What’s the general consensus on anchors for kayaks?.
I never knew such a thing existed and it seems useful.
There’s been some times I wish I could stay in one place briefly.
Free divers in Hawaii
use them all the time to anchor their SOT’s while diving. They use a small folding anchor that only weighs 1-2 lbs.
Why not ?
Look in West Marine if there is one near you.
They have some mini ones that would be perfect.
Cheers,
jackL
sea anchor
If the problem is wind drift, a small sea anchor can help in any water depth.
an outrigger weight
makes a pretty good anchor for waters that are not too crazy.
Yep
I have a small folding anchor that came with line, a clip and a pouch that makes for a neat package. I was sold as a jet ski anchor at a marine store.
Intrigged
So how deep can you deploy the anchor? How do you store the lines without them getting in the way?
anchor…
I may have 25 or 30’ of line (without digging it out)… Everything fits into the padded pouch which keeps it from clunking around in the boat. If I think I will use it I just toss the bag in the cockpit.
It really depends on the conditions
for our local waters, a 2 lb neoprene dumbbell and 40’ of poly rope are effective and very cheap (
Kelp