dragging a 5 G bucket?

[thefishingfreak]

get a drift anchor and drag it about five feet back. slows it right down and clears the props fine on the turns.

[beamie]

Originally Posted by thefishingfreak

get a drift anchor and drag it about five feet back. slows it right down and clears the props fine on the turns.

This is what I use too.........but I tie it off my bow cheat and run it along side about 1/2 to 2/3 the length of the boat. That way there is no way it will get in the prop. If you tow it off the stern there will definitately be a time during the day/night when you forget about it. Then someone is swimming to get it clear of the prop.

[slapshot]

Originally Posted by beamie

This is what I use too.........but I tie it off my bow cheat and run it along side about 1/2 to 2/3 the length of the boat. That way there is no way it will get in the prop. If you tow it off the stern there will definitately be a time during the day/night when you forget about it. Then someone is swimming to get it clear of the prop.

Maybe I am misreading, but wouldn't that bucket bang against the side of the boat like that? I get scuff marks on my hull just from the fenders rubbing my fiberglass at the dock.

[thefishingfreak]

Originally Posted by slapshot

Maybe I am misreading, but wouldn't that bucket bang against the side of the boat like that? I get scuff marks on my hull just from the fenders rubbing my fiberglass at the dock.

not a bucket, a drift sock-sea anchor. whatever you want to call it there soft ..