Where can I buy an Anchor Buddy in Australia

[Pedro14]

Posted this earlier but it has gone missing.

My Anchor Buddy needs replacing .
Anyone know the Australian distributor the US crowd have not answered my emails for Austrlian supplier.

This link shows the Anchor Buddy at work , and is on the US distributors page
http://waterski.about.com/gi/o.htm?z...chorbuddy.com/

Pedro

[FishHunter]

Try CBF sure I saw some there

[Pedro14]

Thanks Fishunter, I am at the Gold coast.
Not sure of who CBF is.

Per chance is it BCF?

Pedro

[alukey]

Not sure about BCF, try Whitworths or Bias boating? Although most boating outlets should sell them, or just make one by purchasing some parts, probably cheaper??

[Noelm]

Kind of looks like the sort of thing you could make yourself for nothing, a nice long rubber ring from a large diameter pipe, a bit of cheap rope and your set.

[Pedro14]

No its not quite like that.
The beauty of the unit is that it stretches , and is attached to a normal anchor rope.
What I use it for is pumping yabbies.
I anchor in deep water, reverse into shallows with motor lifted and the anchor buddy stretches while anchor is firmly set.
Once in shallow water i drop the motor which acts as a reverse anchor. at the same time for security i throw out another anchor.
When I want to leave, I lift motor and pull on anchor buddy which propels me out to deep water.
As I fish alone most of the time it is very handy accessory.

Pedro

[Charlie]

Platinum Marine did stock them a while back although I ended up purchasing from Cabelas in the US, distribution changes a bit as it seems like the manufacturer only produces them when he has a lot of orders.

[Timfishin4fun]

Make your own mate. Buy shock cord at bunnings or mitre 10 and get the clips from bias boating.

Tim

[Pedro14]

Thanks for the tip re shock cord. Never heard of it.

Prior to your answer I had ordered one from West Marine in the US, after I received their name from distributor as having an export dept.

It appears they do not have a distributor in Australia.

Pedro

[Pedro14]

Update Ordered 18/4/11 and arrived today 28/4/11.

Pretty good service.

Pedro

[propdinger]

Pedro14 can you post or pm me where you bought it from and how much it costs thanks. will work well for what i need it for but aint seen one in shops for ages




thanks
jeff

[Pedro14]

Jeff, This is the link to where I ordered
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...0001_440624_-1

Not sure if I got a discount for shipping because of my order for 2 units but cost was
2xUS$27.99 =$US$55.98 + shipping US$42.15 for a total of US$98.13.

This resulted in A$93.78 + transaction fee for international transaction of A$2.34 for a total of$96.12 for the 2.

Worth every cent, and service was first class.

Pedro

[propdinger]

thanks very much pedro14 i may have to buy 2 to make it cheaper for the freight aswell. will save pushing the boat off the sand

[Pedro14]

Find a mate or two with the same problem.
Thats what I did.
Pedro