Al McGlashan: When it comes to anchoring,
there's a whole heap of different varieties
of anchors out there.
In essence, there's two main ones you want
to know, the plough anchor and the reef anchor.
The big difference between the two is the
terrain you're putting it down on.
Your reef anchor as the name suggests, is
only used for the reef.
If you try and put this down in sand, it'll
just drag straight through.
Alternatively, you have your plough anchor.
Now, this one digs in like a plough so it's
perfectly designed for sand, mud, or even
silt.
The important thing is before you go out in
the water, know what you're gonna anchor on.
If you're in the situation where you're gonna
do both or you don't know, carry both of them.
Al McGlashan: When you're anchoring on sand,
you use a plough anchor like we've got out
the front there.
But as we come in, you can see all the boats
are facing the other way.
What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna send Tom up
the front.
Up the front Tom, you're on the anchor duty.
I'm gonna turn around and face the same way
the other boats are because that's the way
the drift in this case, the wind, and in some
cases, the current is gonna be.
We know it's a sandy bottom.
We can tell that on the sounder.
Tom, there's no sea grass or anything in front
of us there?
Tom: No.
Al McGlashan: You don't want to put your plough
anchor down into sea grass because it destroys
it.
You want to make sure you put it on sand.
You want to make sure you've got enough room
around for all the other boats.
Now I reckon we're pretty safe here.
What we're gonna do, Tom you ready to go?
Tom: Yeah.
Al McGlashan: He's gonna let that anchor go,
I'm out of gear at the same time.
I'm gonna touch reverse just a little bit
to help him.
Just to help get it in line there.
See that nice long chain on it.
It's gonna settle down.
As you pull, it's gonna dig in.
That's how you get a secure anchor.
Once it's secure, just one last minute assessment
of the situation.
Make sure that you're not, haven't misjudged
it, you're too close to one of the other boats.
Then it's party time.
