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DaveNJ posted 06-03-2003 09:20 AM ET (US)
I plan on mooring my 13' in CT this summer for 2 weeks out in front of our rented cottage. It is the Long Island Sound, protected by jetties every 200' or so.
If it gets bad, I will pull out and put on trailer.
What kind of anchor should I use ?
Are digger or fluke anchors OK or should I use a 5 gallon bucket or keg filled with cement ?

BQUICK posted 06-03-2003 11:29 AM ET (US)
I wouldn't trust an anchor unless it was a mushroom. I made one like you said with a chain and 5 gal bucket filled w/cement. Easy to haul back in.....
jimp posted 06-03-2003 02:34 PM ET (US)
DaveNJ -
We moored a 13 ftr in Great Peconic Bay (sand bottom and 6" to 4' deep) for 15 years with a 50-lb mushroom, 10-15' of chain and 15-20' of 1/2" 3-strand nylon. It never went anywhere.
JimP
Matthew posted 06-03-2003 02:53 PM ET (US)
Dave,
My family always used four 8"x8"x16" cement blocks with chain snaked through the openings and fastened to itself. We went a bit overboard running the chain all the way to the industrial size buoy.
You could probably use 10' of chain and then 3 strand the rest of the way.
Matt
Capt_Tidy posted 06-04-2003 12:02 PM ET (US)
I think we used a 283 V8 block at the cottage... been there since 1968 - no problems. The block has actually settled into the sand and all you can see is the chain/rope leader.
But why moor - we stopped a long time ago and simply drive the boats onto the beach. No one would swim out!
Bertramp posted 06-04-2003 05:16 PM ET (US)
I wouldn't trust anything but a mushroom anchor .... the sound is a serious body of water.
Engine blocks and cinder blocks may work for the lake, but if the Coasties catch you with the engine block ...yikes. The sound can be like a lake at times, but when it's ugly ... you don't want to be out in a 13 ...and you really won't want the 13 sittin' out there without a really serious mooring setup.
JohnJ80 posted 06-04-2003 10:01 PM ET (US)
This works really well - I moored my J22 sailboat for 10 years on a set up like this and it saw many serious storms.
connect 3 2 steps oversized danforth anchors on rodes coming together at a common spot. put the anchors out separated by 120 degrees and make sure that you have the 3 lines tight on the bottom. (There is little trick to this - get two on the bottom dug in, pass a line through the flukes of the third and make sure you have both ends - back this down hard, feeling the anchor flukes drag on the bottom. Let one side of the rope go when it is tight).
Attach a pennat line from the attachment of the 3 anchors up to a mooring buoy.
This should hold in almost anything and is pretty reasonable in cost.
Jarhead posted 06-05-2003 08:05 AM ET (US)
Dave..
If I understand correctly it's two weeks, 13', and your going to pull it out if it gets rough.
Sounds to me like the 5 gal. bucket idea would do the trick.
KISS.. (K)eep (I)t (S)imple (S)tupid
My 2 cents..

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Author	Topic: Mooring anchor for 13'
DaveNJ	posted 06-03-2003 09:20 AM ET (US) I plan on mooring my 13' in CT this summer for 2 weeks out in front of our rented cottage. It is the Long Island Sound, protected by jetties every 200' or so. If it gets bad, I will pull out and put on trailer. What kind of anchor should I use ? Are digger or fluke anchors OK or should I use a 5 gallon bucket or keg filled with cement ?
BQUICK	posted 06-03-2003 11:29 AM ET (US) I wouldn't trust an anchor unless it was a mushroom. I made one like you said with a chain and 5 gal bucket filled w/cement. Easy to haul back in.....
jimp	posted 06-03-2003 02:34 PM ET (US) DaveNJ - We moored a 13 ftr in Great Peconic Bay (sand bottom and 6" to 4' deep) for 15 years with a 50-lb mushroom, 10-15' of chain and 15-20' of 1/2" 3-strand nylon. It never went anywhere. JimP
Matthew	posted 06-03-2003 02:53 PM ET (US) Dave, My family always used four 8"x8"x16" cement blocks with chain snaked through the openings and fastened to itself. We went a bit overboard running the chain all the way to the industrial size buoy. You could probably use 10' of chain and then 3 strand the rest of the way. Matt
Capt_Tidy	posted 06-04-2003 12:02 PM ET (US) I think we used a 283 V8 block at the cottage... been there since 1968 - no problems. The block has actually settled into the sand and all you can see is the chain/rope leader. But why moor - we stopped a long time ago and simply drive the boats onto the beach. No one would swim out!
Bertramp	posted 06-04-2003 05:16 PM ET (US) I wouldn't trust anything but a mushroom anchor .... the sound is a serious body of water. Engine blocks and cinder blocks may work for the lake, but if the Coasties catch you with the engine block ...yikes. The sound can be like a lake at times, but when it's ugly ... you don't want to be out in a 13 ...and you really won't want the 13 sittin' out there without a really serious mooring setup.
JohnJ80	posted 06-04-2003 10:01 PM ET (US) This works really well - I moored my J22 sailboat for 10 years on a set up like this and it saw many serious storms. connect 3 2 steps oversized danforth anchors on rodes coming together at a common spot. put the anchors out separated by 120 degrees and make sure that you have the 3 lines tight on the bottom. (There is little trick to this - get two on the bottom dug in, pass a line through the flukes of the third and make sure you have both ends - back this down hard, feeling the anchor flukes drag on the bottom. Let one side of the rope go when it is tight). Attach a pennat line from the attachment of the 3 anchors up to a mooring buoy. This should hold in almost anything and is pretty reasonable in cost.
Jarhead	posted 06-05-2003 08:05 AM ET (US) Dave.. If I understand correctly it's two weeks, 13', and your going to pull it out if it gets rough. Sounds to me like the 5 gal. bucket idea would do the trick. KISS.. (K)eep (I)t (S)imple (S)tupid My 2 cents..