My take on an anchor trolley

Not sure if this has been done, I wanted to post how I rig my anchor on my Trident, as it works like a charm, and does not require any drilling in your boat.
It should work any any SOT.

First an overview of my anchor Set-up. It is an anchor with the yellow poly line attached to a bumper. The other side of the bumper has about 15 feet of 3/4 inch webbing tied to it.   






The 3/4 inch webbing is run through a carabiner that is attached to the back of the rear tankwell straps. This is in reach while you are paddling.







Then it is tied with a simple slip knot to the handle on the same side of the boat as the carabiner. This may seem like it would not hold, but has worked for me on the Petaluma river and San Pablo Bay in some huge tide swings. Even when it was enough to drag the anchor, the knot held fast yet came loose with a simple tug of the running end.




Here is a view of the whole set-up looking aft from the starboard side of the boat.   




For running the anchor from the bow, I make a loop out of about 20 feet of more 3/4 inch tubular webbing. I tie a carabiner to the knot that I use to close the loop. This carabiner does not slide. Then I clip another carabiner to the loop, the webbing slides freely to through this carabiner. Then I attach this free sliding carabiner to the bow handle of the boat. Close up here with the webbing running aft.



I run the anchor webbing through the carabiner that is fixed to the loop and then tie the anchor webbing to the handle the same way as if the anchor is to the stern. Then I run the carabiner to the bow like a flag on a flagpole. I then secure the loop end to my ram mount by wrapping it once. This sounds a lot more confusing than it is. I took a picture of the bow loop, but now that I read how confusing this all sounds, I will take another pic of the whole setup and post it tomorrow.

Here the loop is with the carabiner that is fixed to the webbing in the cockpit. It is not secured to the ram mount, and I would run the anchor webbing through it while it is back like this.



Then after attaching the anchor webbing, and running the carabiner to the bow, I would secure the loop webbing like this. In this pic the anchor line is not in place, but I keep the loop like this even if I am not using the anchor. It makes a handy line for securing the boat and for dragging in shallow water.








I hope this all makes sense, it is way easier to use than it sounds. Basically the bow loop is just there to move the point of contact to your bow from where the anchor pulls it. It is still secured at the handle, just like if it is run aft. When you release the anchor by pulling on your knot on the handle, the bow loop stays just like this.