easy to come by given how often they get decommissioned.
So do I need to know how to scuba dive to anchor my small boat
A russel coight moment right there 😄
What options do we have in deep waters (50-100 m)? Try to moore a boat to rocks of the nearest coast?
There aren't too many options for anchoring in deep water without either permanent concrete mooring or a ridiculous length of anchor rode and a very strong winch. A sea anchor can keep you pointing in the right direction, but you will still drift.
Thanks for the video my friend
great friend...
i like it ...
so long.
Glad you liked it, hopefully it wasn't too long!
Excellent as usual Stu. I put up a video of the first outboard club meet on the water this year a few days ago, feel free to check it out. In my boat I have one of those folding anchors and it suits me for what I do.
+classicoutboards thanks mate. I watched your video a couple of days ago and commented. Really enjoyed it. :)
Great video Gilligan. 😂
Really good info and well presented like you style mate.. :)
Thanks Rod, glad you liked the vid. :)
20 to 1 scope? for a hurricane, maybe. 7 to 1 is just fine for all-line rode. Also, I would never consider sleeping on an anchor without a locking hitch. I like the peening, except no need to heat it, unless you're going to heat it red-hot to form it into a rivet. Not to mention you don't want to heat zinc like that. It will make you sick. Just deform the area where the threads join in a couple spots with a punch- called "staking". Just about all the other info is spot on.
Cheers
Yes, staking is another good way to go.
Are you sure these videos are really about boating? Playing spot the Pale Ale is fun, every time I spot one I have a drink ;-p
Nice videos though and I don't even have a boat
It's nice to know I'm not drinking alone. ;)
lol that's how you know they're about boating
So the cable that goes to the submarine - that's fed through the screen door, right?
Nice video on a boring and important topic!!
+MrClickbang357 No! A big hole in the fly screen would let insects in. :)
So when do we get the submaeine tour???
Keep up the good work on the videos, and how do y'all say it?
Cheers, mete!
Was I close? :~>
I have a 26.5' motor cruiser, and in heavy chop I double anchor, is there a section about that.
This is only for small boats. I'll do a motor cruiser anchoring video before too long.
@@DangarMarine Thanks Stu, your the best mate.
Hi. If you pein the shackle pin, how do you swap between anchor types without major effort ? Thanks
Good question mate. I personally don't change to a reef anchor ever so I haven't looked into it but I imagine there are some good locking shackles for exactly that job. I'll have to do some research.
Dangar Marine : I reckon a longer shackle pin and two nuts should do the trick. Maybe even two nylocks to be certain. Just about to buy my first power boat so will give it a try. Really enjoying your channel - many thanks. Steve
hi dangar watched quite a few if not all your videos, im wondering if u could help me, im replacing the boat drain plug with a bung and socket its double skinned so obviously has a hole on the inside, is plugging the outer one all i do? thanks for your time alex
It is a fibre glass boat? You will want the bung to go through both skins and seal against both so that water can drain from the bilge straight overboard. Fibreglass boats can get very waterlogged if water is allowed to get into the timber between the two skins.
+Dangar Marine yeah fibreglass, any idea where to putchuse one that would go through both?its not got a bilge fitted at present.thanks for your help alex
+Alex Gordon bilge pump i mean
Hi Alex. How long do you think it would need to be? You might be better off epoxying between the two hulls there and then drilling through for the new bung to go in.
+Dangar Marine at a guess around 2 inch?probably not even that,if i had to make the hole bigger whats the best way?cheers alex
What tool is a shifter?
does your camera have manual exposure control? Your video is often overexposed, you could do with pulling the exposure down manually a stop or two.
I need to look into this as it is very over exposed when it is in bright sunlight. Not so good for boating videos!
doesn’t the heat destroy the galvanising leading to rust?
also, is loctite no good for this?
I've always had galvanised shackles eventually start to rust, but more from the rubbing where they articulate rubbing the coating off. There really is not substitute for period inspection and eventual replacement. The same goes for the shackles and swivels in permanent moorings.
good point.
does these boats have high chance of sink?
+Suleyman Kutlu In a cyclone, yes, on a normal day in harbour, no.
Dangar Marine that is a scary fact so how does it not scare you? i guess only people these little boats scare is people that doesnt know how to swim or people with fear of deep water
+Suleyman Kutlu Cyclones and big storms are predictable. Always check the weather before heading out.
Forgot to mention the anchor rope should be more dense than water so that it sinks, usually nylon. This helps with the set of the anchor and ensures that your rope doesn't get tangled up with other surface vessels. Floating rope of course is good for a sea/drift anchor.
Sinking rope does save a lot of prop tangles that's for sure.
hence the importance of the handheld apparently..
Like #500 whoo-hoo😂😂. Great video.
Thanks mate!
I've had chafing issues in the past, never a good thing 😂
LOL.
Worlds first wireless anchor.
Ive seen the anchor thrown without it attached before
It happens...
I would have at least thrown a oh fuck in as I saw the anchor rope disappear into the water 😂 but you version was much funnier
haha great vid
Things never quite go to plan.
As someone that lockwires aircraft everyday for a living I was horrified by your shackle lockwire effort. Have to keep telling myself this isn't aviation, standards are much lower. Now breath deeply into the paper bag.
edit: Also my old man's yacht got sunk in a cyclone due to lack of line to his mooring. The huge waves just swamped the boat and down it went. He knew it was short and planned to go back to fix it up but didn't and it sank. He refloated it but the interior was heavily damaged from a couple days on the bottom.
Then in another cyclone his mooring line snapped and the boat washed onto the rocks. During the effort of minimising the damage to the boat (placing padding between rocks and boat, preparing for the high tide to get the boat off the rocks), the line fixing the boom snapped, the boom swung down (boat was lying on it's side), hit my old man on the head. He was knocked out and then drowned on the incoming tide. He was also brain damaged, probably a vegetable from the impact.
Thought I would tell my story to emphasise the importance of this video.
WIth marina the main problem is getting them undone again, not having them come apart provided they last the first week anyway until the corrosion sets in. :)
3:00 LOL! 🤣
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
:)
Haha " That would be a shame if you snagged a Submarine Cable cause that's
the only way those guys in Submarines get to watch movies "
Can't they mount one of those small satellite dishes to the top of the submarine
to get Satellite TV while they cruise under water?
ahh i see the fire brigade members have been lighting fires again
What makes you say that?
Dangar Marine some of the blokes in fire brigade especially volunteer are in it because they like fire just that little bit too much. but awsome channel man you have some awsome tips and tricks cheers.
One question great whites
It happens 🤔🤔🤔
Who like jetski or baot leave in my description please and thank you
I see you put the anchor chain at the wrong part of the anchor, you would have a problem if it got snagged.
It's not wrong, anchors have two attachment points depending on seabed composition and your requirements. Using the front point and tethering the chain to the shank will allow you to break the tether and pull and anchor up that is stuck in a rock, but has the disadvantage that the tether can break anyway and the boat will drag its anchor. I need a boat to anchor securely overnight on mud, so this is the setup I use. If I was to anchor over rocks for fishing or whatever I would use a reef anchor.
Dangar Marine I must admit I see your point about it braking loose, always have done perticular if the craft will be left unattended. Happy holiday and have a great 2018.
Submarine cable tv lol 😂
Dude we all know you were throwing that anchor away on purpose. My mom used to do the same thing when she would run a light and pretend she didn't mean to :)
+Darren Thomas There are several shades of red, they aren't all equal. ;)
heard...
funny