[C320-list] Anchor Line

[Scott Westwood]

I had one of those.  Here was my experience FWIW:


Mine was low pressure in my application.  Partially because it had to first pump the water up to the deck.  It was small and just about the size of a large cylindrical flashlight.  The hose had to be longer to reach the water so more hose to store.  The more flexible the hose the easier to kink.
Then comes power.  Where to plug it in.  I installed a hole in the anchor locker with a power switch that worked well but the little pump was just not powerful enough.  It could "eventually" do the job but just had very little pressure.  Took longer to raise the anchor because it took longer to clean it.  We have hard sticky grey/red clay/mud around here.  Does not come off easy.
Then came the problem of the intake moving when underway.  The design of this one was the cylindrical pump itself hung in the water but... when you raised the anchor you "normally" start motoring.  When you have forward movement the pump drags aft and often came above the water and sucked air.  I could have hung heavier weights on it but I never did.  We would end up staying put as much as possible while I got mud off.  Can be hard to do in a blow.
I am sure you could create a portable pump powerful enough but then it would probably be very heavy and maybe have issues in cramped bow space.
Just my experience.
Thanks,




Scott Westwood scottwestwood at bellsouth.net H (919)-362-8538    C (919)-618-7185
 

    On Friday, May 31, 2019, 10:16:07 AM EDT, John Meyers <jcmeyers7 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I don't have this problem when anchored in sand and a few times in mud and
then do have the problem. I only have a 6 foot chain rode at the anchor.
When in mud I can get it off by raising the anchor up and down while still
in the water and underway. This won't work well for those who have lots of
mud on lots of chain.

But to help solve your problem with using a wash down pump and hose I
wonder if a portable cordless pump where you could drop the intake hose
into the water and get enough velocity and volume to wash down the chain
and anchor.

If there isn't such a device there would be an opportunity for someone to
develop and market it.

John Meyers
Muskegon, Michigan

On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 9:00 AM Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com>
wrote:

> Before I installed a washdown pump I used a bucket on a rope. I found
> one with a flap in the bottom that made filling it easier. But it was
> still hard on the back, and didn't work so well when the wind was strong
> making it hard to aim the "dump" of each bucketload. A few years ago I
> had the yard put in a new thru-hull in the port v-berth locker and then
> installed a washdown pump there with outlet in the anchor locker. If you
> go that route, be sure to get a high capacity pump and suitably large
> diameter hoses. I'm a bit disappointed that my washdown pump doesn't
> deliver the volume/pressure I was hoping for, so it requires patience to
> clean Chesapeake mud from the anchor. I used a kit from West Marine.
>
>
> On 5/24/2019 5:07 PM, Tom Grass wrote:
> > Bucket List does NOT have a water line dedicated to cleaning off the
> anchor
> > chain as it re-enters the  boat.  What do others do in this situation to
> > keep muddy anchor chain from getting the anchor locker filthy?
> >
> > Tom Grass
> > Bucket List
> > 2008 Catalina 320 MK II
> > #1135
>
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> Scott Thompson
> Surprise, #653
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