I am planning on putting one of these on my kayak, and was wondering how everyone ties their anchor off? I am looking for methods other than using a cleat as I don't want the extra hardware involved and I definitely don't want the extra holes I'd have to drill.

My current thought is to tie directly to the ring on the trolley or maybe pull it through the ring and tie off to an eyelet by my seat. Does anyone have a good knot to use if this is a good route to go?

I'm not sure what type of kayak you have but if you have a sit in you could get a carabiner and hook it on carabiner on the lip of the cockpit. A sit on top you could clip it to your seat. I use a zig zag cleat but you don't want to drill any holes. What about glueing a cheat, like using a epoxy?

I have a perception tribe. I'll have to keep the epoxying in mind, I never would have thought of that.

I was also thinking of using a caribener instead of a ring on the trolley. That way I could tie off on the trolley and if I need a quick release I could open the caribener. I'm not sure if that would be better than putting a caribener to the seat or not.

What's a good knot I can use to tie off in the middle of the rope if need be? I am considering using the alpine butterfly since I already know it well.

If you are anchoring in current ( which isnt recommended) you wanna be able to release quickly.

When I used one I used a button that my paddle keeper bungee hooked on, then used the bungee to help hold it. I fish lakes though. No current.

look up NCKA yak forum and they have an anchor system set-up in the how to rig section I think it is.

heres a link

 

http://www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php?topic=16289.0