posloke123
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I know this is probably a dumb question, and I did search.
I just bought a 97 330 Sundancer. I'm on Table Rock Lake (Missouri) and the bottom of our lake is made of iron - so many anchors lost to submerged trees. It's not unusual at all to have to use the boat power to break a tree branch to get an anchor up (like every other time). Most of the time we anchor in about 40 of water. On my Cobalt 293, there is a cleat in front of the windlass and I loop the rode around that and give it the juice. 600 HP will break free from about anything and I've only lost 1 anchor in 4 years (though I did bend a couple of cheap ones into hairpins).
Last Friday I lost the anchor and 40' of chain on the 330. I was dumb. I tied off the rode to the front side cleat (where is the center cleat on this thing?) and when I hit the gas the bracket holding the rollers cut the rode and down she went. I know - predictable.
My question is this: How to you get an anchor unstuck on a Sea Ray? There is no cleat to relieve the pressure from the windlass to break it free with power. Am I missing something? I don't want to cut the line and replace the anchor a dozen times a year (and it will happen), and I'm afraid if I went all chain I'd but cutting chain too.
I just bought a 97 330 Sundancer. I'm on Table Rock Lake (Missouri) and the bottom of our lake is made of iron - so many anchors lost to submerged trees. It's not unusual at all to have to use the boat power to break a tree branch to get an anchor up (like every other time). Most of the time we anchor in about 40 of water. On my Cobalt 293, there is a cleat in front of the windlass and I loop the rode around that and give it the juice. 600 HP will break free from about anything and I've only lost 1 anchor in 4 years (though I did bend a couple of cheap ones into hairpins).
Last Friday I lost the anchor and 40' of chain on the 330. I was dumb. I tied off the rode to the front side cleat (where is the center cleat on this thing?) and when I hit the gas the bracket holding the rollers cut the rode and down she went. I know - predictable.
My question is this: How to you get an anchor unstuck on a Sea Ray? There is no cleat to relieve the pressure from the windlass to break it free with power. Am I missing something? I don't want to cut the line and replace the anchor a dozen times a year (and it will happen), and I'm afraid if I went all chain I'd but cutting chain too.