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Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: TooSober on March 22, 2017, 11:17:16 AM

Title: Anchoring on the river
Post by: TooSober on March 22, 2017, 11:17:16 AM: So I will be renting a house on the river this summer. the house has a dock but with the lower freeboard it would beat the hell out of my boat. what is the best way to anchor by the beach for an hour or so. I don't mind beaching it but when a roll bar boat comes by......

20.5 jet

so what would be the best options? Thanks
Title: Re: Anchoring on the river
Post by: Brad @ SCJB on March 22, 2017, 11:18:57 AM: Have your nose pointing out. Nose anchored with a box anchor....Transom tied off with a sand spike. www.slideanchor.com has both of them.

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Title: Re: Anchoring on the river
Post by: TooSober on March 22, 2017, 11:35:51 AM: Thanks! What size box anchor should I go with? Also how far off the beach should I keep the boat and should I just place and leave it for the day? it seems like it will be hard to do with the current moving.
Title: Re: Anchoring on the river
Post by: Brad @ SCJB on March 22, 2017, 11:37:45 AM: Ideally you could leave it for the day. It depends on how much the water level will fluctuate. What part of the river are you going to?

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Title: Re: Anchoring on the river
Post by: Brad @ SCJB on March 22, 2017, 11:38:15 AM: Also a size small will be more than enough for your boat size.

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Title: Re: Anchoring on the river
Post by: Brad @ SCJB on March 22, 2017, 11:39:41 AM: Lastly....(maybe I should answer all the questions in one post) keep it far enough out so that the pump isn't hitting the bottom when it's being rocked by waves. But also not so far out that you gotta swim to it lol

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Title: Re: Anchoring on the river
Post by: TooSober on March 22, 2017, 11:40:08 AM: Needles area (between Needle and willow valley).
Title: Re: Anchoring on the river
Post by: Brad @ SCJB on March 22, 2017, 11:42:27 AM: The water there is low in the morning and starts getting to a decent depth by 11-12. Peaking around 3. Depending on how early you anchor it will depend on how much you might need to move it. Also I highly recommend not leaving it in the water overnight.

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Title: Re: Anchoring on the river
Post by: TooSober on March 22, 2017, 11:45:00 AM: cool. I would definitely pull the boat out at the end of the day. thanks for the help!
Title: Re: Anchoring on the river
Post by: Shocker_04 on March 23, 2017, 08:00:11 AM: Quote from: Brad @ SCJB on March 22, 2017, 11:42:27 AM
The water there is low in the morning and starts getting to a decent depth by 11-12. Peaking around 3. Depending on how early you anchor it will depend on how much you might need to move it. Also I highly recommend not leaving it in the water overnight.

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ALMOST made this mistake lol. Rented a house about 10 houses up from Lazy Harrys, thought about leaving the boat in the water (my first time at the river), last minute decided to pull it out. The dock was sitting in the mud when I got up and the water was about fifteen feet out from there.
Title: Re: Anchoring on the river
Post by: coggy on March 23, 2017, 11:31:46 AM: Never leave it on the river over night my buddy did that and woke up and his boat was on the Mudd it filled the jet up with Mudd solid

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