Mud-weights for smaller boats

BroadScot · February 12, 2016

7 hours ago, Baitrunner said:

I'm just off to the church for supplies!!

Never knew devine guidance was so Heavy! :naughty: Mark!

cheers Iain

Baitrunner · February 13, 2016

None in my local shop so back to the drawing board.

I am convincing myself they would have been useless so I don't feel cheated :naughty:

Vaughan · February 13, 2016

It's not so much the weight as the "holding ground". If you drop it onto a rocky or gravel bottom it will drag but if you drop it into Barton Broad overnight, you are lucky if you can recover it.

If you want to anchor in a current, such as at Horning for fishing, then lay out some chain along the bottom, attached to the weight, just as a ship would do. The ratio is normally 3 times the length of chain on the bottom, to the depth of water.

And what about Metacentric Height?

Broadsword · February 13, 2016

Interesting thread this... I think I bought my little mudweight fairly cheaply some years ago, but it is the real thing... I thought shape had something to do with the effectiveness as well?

The traditional upside down flower pot shape helps with creating the suction effect, doesn't it?