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We found and salvaged our 2nd Anchor lost at Bimini Bahamas when we beached in a hurricane!
4 December 2023 · 2 min · 112 views · Bimini, Bahamas
What this video covers
A 65-pound Lamar claw anchor lost during a hurricane grounding at Bimini, Bahamas is recovered from the seabed on day two of a two-anchor salvage operation.2:10 The crew had already retrieved the first anchor; this recovery targets the second.Watch Gordon and the narrator use Navionics live tracking to overlay the boat's recorded anchor-drag track — which shows Epiphany's path as she was washed onto the beach during the hurricane — and execute a zigzag search pattern across that track in a dinghy.0:51 Gordon uses a clear-bottomed plastic viewing bucket to see through the surface, spots the anchor's line, and the crew muscles the anchor up into the dinghy.1:34 The entire search takes 20 minutes.2:29 Both anchors are recovered.2:16 Overlaying a recorded anchor-drag track in Navionics and running a systematic zigzag over it proves an effective method for locating lost ground tackle in shallow, clear water.
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