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Trigger
 
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| Last Sunday the 1st we were drift fishing a spot that had 6 boats anchored on it. I saw one boat hook his anchor ball on the anchor line, Then he nailed the throttle and took off...............and kept on going. he never stopped to pull the line in or the anchor, just cruised off at about 30 MPH with the anchor ball surfing I assume when he got to the next stop he was going to anchor again I never knew you could do it like that
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Snapper
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| Nat, Good post, I have seen something similar and was going to post questions about using an anchor ball. I looking for an answer also.
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Grouper
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AS long as you dont get the rope caught in your prop that may work but I wouldnt trust it.
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Snapper
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| For all the longer it takes to circle back and pull your line and anchor out of the water, why take the chance of getting wrapped in the prop or snagging something. Worse yet, what if some cuts in behind you while your cruising off?? I say take the time to put the anchor back in the boat.
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Snapper
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If you use an anchor ball like that it wont work for reanchoring for the simple reason the chain will go through the ring and the anchor will get hung in the ring. When you stop the weight of the chain and the fact that the anchor is lighter than the chain it will all stay on the surface with the ball. That is the principal of the float ring to keep the anchor and chain on the surface so you can float the anchor and chain then retrieve it easily without pulling the anchor from the bottom. PS, Incidently I have superior quality anchor float assemblies FOR SALE Ron 850-712-2603
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sealark (6/5/2008)
PS, Incidently I have superior quality anchor float assemblies FOR SALE Ron 850-712-2603  Ron..it might just of been one of your's... Do you now have a NEW and IMPROVED one?
Nice meeting you last Sunday. Sam came by last night and was totally satisified with the churn. I told him what you had done to it.
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