Reply With QuoteDont know why you even considering an anchor winch mate...
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Hey guys,
back is stuffed pulling the damned anchor. Ive got a buoy and clip but Ive also got a dodgy back so researching the anchor winch route. .
Ok local dealer gives me info on a winch, we measure and it will fit but the anchor well needs so strengthening. Off to the fabricator who says he can make it stronger and will even bolt the winch into the modified anchor well for me.
Seems easy, buy, modify, install and pull it up.
No its not that easy. An issue I have is access to the anchor well from the cabin. There just isnt much room. I have to crawl in on hands and knees, push the hatch up and stand up. Im 6ft3. Im finding
there is my justification...lol
Now looking at the boat. The anchor well is at an angle, there is a bollard between it and the sprite and sprite roller. The sprite is quite wide I wonder if it will be problematic to to fit a second sprite and roller beside the existing one to accommodate the power winch and anchor? This will leave the existing bollard in place if I need it. The risk is rope from the power winch might rub the bollard .
It would be a pain to have to get the bollard removed and relocated.
Im also finding it difficult to locate definitive information on reef anchor types, matching or compatible sprites that hold the anchor in place while underway .
What thoughts do you guys have?
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Dont know why you even considering an anchor winch mate...
This contraption changed my life..
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I considered this but the cost is out of reach right now. Local dealer estimated Ill need 2 or 3 batteries, charging system plus the biggest electric motor and should budget at least $8k
Need bloody big batteries in a decent blow over night in the lagoon at Mussy Disorderly.
Brett, my thought are you are going to need a bit of work up front anyway so cutting the bollard off isn't really a big deal. You will need some sort of roller or hawse pipe installed for where the anchor line changes angle into the well and some sort of hoop over the top of the existing roller to stop the line leaving the roller if the boat is pitching during retrieve. Either fit the bollard off to one side or look at some sort of cleat that bolts on. You may also want to think about some sort of deck guard to stop any paint damage (or make sure you use a chain sock). Sarca have a range of prefabricated alloy bowsprits if that is the way you wish to go.
On overnighters I'm happy to drop an anchor while we are sleeping and pull it up by hand in the morning ...I was dubious as to whether I could get enough rope on an anchor winch to be useful anchoring overnight in 70 metres of water..I usually have 150 plus metres out..Originally Posted by scottar
Hey, thanks Scott. Yes I guess you are right re the bollard and thats an idea re a cleat.
I did first plan on cutting the existing roller off but wondered if I could keep it and run a new bowsprit along side.
Deckguard is also a good idea. Its a shame the local dealer doesnt come up with any suggestions like this.
Can be done with dyneema but if it's only once in a while the old buoy and clip makes it hard to justify the cost of a winch. I very rarely anchor to fish offshore. It's more so a time for bed thing or gets used with a wireless remote to pull the boat off the beach on a family day.
I guess Im in a similar situation fishing off Mackay. Generally be wanting to anchor in depths up to about 30 odd meters. LAst weekend I got jack of pulling the anchor to move a few meters here or there we ended up drifting and our fishing buddies at anchor caught a heap of fish and we struggled
The wife doesnt really understand how to manoeuvre the boat to assist in anchor retrieval and I get cranky quickly in these situations so to hold the peace I have to do it all myself. The buoy, rope and anchor is a pain in the but if I choose to pull it over the side of the boat instead of the front. ugh
Im guessing I could stow another anchor and several hundred meters of rope to anchor deep or in poor weather in the need arises..
Next task is to choose an appropriate anchor
Don't discount drift fishing too quickly, particularly in Mackay/CQ. It takes a bit to work out how to place your boat at the top of a drift to predict the direction you want but once you sort that I find it enormously more productive than anchoring. I only drift offshore and never anchor and I find alot of my reds/nannies are caught when Ive drifted past the marks I find on the sounder, as in the fish here are sitting back from the structure which are fish Id miss if I were anchored. Everyone fishes differently and has their own system I guess but just something to think about especially for the scattered rubbley ground off Mackay
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Iv caught my biggest reds well off the lump.
They do prefer rubble over lumps from my experience.
Drifting is the go. Get a big silk drift anchor and if the drift is over 1 knot don"t bother.
Alternately learn to stay in gear in reverse backing onto the target area. You will probably get wet depending on hull.
Get the missus behind the wheel and it"s really just R to N keeping the wheel straight and into gear at idle - Team work!
Every time you catch a fish tell her you couldn't have done it without her and you're saving thousands from buying a Minn haha.
Then swap over after a couple in the esky and load her up.
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