Sea Anchor – Tagit Kayak Sea Anchor
A sea anchor is a sea anchor is a sea anchor, well not in my book and even less so for the kayak fisher, there are a couple of things that different for the kayak that doesn’t translate so well from the normal boating world.
Size is everything, normally sea anchors are sold on the length of your boat equation, big long boat equals big sea anchor, small tinny needs a little sea anchor, so therefore when kayak fishing first started the standard isue was a little sea anchor that would normally be used for a 12 foot dingy. The problem we have on a kayak is that we have very little water resistance but a big wind resiatance, therefore we get blown around very easily, much more so than a 12 foot row boat, so we actually need a BIG sea anchor…
The second difference we have in a kayak is that we want the sea anchor to be on or near the surface at all times, what we do not want is the sea anchor sinking and going down deep and a nice big swell come through, if it does the sea anchor will simply pull the kayak down and you will very quickly find yourself in the drink, of course with all the buoyancy a boat comes with it’s not an issue for the boats. Thankfully the is a very simple solution to this problem, attach a float to your sea anchor…
So with the “why’s” covered lets look at the “how” with the Tagit Kayak Sea Anchor, this product has been designed for the kayaker, it’s a good size anchor for us, with this anchor you will be slowed down sufficiently in most safe wind speeds we venture out in. Secondly it has a built in float strip which runs along the full length of the anchor itself, this keeps the anchor up on the surface all the time.
The anchor is made from a canvas material that looks to be coated with a PVC on the inside, it has good thick webbing straps running back to a stainless D ring for you to connect the anchor to your running rig or other anchor system on your kayak.
This is another good kayak focused product from Tagit, locally made here in New Zealand and very reasonably priced – Take a look at their website – www.FishingDirectNZ.co.nz – or have a look for their products at your local tackle shop.
