Hydraulicjump
Senior Member
I suspect that experts have already weighed in on this but I could not find the collective wisdom. Despite your best efforts to free up a fouled anchor you may be faced with the prospect of having to cut it loose. If you are in the boonies and can't call a diver, you have to cut the rode rather than undoing the bitter end and tying it to a float. The idea here is to save enough chain so that you can attach your spare anchor and live with a foreshortened rode. For example, we now have 225' of 5/16" HT with another 100' of braided rope rode. If we lose 75' we are still in decent shape until I can extend the rode.
My question is what tool would you keep on board for cutting the chain? 24" bolt cutters should do the trick, but was wondering if any of you have a battery operated tool--like a Dremel with a metal cutting blade or angle grinder--on board that can do the trick, but also meet other needs as well.
We all start with the assumption that we will eventual free up the anchor (lots of tricks discussed on this site I imagine), but we all know of folks who had to give it up for safety reasons. So what tool(s)?
My question is what tool would you keep on board for cutting the chain? 24" bolt cutters should do the trick, but was wondering if any of you have a battery operated tool--like a Dremel with a metal cutting blade or angle grinder--on board that can do the trick, but also meet other needs as well.
We all start with the assumption that we will eventual free up the anchor (lots of tricks discussed on this site I imagine), but we all know of folks who had to give it up for safety reasons. So what tool(s)?