Advice on Sea Anchor Size Please

[Dave666]

I need to purchase my first Sea Acnchor for my first boat. As you can see from the attached Pic she is a Pride Motego half Cabin 19ft. The speed of drift with a bit of wind is crazy, almost a serious contender for the Sydney to Hobart, it really covers distance quickly.

The sea anchors roughly come in "width" sizes of 450mm, 650mm then a big jump to 1250mm.

The manufactuer recommends the 650mm for 20ft (so my boat size) and 1250mm for boat to 25ft. Due to my half cab being prone to fast drift I am leaning towards the 1250mm, just to make sure it does the job, but I also dont want something that is difficult to handle (1250 x1250 is a pretty big area). I want something that I can get in and out quickly as I fish.

I want something thats definately going to do the job for my boat, but also easy to handle. What do you think 650mm or 1250mm??

Your help is greatly appreciated - Thank you.
Dave

[peterbo3]

Getting it in is easy with a tripping line. I run a Para 7 on a 6.4M alloy cab & it is first class.

[tenzing]

Getting it in is easy with a tripping line. I run a Para 7 on a 6.4M alloy cab & it is first class.
I second that.
I run a para 7 or a seafarer victory and it does the job well. Had a para 4 but got the 7 fairly quickly.
Piece of cake to retrieve.
Cheers
Brendan

[thelump]

Yep what they said

[johncar]

I have been using a Para Anchor Fisherman 4, being 4'/1200mm diam for many years and very happy with it, excellent quality and does a great job for boats around 20', but as the other guys have found, bigger is possibly better.
Definitely set up a trip line with it, makes it much easier to manage and pretty sure the latest models come with a trip line where mine didn't back in the olden days..

[Darren Mc]

Go the big one dude it won't be much harder to handle than the smaller one.A bit bigger is better than one that is too small as it won't be as effective and you'll be spewin that you've wasted you're money.

[trueblue]

1200 Is too small
I have the para 4 and 7 foot models and the difference is amazing

[FishHunter]

I have tried the conical sea anchors from BCF et al and they do not work at all. I am now using a Para 4 on my 18ft Cruise Craft and it works well

[Boat Hog]

Another vote for the Fishermans 7.
21 Foot Seaswirl Striper Walkaround with fibreglass hardtop.

Cheers,

[Grim Reefer 750]

Hi guys, is $300 the going price for the Para 7 Sea Anchor?

[honda900]

I also use a para 4 on a 6 meter boat and it works well. A couple of tricks though, one from Bill Corten, attach 2 ropes to the anchor, one to hold it and one to retrieve it, make the second slightly longer and add a couple of floats to stop it tangling and show you where it is. Second is attach a rubber springer (used for mooring) to the end of the rope you attach to your boat, this keeps the anchor fully inflated at all times.. works well.

Whitworths, para 7 $199.00 https://www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp?item=992&search123=anchor&intAbsolutePage=2

Regards
HOnda.

[Boat Hog]

Be aware that there are two kits for the Para Anchor. One is the Parachute only and the other kit (called the in Water Kit) includes the tow rope, floating retrieval line and buoy. The in water kit comes in a green bag;

Whitworths have the para 4 for $169.90 and the full kit for $225.90.

Whitworths doesn't seem to list the Para 7 in water kit.

Bias have the Para 7 in water kit available for $299.

However, if you go to Marinenews.com their Fishermans 7 Para Anchor is available to subscribers of Trailerboat Fisherman for $245.71 (plus shipping $15). So subscribe to the magazine for $35.00 for 1 year emag or $48.00 for 1 year hard copy plus emag. Basically get the magazine for free plus further subscription discounts on their other tackle etc


http://www.marinews.com/tackleshop/products/Para-Anchor.html

Cheers,

[Jeff72]

Don't waste your money on the basic types eg burke they do nothing. Been there done that

[Jeff72]

I currently have a para 4 left over from cc625 and will likely upgrade to the para 7 for 25ft origin. Honda 900 great idea of the rubber snubber. When i used to deploy the para 4 in the cc she used to really pull back on the boat abruptly (loosen up and then take up). Sometimes used to catch me off balance as it took up. The snubber might really dampen it down. Will definitely give it a go. Size wise the para 4 was fine most of the time until the wind approached 15knots by which time i was looking for home anyhow. Been looking at the para 7 pricing at whitworths vs the in water kit and can't see the value in the in water kit for what you get. When i bought my 4 it didn't have the retrieval line and float or the main line. I got some yellow ski rope which floats and a 6 inch yellow styrene float as well as some 12mm silver rope for the mainline. Yellow float, ski rope and silver rope totalled less than $30. Find yourself a larger bag to hold the whole shootin match in around home and you're done. Is that all worth $100?