T&T: Anchor comments

[djmarchand at cox.net]

Larry:

I have a wash down system. Not by Rocna but the pump was a Jabsco, I think, plumbed to an available thru hull on the intake and then reinforced flexible tubing forward. to a valve and garden hose in the bow locker.

West, Defender, etc sell packages of pump, switch, hose and fittings.

If you are a casual cruiser, you can get by with shaking the anchor chain to try and get the mud off as you raise it and powering forward for a few minutes with the anchor hanging down in the water to wash the big glob of mud off of the anchor..

But if you do this more than a few times a year, install a wash down system.

David
---- L H <pugettrawler37 at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> djmarchand at cox.net wrote:
> > The 55# ( 25 kg) Rocna is as big as I could fit on the foredeck and so far in about a dozen anchorings, it has held very well.....
> > And when you retreive it,  it is amazing how much bottom it brings up with it.
> >   
> 
> Do all those with Rocna, Manson, etc. anchors also have a wash down 
> system?   If not, how do you deal with the load of bottom mud brought up 
> on the anchor?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Larry H
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