How do you select which weight to use. Any quidelines? I have a 12ft x3ft. Jon boat, and will use the anchor mostly on a small lake.
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I have a 15' jon boat and the 8 lb anchor worked fine for me. Of coarse if the winds exceed 30 mph then you may want to head back to shore! LOL!
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I have a 27 ft. Cobalt powerboat and it holds better than any anchor I've ever owned. We were in a storm on Banks lake with 40 mph winds and 3 ft. swells and it held through the whole storm.
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I do this in 1-2ft swells. (I'd call this chop) I have a 21 ft boat and wanted something to get to shore with. So I added on a 55lb thrust electric motor and have taken it between patience island and prudence Island from my boat. (Narragansett Bay RI) It handles real well. but this year I picked up a 3HP gas motor - although the 55 lb works excellent - it's max speed is like 3 mph or so it feels. I'm going to try the MAX 3hp motor on it. I've watched youtube videos of this and it moves a little quicker. Still the boat can handle 1-2 ft chop or swells with no problem.
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I have trouble with it on my 65lb 17' canoe. It keeps flopping over or twisting. Also, don't put much air in the tires, maybe 10lb. I had a tire explode when I had too much air in it.
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We use these mainly for slow trolling. usually 2 for a slow troll. As a drift anchor the 24 inch would be minimal, only enough the 'point' the boat. To slow a drift at least a 30 inch, preferably a 36 inch.
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I would use 30lb mono and 50lb braided. I use cajun red in mono. It does not show up easily in the water. About any kind of braided line will work. I also like to use suffix line. Really good but pricey.
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I would use the B3 for that. B2 is just too small unless you have a lot of wind there. I've been pulled across the beach by either kite!
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I have an easy solution for anchors. For my tent I went to Walmart and bought four 10 gallon water bottles. I filled them with water and tied them to the four corner legs. It worked so much better than trying to anchor stakes.
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I would only purchase a mushroom anchor if limited by the potential "abrasive" material used by an inflatable boat. If you have an inflatable 10 foot boat, I would go with a 15 lb mushroom anchor. The ten will only work in waters with little to no current. If you are fishing in the ocean in any kind of current with a mushroom anchor, the 15 lb will still probably not be enough depending on the bottom and the conditions. If you do not have an inflatable boat go with a more traditional anchor that "digs" into the bottom.
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RA, suggest contact mfg. "Do they recommend use on pontoon boat and how many pieces you would need".
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There is a weight limit. It is difficult to navigate if you exceed the weight limit. On a lake, I have many times had both my kids in one boat with me, but three adults is difficult. If you were going to navigate a river I wouldn't recommend more than two people.
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Hi Beverly,The anchor should hold very well as long as the bottom of the lake isn't too thick with weeds.I have a 29 ft powerboat and it holds it fine.
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I am not sure what the weight rating on the tires is? I don't know that I would push the weight rating more than maybe 100lbs. Also this will sit under the cart best when the boat has a keel (to fit into the slight V on the cart.) without knowing the weight or shape of this boat, I can't answer this well, but it is pretty versatile, and should be able to dolly a wide variety of items, soooo, most likely?
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I use a 10# fluke anchor on a 15' whaler type boat with very thin 1/8" nylon line. works great. Love it. But I am only on lakes . It's made to be use with line no larger than 1/2" . It's just a simple cam lock system like something used on a sailboat. It should work fine.
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i use a 30lb river anchor and it works perfect i wouldnt have a boat without one of these on my boat!
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In general, the bigger the better. For my C&C; 30 (30 ft sailboat - 8000 lbs) I have a 12 in. diameter wheel and it works great. Almost worth it's weight in gold.
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Absolutely!! I have a Trident-13 Angler kayak, With a weight-limit of 450-lbs. And me being a bigger guy, (6-2', 240 lbs.) And loaded - down with fishing gear, cooler, etc. etc.So I'm pushing the limit, if not exceeding it by a few pounds, And Work's Great for me!!. & with a Universal Deep-Cycle 12-Volt Sealed Battery,, (about $100 roughly), I've ran in 3-ft. Sea's against a 10-knot head wind for 6 to 8 hrs. At a time at 1/2 -speed, 20+ - miles out in the Gulf Of Mexico off Pensacola Florida's Beach,, And didn't even use 1/2 the charge!! Grant it you won't be able to pull a Skier behind you,, But it will most definitely get you where you want to go in your 12-ft. Aluminum Boat!! It's a strong motor!! I definitely recommend it !! Hope This helps you, Best Regards, Thomas (Tommy) Myers. Pensacola, Florida.