A very sharp, long, serrated bread knife will cut down through a ball of weeds on the anchor in quite short order. It may be easier to reach up from the dinghy than reaching down from the anchor roller. Slice the knife down along the anchor chain and great gobs will fall away (or into your dinghy). Marilyn "Adena"

About a month ago I asked for ideas on weed removal from anchor chain. I got a LOT of replies but most of them did not apply to me. Anchoring in deeper water is frequently not an option, and the 1000 Islands goes from very shallow to very deep in only a few feet. Marilyn did suggest a sharp bread knife and we did try that and found that it did work well, but standing at the bow did not allow much cutting length. After a few tries, we went to a lumber yard and got an 8 foot length of 1.5" round stairway rail. We also got a few SS machine screws and lock nuts and permanently attached the bread knife, covering the screws with electrical tape. This worked exceedingly well, and I thank Marilyn and pass our findings on to you so you too can can make fast work of weeds. Tommy > Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 07:29:23 -0400 > From: adena3@charter.net > To: great-loop@lists.trawlering.com > Subject: GL: weeds on anchor chain > > > A very sharp, long, serrated bread knife will cut down through a ball of > weeds on the anchor in quite short order. It may be easier to reach up > from the dinghy than reaching down from the anchor roller. Slice the > knife down along the anchor chain and great gobs will fall away (or into > your dinghy). > > Marilyn > "Adena" > > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com

I just left an anchorage which is known for being very weedy. All I did was use the boat pole and swipe at the weeds that were gathering at the water line as the anchor chain was being pulled up. Hit it with the wash down hose. No muss, no fuss. R, -----Original Message----- From: great-loop-bounces@lists.trawlering.com [mailto:great-loop-bounces@lists.trawlering.com] On Behalf Of Frank Condon Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 3:31 PM To: adena3@charter.net; great-loop@lists.trawlering.com Subject: Re: GL: weeds on anchor chain About a month ago I asked for ideas on weed removal from anchor chain. I got a LOT of replies but most of them did not apply to me. Anchoring in deeper water is frequently not an option, and the 1000 Islands goes from very shallow to very deep in only a few feet. Marilyn did suggest a sharp bread knife and we did try that and found that it did work well, but standing at the bow did not allow much cutting length. After a few tries, we went to a lumber yard and got an 8 foot length of 1.5" round stairway rail. We also got a few SS machine screws and lock nuts and permanently attached the bread knife, covering the screws with electrical tape. This worked exceedingly well, and I thank Marilyn and pass our findings on to you so you too can can make fast work of weeds. Tommy > Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 07:29:23 -0400 > From: adena3@charter.net > To: great-loop@lists.trawlering.com > Subject: GL: weeds on anchor chain > > > A very sharp, long, serrated bread knife will cut down through a ball > of weeds on the anchor in quite short order. It may be easier to reach > up from the dinghy than reaching down from the anchor roller. Slice > the knife down along the anchor chain and great gobs will fall away > (or into your dinghy). > > Marilyn > "Adena" > > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawleri > ng.com > > To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, > unsubscribe, etc.) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlerin > g.com _______________________________________________ http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com