Loading…
12
The old way of setting my dredge anchors was costing me hours every week
For years on the Ohio River, I'd drop two anchors and call it good, but the current would shift us constantly. After a job near Cincinnati where we lost a full day to repositioning, I switched to a four-point system with a buoy on each line. Now I can hold position within a 5-foot radius even in heavy flow. Anyone else make a simple change that saved a ton of time on the water?
3 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In3 Comments
kaid594mo ago
That sounds so frustrating before you figured it out! Smart fix with the four-point system.
6
daniel_lane304mo ago
Took me way too long to get there, @kaid59. I was overcomplicating it for ages, trying to build some perfect, fancy solution. The four-point thing was basically my last resort after my brain gave up. It's funny how the simple fix is always hiding right after you've made a huge mess of everything. My pride took a real hit on that one.
2
the_fiona4mo ago
Oh yeah, pride's the first thing to take a hit when you finally see the obvious answer staring at you. That four-point fix was probably sitting there the whole time just laughing at you while you built some Rube Goldberg nightmare. Classic case of the brain insisting it needs to be clever when really it just needs to shut up and do the simple thing. At least you got there eventually, which is more than most people can say after they've burned an hour on a problem that needed five minutes.
5