T&T: Buoy anchor retrieval question with chain

[Bill Allen]

The ball breaks the anchor out of the sand as it runs down the anchor line. 
I've done it on boats up to 50 ft. never ran anything bigger. Drags the 
anchor to the surface motor up to the ball as you run the boat. Yes you 
still pick up the line by hand. Most line we've ever retrived would have 
been around 2000ft. I've never seen any canyon boats even try using a 
windlass. To easy with a ball and much faster. Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck and Susan" <sea_trek_2000 at yahoo.com>
To: "Trawler and Trawlering" <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: T&T: Buoy anchor retrieval question with chain


> It seems that this system is used often for small boats and some have