gjb Posted November 18, 2008 Report Posted November 18, 2008 On sunday my anchor buoy came uncliped and found a new home on the IOW can anyone tell me the best place to buy one in poole and the best size to use any help would be great thankyou cheers graham Quote
conger king Posted November 18, 2008 Report Posted November 18, 2008 i got one any size 5.oo pounds, size depends on size of anchor? Quote
gjb Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Posted November 18, 2008 Sorry i forgot to say it's 7kg graham Quote
conger king Posted November 18, 2008 Report Posted November 18, 2008 what do you want a4 or a3 have both Quote
gjb Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Posted November 18, 2008 (edited) Not sure what ? i don't know what a4 - a3 are  graham Edited November 18, 2008 by gjb Quote
conger king Posted November 18, 2008 Report Posted November 18, 2008 they are the sizes on side of bouy a4 being biggest Quote
Rob Posted November 18, 2008 Report Posted November 18, 2008  Graham,  Look at the table on here http://www.polyformus.com/doc/product_aseries.htm  It gives you the sizes of the bouys - I think the volume in litres shows how much lift they will give - with a 7kg anchor and I guess more in chain you will need at least an A2 if not A3.  Rob Quote
great white Posted November 18, 2008 Report Posted November 18, 2008 If you have room onboard go for the bigger option  More lift and drag in the water will make buoying up the anchor easier, if calculating remember to add the weight of chain and shackles.  A bigger buoy is easier to see in fading light when positioning and bringing the rope in after the lift. so much so that if you go out in the dark often, opt for a white one if you can.   My lifting buoy is big, but even that was underwater on sunday as we steamed the anchor out  Charlie Quote
Rob Posted November 18, 2008 Report Posted November 18, 2008 Â Charlie - not sure "big" does it justice more BIG! Quote
gjb Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Posted November 18, 2008 thankyou all very much for the input im in poole tomorrow so will have look around so once again thankyou  graham Quote
gaffa Posted November 19, 2008 Report Posted November 19, 2008 Graham, I've experienced the buoy going under like Charlie and I 've added a further two largish round fenders to the boat these are attched to the handrail using 12 mm rope and large stainless steel carabine locks (the ones with the sprung catch along one side of the loop)  If I'm having trouble driving out my anchor I remove them from the handrail and clip them to the existing buoy increasing buoyancy by about 40-50% and this works a treat(so far)  Would definately recommend going for biggest buoy you can accommodate on board  Peteg Quote
gjb Posted November 19, 2008 Author Report Posted November 19, 2008 Well went to poole today and got 2 x A3 size Buoys so if 1 is not enough , well we will see thanks again all graham Quote
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