Nylon vs Polypropylene

[Hogwild]

Hey guys. I bought a box anchor and don't want to lose her. Which type of rope do you use for your anchor? And is there any sort or minimum width I should get?

I guess while I'm at it I might as well ask what type of knot you guys use?

[88 PS190]

Of those two materials - nylon.

If you have access to it - amsteel/dyneema etc. are pretty nice.

Knots - if you are doing an anchor i'd get a line with a spliced in ferrule end, then use a clevis.

If not that then you'd want to do something like a figure of 8 and burn whip the tag end.

[GoneBoatN]

I believe they say 3/8 for boats up to 26ft as a guide. You should base it upon the weight of your boat and the conditions you will encounter; 3/8 will most likely do the job and not be too big. An anchor line with factory eye-spliced with a thimble is nice.

Example: http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...6#.UVfJvRw3t8E

You should attach the anchor to the rope with a shackle. Don't forget to use the safety wire.

Example: http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...3#.UVfKRBw3t8E

If using a knot, I would use the anchor knot: https://www.google.com/search?q=anch...D7%3B500%3B289

They say the scope for a box anchor is 2:1 (50ft of depth = 100ft rope). Although I have had good luck with such scope using the box anchor, I still carry 100ft of rope even though I only anchor in shallow water (In deeper water I just drift). Higher scope only helps.

Honestly, at this point I mostly just use the 50ft anchor buddy. I mainly seek shallow (somewhat) protected coves to anchor in.

[Covi]

You are going to love the box anchor. They are great. I swear by mine.

Originally Posted by Hogwild

Hey guys. I bought a box anchor and don't want to lose her. Which type of rope do you use for your anchor? And is there any sort or minimum width I should get?

I guess while I'm at it I might as well ask what type of knot you guys use?

[thatsmrmastercraft]

After using anchors like this as a kid, I have come to appreciate a good anchor.

[CantRepeat]

From the same place that makes the anchor.

http://www.slideanchor.com/Hlm_ShopI...b-1afb6b4b1033

[byronic]

Originally Posted by thatsmrmastercraft

After using anchors like this as a kid, I have come to appreciate a good anchor.

Those look like the anchors I made for my first slalom course back in "62". Worked well for the bouys, but the fishermen kept snagging the line and dragging them out of position.

[ski_king]

Looking for new anchor line myself. I got a new anchor from my daughter for Christmas with a 50 foot 1/4" line.

The problem is the last anchor was lost because we had a 50 foot line and threw the anchor in where it was 60' plus deep.

[thatsmrmastercraft]

Originally Posted by ski_king

Looking for new anchor line myself. I got a new anchor from my daughter for Christmas with a 50 foot 1/4" line.

The problem is the last anchor was lost because we had a 50 foot line and threw the anchor in where it was 60' plus deep.

Oops............................bye bye anchor

[GoneBoatN]

Originally Posted by ski_king

Looking for new anchor line myself. I got a new anchor from my daughter for Christmas with a 50 foot 1/4" line.

The problem is the last anchor was lost because we had a 50 foot line and threw the anchor in where it was 60' plus deep.

Originally Posted by thatsmrmastercraft

Oops............................bye bye anchor

Forget to tie off the anchor line before throwing the anchor over board? Or did the 1/4 line snap?