Boat anchor retrieval system and apparatus
OwnerRick E. Anderseninventor
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Abstract
A float catch for a boat anchoring and retrieval system includes a body with a head section and a tail section, the body being secured to an anchor line. The head section defines an anchor rope passageway through which an anchor line passes and is engaged by a rope diverter which spreads the anchor line away from the tail section of the float catch. Consequently, when the anchor is retrieved, the rope and float catch slide relative to the float in one direction until the float is coupled to the rope at a position between the float catch and the anchor. The tail section of the float catch thereafter prevents relative travel of the float past the float catch in the opposite direction during retrieval of the anchor.
Claims17
A float catch for a boat anchoring and anchor retrieval system in which a deployed anchor is attached to the boat by an anchor line and in which a float is slidably coupled to the anchor line to permit the anchor line to slide relative to the float as the anchor is retrieved, the float catch comprising:
- a body including a head section and a tail section, the head section defining an anchor rope passageway, and the body including a rope diverter positioned external to the anchor rope passageway and to engage an anchor rope passing through the anchor rope passageway, the rope diverter being shaped so as to divert the engaged rope in a direction away from the tail section, whereby as the anchor is retrieved the rope and float catch slide relative to the float in one direction until the float is positioned between the float catch and the anchor, the tail section of the float catch thereafter preventing relative travel of the float past the float catch in the opposite direction during retrieval of the anchor.
A float catch for a boat anchoring and anchor retrieval system in which a deployed anchor is attached to the boat by an anchor line and in which a float is slidably coupled to the anchor line to permit the anchor line to slide relative to the float as the anchor is retrieved, the float catch comprising:
- a generally straight body of a unitary one-piece construction having a longitudinal axis and including a head section and a tail section, the head section defining and surrounding an anchor rope passageway, the anchor rope passageway having a longitudinal axis corresponding to the longitudinal axis of the body, the body including a rope diverter positioned between the head section and the tail section, the rope diverter including a rope engagement surface which is at an acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis, the rope diverter being operable to engage the rope along the rope engagement surface and to divert the engaged rope in a direction away from the tail section;
- whereby as the anchor is retrieved the rope and float catch slide relative to the float in one direction until the float is positioned between the float catch and the anchor, the tail section of the float catch thereafter preventing relative travel of the float past the float catch in the opposite direction during retrieval of the anchor.
A boat anchoring and anchor retrieval system comprising:
- an anchor;
- an anchor line coupling the anchor to the boat;
- a float;
- a slide fastener which slidably couples the float to the anchor line so as to permit relative movement of the line through the slide fastener and thereby relative to the float as the anchor line and anchor is retrieved;
- a float catch comprising:
- a body including a head section with a head end and a tail section, the head section defining an anchor rope passageway, and the body including a rope diverter positioned to engage an anchor rope passing through the anchor rope passageway, the rope diverter being shaped so as to divert the engaged rope in a direction away from the tail section, the body also including an external ramp projecting from the body and tapering toward the head end of the body whereby as the anchor is retrieved the rope and float catch slide relative to the float in one direction until the float is positioned between the float catch and the anchor, the tail section of the float catch thereafter preventing relative travel of the float past the float catch in the opposite direction during retrieval of the anchor;
- and wherein the anchor rope passageway is oriented to direct the rope through the head section along a rope pathway, the diverter comprising a diverter ramp projecting into the rope pathway;
- and wherein the anchor rope passageway has an entrance opening at the head end of the body and an exit opening, the exit opening being spaced toward the head end of the body from the diverter.
A float catch comprising:
- an elongated generally straight body including a head section with a head end and a tail section, the head end of the head section tapering in a direction away from the tail section and defining an anchor rope receiving passageway, the body including a diverter ramp between the head section and tail section and projecting outwardly in a first direction and into a straight-line extension of the passageway from the head section and toward the tail section, and the diverter ramp having a ramp engagement surface which slopes upwardly moving from the head section toward the tail section of the body.
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