Bankes layout boat question

[Kim Ross]

I bought a second hand Bankes layout boat this summer. Worked really well on divers this fall.
The boat has two small cleats on the inside of the cockpit coaming. Can anyone tell me their purpose and how they are used? The main anchor eyes are on the underside of the hull near the bow and stern.

 

[Bill Ferrar]

AS per their website "and two nylon cleats mounted inside the cockpit, for attaching auxiliary"
Seems they would come in handy if you with to hunt 2 layouts side by side or when changing places and the tender boat comes to you. You would be able to tie off.

 

[Kim Ross]

Thanks, I saw the reference to auxiliary lines on the website but couldn't understand their practical use. Your suggestion that they may be for tieing off to the tender when transferring gunners may be the answer.

 

[Bomber]

Kim the cleats are so you can run a small line (3/8") from the main anchor lines to both front and rear main anchor lines. The smaller lines are attached to the main anchor lines about 8-10 feet down. By losing and tightening the opposite sides you can adjust the way the boat lay in the water for things like slight changes in the wind or left and right handed shooters.

 

[Kim Ross]

Thanks, I am just a little puzzzled by "run a small line (3/8") from the main anchor lines to both front and rear main anchor lines."
Sorry to be a little thick about this, but did you mean "run a small line (3/8") to both front and rear main anchor lines."?

 

[Wispete]

View attachment layout tie off for adjustment3.gifThe image is a little small but soom in. This what he meant. It become a adjustment for the layout by pulling or releasing the 3/8" line.

 

[Tom L]

I would be hesitant to run double anchors on a layout. they are meant to run into a sea and not side too. I know of one layout that swamped and rolled with a guy inside when anchored bow and stern.
this is how I anchor my layout, it makes changing people out safe and stops all the jockying around with the tender trying to come along side safely.
I use a big anchor and 8 ft of chain. to make sure the anchor can take both the layout and tender on the same line. put a float or large decoy on the line then after the float make a loop in the line, this loop is to tie off the tender
then measure your line the same length as your tender, then add 10 ft and put a clasp to attach your layout.
when it is time to change out hunters, the tender goes up wind of the layout and grabs the float and attach it to the bow of the tender. let both boats settle on the single anchor
then simply pull the layout up alongside the tender and change out your hunters. when finished let the layout resettle behind the tender and unclip the tender from the
line. this makes for an easy safe procedure for changing out hunters especially if it is rough and howling. here is a rough sketch of the details]
hope it helps


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[Kim Ross]

Thanks, this is an interesting way to handle changing gunners from the tender, especially when it's bumpy out there. Do you find leaving the downwind end free means you are swinging back from side to side frequently? Is there a particular decoy pattern you use to bring'em in to your preferred shooting side?

Of course now you may have opened the door to a new hot debate for the Forum.......
OK Layout Boat Hunters, what's best - One Anchor or Two?!!

 

[Tom L]

I always set the anchor and layout first. then use the lay of the anchor to set longlines of decoys downwind and off to the left hand side of the shooter. swinging will happen when the tide changes or other conditions prevail, at that point you just have to reset the anchor.

 

[Mark Spolarich]

Thanks for that explaination and diagram Tom......

 

[Kim Ross]

Thanks for the explanation Tom.
I don't have tides to deal with but I found that when anchored fore and aft, if there was any slack in the lines then on a gusty day I was swinging back and forth.