To ensure that the shotline remains in one place, a folding grapnel anchor of the type commonly used by small boats in areas where a sand anchor will not hold is ideal. |
The collapsible grapnel is a hand-thrown grapnel hook that is used for climbing, removing mines and other objects, and pulling concertina and barbed wire obstacles. |
With the grapnel and rope attached to its antlers the animal struggles to get loose and breaks the rope, but not before it pulls the hydrofloat over to a wooden dock. |
They board from under the stern, out of sight of the bridge, by throwing a grapnel up to the rail and climbing up the rope. |
Additionally I have found that the typical grapnel often does not provide sufficient holding power. |
Rectus carried the rope, and I had the grapnel, wrapped in its cotton wool. |