Sea Anchors

[nigelr]

Yeah I tie my two (when 2 are required) on seperate ropes just aft of the bow at about 1 o'clock, if you get the picture. That gives me close enough to a side-on drift, with the wind direction at about 3.30 - 4 o'clock and the stern at 6.30 - 7.
I've had a wavebreaker put on the front of the tub since last I drifted.
I mainly anchor up and burley, it's only a small boat and I generally fish in less than 30 metres, which where I live equates to about 2.5 - 3ks offshore. As a result of this addition I'm sure I will have to change my set-up, the structure will catch heaps more wind than when she was just an open boat.
Cheers.

[Sea-Dog]

On a related point - what sort of knot do you use for attaching the bridle rope to the main anchor line.

I remember reading about it somewhere and haven't been able to find a knot that is able to slide along the main anchor line for angle adjustment, but won't slip when in use.

[Tazmaniac]

The only way we ever use a sea anchor is exactly as Noelm has described, gives so much more fishing room. Roll doesn't seem to be a problem and we do fish some big seas over here in W.A.
Taz.

[Wahoo]

only brought my first sea anchor today, if tieing from the stern, how much rope do you guy have out?? do you use a weight at all if the S/A floats to the top?

Daz

[Mr__Bean]

only brought my first sea anchor today, if tieing from the stern, how much rope do you guy have out?? do you use a weight at all if the S/A floats to the top?

Daz

What size boat (glass/ally), and what size sea anchor?

- Darren

[tenzing]

only brought my first sea anchor today, if tieing from the stern, how much rope do you guy have out?? do you use a weight at all if the S/A floats to the top?

Daz

Daz,
I can only comment on the fisherman series s/a, but I find that once they fill with water they tend to stay down a bit rather than on the surface. I tend to put the whole mainline out and just tie off the retrieval line so that it is just a bit longer than the chute + float so not any more rope floating around out there than necessaty, Never used a weight with mine
Cheers, Brendan
PS once tied off you just leave it all alone and pull it in by the retrieval line when you are going back to the top of your drift and it is all ready to go again in a flash.

[Wahoo]

Darren, its a 6.8m alloy, the dia of S/A is 760mm


Brendan, the retrieval line, does this come thru the center of the shute or around the out side?

cheers

Daz

[tenzing]

[QUOTE=Wahoo;1023823]Darren, its a 6.8m alloy, the dia of S/A is 760mm


Brendan, the retrieval line, does this come thru the center of the shute or around the out side?

cheers

Daz[/QUOTE
Daz it goes around the back of the chute so that when you pull it in it immediately collapses the thing and you pull it in from its peak , backwards.
You then pull the chute and both ropes on to the deck, drive back up and chuck it all back in again. no more re tying/
Brendan