I’m curious to hear various anchoring setups for both fishing and emergency use. Generally, when anchoring on a flat, edge of a channel, or bridge, I can’t remember ever using more than about 40’ of line.
I bought 100’ and was thinking of cutting it into a 40’ piece attached to the anchor for normal situations, with the other 60’ kept to clip on in deeper water or bad conditions. The max depths I plan to run this boat in are around 30’ for the time being. The old standard of 7:1 or 8:1 anchor scope just seems absurd in most cases. I get it if you’re leaving a heavy boat unattended, but I’m not going to carry and deal with 300’ of line. At the same time, I don’t want to be foolish and unprepared for an emergency situation.
I bought 100’ and was thinking of cutting it into a 40’ piece attached to the anchor for normal situations, with the other 60’ kept to clip on in deeper water or bad conditions. The max depths I plan to run this boat in are around 30’ for the time being. The old standard of 7:1 or 8:1 anchor scope just seems absurd in most cases. I get it if you’re leaving a heavy boat unattended, but I’m not going to carry and deal with 300’ of line. At the same time, I don’t want to be foolish and unprepared for an emergency situation.