In a joking way, boaters sometimes refer to the use of boat anchors as the art of staying where you are.
If you can cruise on the open waters with peace of mind, you’ll also need to master anchoring your boat.
Anchors must be of the proper size or weight for your vessel, and incorrect or poor equipment or lack of adequate knowledge can lead you into trouble. If you drag your boat anchor, you may drift into the path of other boats, or onto the beach or the rocks.
Boat anchors of today are usually fairly light in weight.
These also have a great deal of holding power for their weight and size. Anchors are specifically designed in a way that pulling them horizontally will cause them to dig more deeply into the rocks and sand at the bottom.
Lightweight boat anchors may have twin flukes, which give them an excellent ratio of weight-to-holding-power.
The twin flukes are especially adept at burying themselves in the bottom of the sea or lake bed.
They are very effective when the bottom where you boat is made of mud, sand or clay.
The ease of use, ease of storage, and holding power make twin fluke boat anchors a boaters’ favorite.
Heavier boat anchors are plow anchors with one fluke that is shaped like a plow. It buries itself more deeply into the bottom when pulled horizontally. It works very well in grassy and weedy lakes, and can hook into rocks easily. These boat anchors are not as effective at holding in deep mud.
A plow anchor will usually right itself and dig into the bottom, regardless of how it lands when it hits bottom.
It’s an exceptional type of anchor for nearly any type of bottom conditions.
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