Process and apparatus for alternate anchoring a boat

摘要

To make secondary anchoring of small boats quick, safe, versatile, a low cost buoyant apparatus with an attached tripping strap has been invented to permit transport of a secondary anchor to its holding location. The invention, in addition serves to prevent excessive boat swings once anchored in restricted anchorage, and can also serve as a marker in the event that an earlier anchored boat needs to move and return to the same spot. This buoyant apparatus is very versatile; it can be used from the boat's bow, from the stern, and also as a lunch hook. Although the buoyant ring has an appearance of a life preserver, it is not intended for that use, and does not qualify as U.S. Coast Guard or Sheriff Regulation safety equipment.

主权项

1. A low cost, floaterable apparatus, comprising a doughnut-shaped appearance, having a top surface, a bottom surface, a closed generally convex edge wall that defines the circumferential exterior of the float, and having a series of indents on the top surface to center to accommodate a small size commercial fluke anchor, during transit to a selected anchoring location, and upset by the anchor rode and a tripping lever, to drop the anchor to the sediment.