Patent ID: 8082869

Claim:
Apparatus for anchoring a kayak to the bottom of a body of water, said kayak comprising a hull having a bow and a stern and upper and lower portions, and a seat disposed in the hull between the bow and stern, said anchoring apparatus comprising: a tube for attachment to the kayak proximate the upper portion of the kayak between the bow and the stern of the kayak, wherein said tube has opposed ends, a central substantially horizontal section between said opposed ends, and a length equal to approximately the length of the kayak, and wherein one of said tube ends is directed generally downward; a shaft in said tube; a gear box for attachment to the kayak proximate the seat which comprises: (i) a gear for operative engagement with the shaft; and (ii) a rotatable handle external to the gear box for operative connection to the gear in the gear box; the rotation of the handle in a first direction causing the shaft to deploy from a position inside the tube to a position outside the tube from said generally downwardly directed tube end and into engagement with the bottom of the body of water.