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Anchor system
wing15601	#1  Posted on 10/16/13 - 11:17 AM
Member Posts: 699 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/14/12	I have a nice F4 Fortress anchor which I've had for years. One leasson I've learned is that you must use stainless or copper wire to secure the shackle pins to keep them from coming unscrewed and losing your anchor. Since I'll be using this boat in fresh water I'm just going to strip a piece of 12 ga household electrical wire and secure the pins on my new anchor shackle with that. If anyone wants my old F4 Fortress, it's about a mile and a half straight out from the lighthouse at the St Josepg River in 55 feet of Lake Michigan water. Bring an aluminum magnet. Edited by wing15601 on 10/16/13 - 11:18 AM I winter in Ft. Myers and summer in St. Joseph, Michigan. It’s now about 12 years since I’ve joined this group. I gave my 1972 whaler to my daughter and sold the 17’. Bought an O’Day 28 sailboat and sailed on Lake Michigan. Yesterday I bought a 2005 130 Sport.
Finnegan	#2  Posted on 10/16/13 - 12:19 PM
Member Posts: 1926 Comments: 16 Joined: 05/02/08	The correct way is to use a small size SS cotter pin.
wing15601	#3  Posted on 10/16/13 - 12:38 PM
Member Posts: 699 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/14/12	I don't know that securing the shackle pin with wire is incorrect because it's been done that way for many many years. I went with this one to avoid the cotter pin snagging the line. This one was made for securing the pin with wire. I saw that they now make shackles with the screw pin sticking out beyond the end of the threads so a cotter pin can be used. http://www.marinepartdepot.com/newstst316bo2.html. Securing the shackle pin with wire is called mousing. Edited by wing15601 on 10/16/13 - 12:44 PM I winter in Ft. Myers and summer in St. Joseph, Michigan. It’s now about 12 years since I’ve joined this group. I gave my 1972 whaler to my daughter and sold the 17’. Bought an O’Day 28 sailboat and sailed on Lake Michigan. Yesterday I bought a 2005 130 Sport.
blacksmithdog	#4  Posted on 10/16/13 - 12:51 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 417 Comments: 0 Joined: 06/26/06	I've been putting a plastic wire tie through the hole in the pin and around the clevis. Haven't lost an anchor that I've done that to yet. I used to use stainless wire, but it cut the crap out of me one time getting the anchor out of the locker.
Whalerbob	#5  Posted on 10/17/13 - 12:48 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 311 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/07/06	I use a galvanized shackle, mostly salt water so it's never been an issue for me. Why not just smack the threads with a hammer before screwing it in? Why SS? I don't recall every having a galvanized shackle rust to the point it didn't work and even if it did, they're half the price of SS.
wing15601	#6  Posted on 10/17/13 - 2:24 PM
Member Posts: 699 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/14/12	Whalerbob, I agree that galvanized is much cheaper and stronger but when I bought this boat it came with a really crappy off brand anchor and a nice 10 foot piece of 3/8 stainless chain so I just also use a stainless shackle to keep it dressed up. Yeah, I know I'm the only one who sees it. I winter in Ft. Myers and summer in St. Joseph, Michigan. It’s now about 12 years since I’ve joined this group. I gave my 1972 whaler to my daughter and sold the 17’. Bought an O’Day 28 sailboat and sailed on Lake Michigan. Yesterday I bought a 2005 130 Sport.
Whalerbob	#7  Posted on 10/17/13 - 5:36 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 311 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/07/06	I've probably lost more anchors by forgetting the shackle altogether than anything else. Splash.... oops.