The 20 and 24 Class anchor winch retrieves and deploys river mushroom or navy type anchors using nylon rope.
Pontoon anchor size chart. These presumptions should be helpful for pontoons in most conditions. See Chart 1 for winch specifications. 4-6 feet of anchor chain is also recommended.
If you are not sure ask us or someone else with more experience than yourself. When in bodies of water with weed and grass bottoms a plow anchor works best while a mushroom anchor offers better hold in mud and sand bottoms. These boats have a lot of freeboard and blow around like a sail in the wind.
Up to 30 Delta. The anchor sizing chart below assumes average boat characteristics in average anchoring conditions. I found them online then called.
Pontoon Boat Size. Boat Length 8 9 10. I have a medium and a large.
Rope is one of those things like anchors where bigger normally is better. This Pontoon Anchor Chart Assumes 30 MPH Winds Table. Most experienced narrow boaters will carry an anchor of 20 to 25kg plus a length of 10 to 15 feet of appropriately heavy chain.
Always a great question to ask and watch the discussion fire up when you do. As for rope size the rule of thumb is 18 of rope diameter for every 9 of boat length. The size of the pontoon boat anchor depends on the size of the pontoon boat.