Ya got to be kidding!!

[trymyluck]

Just read this.
3 people rescued off Bunbury, they capsized their boat when they forgot to pull the anchor up before taking off???? Wonder what they were on??

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-...ed-off-bunbury



Mark

[robersl]

Hi Mark i have a mate who has done the same thing 3 times but he was fishing sand and the anchor pulled and hit his prop it is quite easy to do i would think

shane

[Axl]

"quite easy to do I would think" robersl mate ya got to be kidding!!

These guys need to stop taking what ever they are on it is clearly affecting there memory.

[dreemon]

I didn't know you could even capsize a boat by just driving off ? I can see how the rope could get caught in the prop when you get going,

but sometimes my anchor has been well and truly stuck with my tinny and boat in the av, and have to use the power of the engine to free it.

I have zip ties on the anchor now that break away and help pull the anchor out if it's wedged well, it's really hard to forget your anchor is out though. cheers

[FNQCairns]

i had a mate do that, it was his new boat, we where both anchored in 20m within throwing distance. His boat being still very low hours, found it hard to stay in one spot for very long so he decided to go for a blat with the excuse of dropping a line somewhere else, started up and just took off at full throttle!! Waving and yelling didn't work he was gone!

Luckily compared to the bloke above this bloke simply ended up with the anchor skiing and jumping 30m behind at 30kn.

Was a pretty trick time saver LOL!

cheers fnq

[gr hilly]

i think a lot of people need refresher courses on how to handle boats and safety to, i was shocked to find out that more than 50% of boats don't carry a basic first aid kit.
hilly

[myangle]

I suppose it depends if the anchor is running over the boats hull or around it. I have always been told that running the anchor rope out over the back of the hull is a big no no.
I have on very rare occasions had to use the boat to free up a stuck anchor and I can tell you I did it very carefully.
gr hilly: As for a first aid kit. I learned the hard way when I stabbed myself in the foot with a rusty filleting knife. I had to use dirty bait rags rinsed in the bay to bandage the wound. Unbelievable but it didn't got septic.