Anchor buddy

[Street glide]

Hey guys was looking at some new anchor line yesterday and saw a thing called a anchor buddy looks like a big bungie cord you hook to your anchor anybody ever used one

 

[Babin Farms]

I have and they work good for me if I’m using 2 anchors off the beach. Use the buddy in the deeper and a different anchor towards shore. This lets the boat move a bit with the wake from other boats going by and you don’t get the yank like you do from just using a rope.

 

[Street glide]

Yea was kinda confused on how it worked lol

 

[Luc Lafreniere]

Depending on your use case, it's a great product. I personally use it when anchoring near a beach or rocky island. It allows me to put the anchor out to sea, then back in and stretch it as you near shore. Then tie off the stern to a rock/tree/beach anchor. This holds the boat in place avoiding it from hitting the shoreline. When you leave, remove the shoreline tether and it pulls you out to sea automatically which is nice.

Not sure I'd trust it for long term mooring, etc. It's definitely more fragile than a rope. But if used appropriate, it's pretty awesome.

 

[tabbibus]

I had it and didn't like it. But I usually just anchor in a cove in a lake. I'm sure it would be great when beaching.

 

[jthackman]

i use one...it's between my baby box anchor and my 100' rode on my 240...been happy in with it's function in muddy bottom north texas lakes.

 

[Jerlane]

I like mine for lake use. No strong currents here to deal with. The nice thing is that it works well in a variety of depths and I just clip it on to one of the front cleats and don't have to worry about tying it off.

 

[AZMark]

+1 on using it for beach anchoring.

The stretch lets you pull the boat right up to shore for loading/unloading and then it will pull the boat back out to deeper water if you let some line out from the beach anchor side.

I don’t use it every time but it’s handy in some situations.

 

[Street glide]

Thanks for all the info everyone