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The whole key when using a ball is to pull in the opposite direction from the way you lay on the anchor. DO NOT run in circles around the anchor! Just look at your compass before you even start the engines. Then steer a course past the anchor and take up the course as the one you read as soon as you go past the anchor and go forward until the ball starts leaving a wake.
For example, if you are laying on a course of 180 degrees before you start the engines. Go up past the anchor and as soon as you pass the anchor take a course of 180 degrees until the anchor comes up.
That way you are flipping the shaft and pulling the anchor out at exactly opposite to the way it was set.
To answer the original question, yes the zip ties work. The key is to use a tie that is strong enough to hold you on, when you are anchored, but weak enough so you can break the ties when the anchor gets hung up.
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