Stern Anchor Rode Length

[kgower]

We currently use a box anchor off the bow and a sand spike off the stern when anchoring close to shore.
For those of you who use two anchors, do you use the same rode length to depth ratio as the bow anchor?

 

[Babin Farms]

Conditions as far as current, wake, water depth, sand conditions and placement of the boat are all going to come into affect when anchoring like this so there is not going to be a silver bullet. I have the sand screw at the stern with a short lead on it but the sand we used to anchor in was packed in hard so I rarely had issues. I found that if there is a lot of wake in the area I would use a bungee line off the bow to take the hard jerking out of play.

 

[kgower]

Conditions as far as current, wake, water depth, sand conditions and placement of the boat are all going to come into affect when anchoring like this so there is not going to be a silver bullet. I have the sand screw at the stern with a short lead on it but the sand we used to anchor in was packed in hard so I rarely had issues. I found that if there is a lot of wake in the area I would use a bungee line off the bow to take the hard jerking out of play.

At our home lake (Lake Lanier, GA) we generally anchor in shallow coves, sometimes in deeper water. Max depth is around 170'. We have a bungee (anchor buddy from slide anchor) but haven't attached it yet. You can get some large swells form the cruisers and wake boats so may have to attach it for those rare occasions we might need it.

 

[Babin Farms]

When anchoring at the sandbar I would use the bungee from the bow eye and a 6-8ft rope at the stern so when hit by the wake from other boats it would allow my boat to move back & forth but always be pulled towards deeper water when at rest