Folding Anchor for D-15

[alball]

I am thinking about getting this anchor for my d-15...

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This complete anchoring system is in a class by itself. The 3-1/3 lb. 4-fluke folding anchor will hold in mud, sand, gravel, and rock. Designed for boats, sailboats, personal watercraft, inflatable boats,canoes and float tubes, the anchor is coated to protect finishes. The durable nylon storage case is padded for added protection and to dampen noise when the anchor is stowed. Fits under most boat seats, in PWC storage compartments, or in PWC storage canisters! The 25 ft. long marine-grade rope, with an inline buoy, is spliced to the anchor and a heavy-duty stainless steel snap hook.

I like it becuase it is small, easy to store, and coated with rubber(non-marring).It would easily fit in the underseat storage compartments. I am currently using a danforth anchor with about 4 feet of chain, and it is a real pain to manage and store. Do you think this one is large enough to hold a d-15? Most of the time I am anchoring in sand or mud, and sometime on a pebbly lake bottom.

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[tech_support]

Im sure it will hold it to some point, but not as well as the danforth and chain. With a light breeze/current it would probably be ok, but it will probably drag when the wind blows. I use one of those with my canoe.

[JerryF]

I had a similar anchor for use with an inflatable. In stock form it would only hold in a rocky bottom and no wind. I added a 6 foot length of chain between the anchor and the poly line. With that mod it worked fairly well in soft bottoms too.

A D15 may be too heavy and have too much windage for such a light anchor. On my GV11+, I use a ten pound iron weight with a short chain as a calm water fishing anchor. Stores fairly easily and doesn't have any flukes to snag or gouge the hull.

[Evan_Gatehouse]

In short - no. I used same size for a FB11 on snorkeling trips. I wouldn't use one of them on anything much larger.

Get a plastic milk crate and keep the anchor and chain and rode in that

[Cracker Larry]

And then put more than 25' of line on it. An anchor is sort of like a parachute. When you really need one, it needs to be a good one.