Quick leaving in the morning--how do you beach?

[Big Wave]

I tie the anchor line to both ends of the achor buddy with enough slack to alow the anchor buddy to do its job but not alow the boat to get all the way to shore. Of course it is key to set the anchor well.
The set up has been flawless all summer on lake Mead.

[Original Wing Nut]

I like bigwave at night tie a loop in the anchor line that stops the boat from getting closer to objects than I would like. I usually end up sleeping in my boat just for some away time. If the wind comes up during the day I just hook the loop on a cleat then jump from Tige to house boat. The other key is to make sure that if the house boat moves (small amount from side to side) you have enough strecth not to dislodge my anchor.

[Razzman]

Remember the anchor buddy will stretch to around 50" so yeah if you drop anchor 20' or so offshore your not even really stretching it and allowing to to work correctly. The idea is to get enough stretch or tension on it to allow it to pull the boat back out or hold it in wind. That's why i drop 35-40' out and back in and attach the shoreline to the stern. I typically have the stern about 15-20' offshore. Then the anchor buddy keeps tension on the line. Even in a good wind it might twist but will not move to shore.

[Coop]

I use the anchor buddy that same way, however I have had experiences where the wind would start to blow so hard that it would blow the boat towards the shore, sometimes in a sideways direction. We would end up holding the boat from hitting the shore. I guess it's because the anchor buddy has so much "give" to it.

I am doing something wrong?

I was an anchor buddy guy, but after a few strong storms last year that blew the boat all over the place, I started using (on the recommendation of zany) a single anchor line that goes from (1) the anchor to (2) the bow eye to (2) a tow hook on the stern and then to (4) a slide slide anchor on the beach. All tight. So far, so good.

I keep the stern facing the shore in about 3 feet of water. Making everyone get a little wet helps to keep the sand/rocks off the boat.

After reading Razzman's post, maybe I wasn't stretching the anchor buddy enough, but I think it might be tough to find that "sweet spot" of enough stretch to keep it from blowing around while leaving enough slack to allow you to pull it close to shore. On non-windy days, the combination of an anchor buddy and slide anchor is easy and works well.

[Wake Bandits]

Box Anchor with 6 ft of heavy chain.

I would never beach our Tige'.
Anchored in 4 ft minimum of water.

If a storm is predicted, we trailer it.

[kirk]

Another vote for the Anchor Buddy.
I throw out an anchor with an Anchor Buddy attached with a slalom ball to bouy the end end . I have a line with a snap on the end that I run to the shore and attach to a Sand Spike. We run the anchor line off the bow and stern to shore.
When we go for a run in the boat, the bouy helps hold our spot on the beach. When coming back in with the boat, I nose in to the bouy, have someone connect to the bow eye, and let the momentum of the boatcarry us twords shore. As the Anchor Buddy gets tight, it swings the bow around so that the boat eventually is pointed bow out. Depending on the water depth, I will put the boat into reverse until the water is shallow enough to get out without having to swim and hook up the stern line ( which is already attached to shore.)
We have been doing this system for years and have it down to a science...

[anhaney]

New anchor style

Here check out this Anchor. This works very well and breaks down quickly and sets up quickly. your boat goes no where. www.illusionanchors.com. I am the first person in the United States side of the manufacture to have dealer rights to this. No ropes underneath you or anything to get caught up in the prop. It is a nice set up. It will not work in 20' of water though. is it designed for 10' or less.

[CP3]

how does it work. the site is still under construction

[spharis]

Looks like it might have a hoop or something similar straddling the hull.

Maybe it really is an illusion......

[CP3]

Maybe it doesnt actually exist

[anhaney]

Maybe it doesnt actually exist

two polls hang on I will go take some pics in the garage right now and post them give me 10 minutes.

[CP3]

do you stake the poles in the ground?

[anhaney]

here is how it works

OK, there is a total of 8 pieces. the long aluminum poles are 1/16 think and split into two pieces. you use the hand hammer device shown in the photos and pound the poles into the lake bed. Then you use the two bungee dock straps and tie them to the pole cover that fills with air when you put it on to help keep it elevated. If that does not work do not worry the flotation on the pole cover will keep it up then you pull the boat between the two poles and us use the bungee ties and hook them to the side cleats on your boat. Now when waves come in the anchor and boat go up and down together the boat is protected by the pads and everything stays in line. Much better than using my anchor buddies. And for the wife well she will now drive the boat while I stay on shore once in a while because she is not afraid of running over any anchor lines on the way out or in. This is a very simple product and the guy that came up with the idea was smart enough to get patents and trademarks on it so no copys can be made leagally. I will try to bring one to the cold water reunion to show.

[anhaney]

More picture of anchor

Here is some more pictures.

[LovinPowell]

Very interesting concept, it will be interesting to see how it stands the test of time.

Maybe the manufacturer should let some of us test it out for a few trips to the lake, that way we can attest to the fact that it works (or not).

So instead of bringing just one to the coldwater reunion, see if you can bring a bunch.