Dual anchor trolley, advantageous or waste of money?

[gilly]

DISCLAIMER: I'm fully aware I have massively over thought this and really should find something productive to do to limit the amount of spare time I have to think about these things! 

On my trident, I had a single full length anchor trolley on the port side, for no other reason than i liked to stow my paddle stbd and didn't want anything fouling up. At sea i never had an issue with this (what with the sea being so vast an all).

Here's the crunch........

With the new kayak on the way, rigging options freely running through my mind and my expressed interest in staying inland I now have river banks, canal walls and various other things to moor to/consider. Whilst it's possible to just tie off to a handle i'd like to keep things "neat", it also means i can just use a bank stick in shallow waters or close to banks.
Taking into account a rivers tendancy to only flow in one direction, with a single trolley i'll be facing different directions depending on which bank i want to fish from. Whilst i accept that it could be run fully bow or stern the kayak will still sit at an angle biased to the side the trolley is fitted too and if moored the line would need to run around the bow or stern making retrieval a little tricky. To which end i've been thinking of going dual trolley so i can always anchor/moor up in the perfect position and retrieval will always be easy.

What do you guys think? Good idea with sound logic or a total waste of time and i should probably get out more? 

Cheers!

[andyk]

I've never really had a problem using a single anchor trolley. The main issue I have is when the wind is stronger than the current or coming from a different direction and it spins you about. I have been recently thinking about a dual trolley too but don't think I'll bother as I'll be getting a Hobie soon 😄 Could be worth a go though.

[alberto]

For the sake of another £20 worth of fittings, do it.
Both my kayaks have double full length trolleys. Mud weights either end or drogue one end, anchor at the other or a more simpler tie up to bank whichever side your facing. More options.

[Izzetafox]

Oct 8, 2016 23:35:50 GMT alberto said:

For the sake of another £20 worth of fittings, do it.
Both my kayaks have double full length trolleys. Mud weights either end or drogue one end, anchor at the other or a more simpler tie up to bank whichever side your facing. More options.

Totally agree .

It has crossed my mind for that sole purpose. Being able to use two anchors would help significantly to reduce swing at anchor and not just on rivers. If you want to float or feeder fish on still waters then hull movement can be a nightmare.
Another option if that is the main purpose is to have two trolleys on the same side but just half length, this would also give the option of two anchors but this time both on the same side of the kayak.
It could also be used with a mud anchor at the stern and a small drogue on the bows on a longish warp to keep the yak stable and in line with the flow on a river.

Terry

[gilly]

Hmmmmm, didn't think about from the twin anchor perspective, but that would be pretty handy too. I think i'm sold!