Best anchor weight for pwc

[Piper Mike]

I will be at a cottage for a few days and their dock is broken so i want to anchor my seadoo about 20 ft off shore and wanted to know the best weight of anchor to use that will hold it securely for a couple of days. Its a rock bottom lake but kind of flat so im relying on weight rather than hooking onto something.

 

[bigJake]

you won't need an anchor. It will most likely fill with water and sink overnight unless you have an automatic bilge pump

 

[KK40384]

you won't need an anchor. It will most likely fill with water and sink overnight unless you have an automatic bilge pump

Is this a serious statement? I've had mine anchored for a week while on vacation at the cottage and never got any water in. You're doing something wrong there my friend.

Anyway, I use an anchor for a 16' boat such as this one:

http://m.overtons.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?pdesc=Chene-Anchor-recommended-for-12-25-boats&i=33822&aID=602A3&merchID=4006

 

[bigJake]

Is this a serious statement? I've had mine anchored for a week while on vacation at the cottage and never got any water in. You're doing something wrong there my friend.

Anyway, I use an anchor for a 16' boat such as this one:

http://m.overtons.com/modperl/produ...or-12-25-boats&i=33822&aID=602A3&merchID=4006

Personally, mine have never sat in the water for more than a few hours and I had no water intrusion. BUT you will find many, many, many threads from guys who left theirs in the water overnight to come out in the morning and find it full of water. Do as you wish, but I wouldn't chance it without an automatic bilge.

 

[AircraftDoc]

No wake zone I hope. I tie my RXP to the house boat anchor ropes for a week. Use two 20lbs anchor/weights at a "V" attached to the nose allowing the Seadoo to swing it's nose into the wakes. With slack, tie the tail to the shore. The forward anchors should come up at an 30 to 45 degree angle. The two separate 20lbs each forward anchors should also be at 90 degrees to each other. Check on the ski often. A good anchor throw out far enough will dig in to a flat bottom. Use these first. If large wake or a storm is a problem, pull the ski out onto its trailer. Good luck.