I had a nice sail today.
Light wind but it was OK and better than nothing!
When I came back , I anchored at my usual spot and proceded to take the sails down and clear everything
before rowing back to the ramp.
But i was not able to pull that anchor up at all! It was stuck, really stuck!
After I tried all I could to make it unstuck, I finally gave in and cutted the rode.
Must be the weeds! Could you have tied a defense to your rode for retrieval later. Sometimes, what seems impossible might give way to an idea later on. Hope it was not an expensive anchor.
Years ago while fishing in northern Wisconsin, I lost my dayglow orange anchor in 3' of crystal clear water. I spent over an hour looking in the weeds for it before giving up.