Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1915 — Anchor for Small Boats. [ARTICLE]

Anchor for Small Boats.

A very simple, neat and serviceable anchor for small boats, such as row boats, small launches and sail boats, can be made as follows: Procure an ordinary granite cobblestone, in the center of which drill an inch hold. Next get a four or five inch ring bolt, according to the thickness of stone (mine Is five inches). On the bottom of the stone cut around the hole large enough so that the will be countersunk when bolt is screwed in. I need this sort of anchor on my last summer’s vacation, and found it much better than the clumsy anchor with which most of the small boats the ©Quipped. I made a frame large enough for the stone to fit In when not in use. This frame was before the mast and prevented the stone from rolling.—H. J. Germain, In Recreation.