Anchor rope for drift boat

[ghus32]

Hi All

I am looking to replace the anchor rope on my drift boat. Where I  Calgary is the best place to find this?

[bcubed]

go to calgary climbing centre and see if they have any old ropes they want to sell, that's what i did with my old boat. They have to retire ropes after a certain amount of time on the wall, but they still have more then enough life for what you need.   Way cheaper then a new rope (think i got mine for $20), plus more then adequate for what you need.

[eagleflyfisher]

Bought several diameter's of dbl braid marine rope trying to solve a twisting problem.

bought all at glenmore sailboats.

i have 1 left but may be too small diameter for you. I think 3/8" @ 60' or so.

anyhow if you want new glenmore is a good choice.

[ghus32]

Did you end up fixing your twisting issue. That is the reason I am looking for new rope. I calls clackacraft and they recommended buying a zigco anchor pulley, which I may try

[monger]

You don't need new rope....you need a swivel. Go to Mountain equipment

[jksnijders]

On 2018-08-02 at 3:39 PM, ghus32 said:

Did you end up fixing your twisting issue. That is the reason I am looking for new rope. I calls clackacraft and they recommended buying a zigco anchor pulley, which I may try

 

The Zigco is killer.  Bought one on the Missouri last fall due to heavy weed in the water, couldn't reliably raise or lower anchor (I run a double line).  Depending how your anchor bracket is set up, some swivels are hard to mount properly.  Have had zero issues with the Zigco, it works slick as hell.

 

http://www.zigcollc.com/pulley/

[jdangler]

Monger’s swivel works great also & can be bought locally.

[eagleflyfisher]

Yes sorry, problem solved.

the rope still does twist but when you pull anchor up it will pivot a cpl turns and your good.

imo it does not stop whatever causes the rope to twist but does give enough of a spin to unwind enough to raise.

 

[eagleflyfisher]

Looked at that zigco pully. 

Exactly the same as the Harkin I have in line already (glenmore) I had to add the spinner guy from mec over and above to to make the system work.

i like the Harkin because it has a fair size diameter.

[jksnijders]

 

If you run a double line, having the swivel on the anchor/pulley end is more ideal for moving water (looks like the previous pic was a jon boat in a lake?).  I looked at the MEC swivels, and realized that the extra connections to mate up to the pulley I had put the achor in the water enough when hauled up to be a pain in the ass.