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A shallow water anchoring mechanism for a vessel drives an upper arm between a raised position, in which the lower end of a pole is above the bottom of the hull and a lowered position, in which the lower end of the pole extends downward below the vessel so as to engage the bottom of a shallow body o

A shallow water anchoring mechanism for a vessel drives an upper arm between a raised position, in which the lower end of a pole is above the bottom of the hull and a lowered position, in which the lower end of the pole extends downward below the vessel so as to engage the bottom of a shallow body of water. This provides a shallow-water anchoring arrangement for a boat that does a minimum amount of damage to sea life, including oysters, and grasses or other vegetation growing on the bottom of the water, and allows a boater to anchor in shallow water and to leave the anchorage without bringing mud, grasses, or other debris into the boat. A manual disconnect arrangement allows the boater to pull the pole out of the water in the event of actuator or power supply failure.

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[ I claim:] [1.] Apparatus for anchoring a vessel to a bottom of a body of water, the apparatus comprising:an upper arm having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the upper arm attached to a hull of the boat, the proximal end of the arm comprising hinged attachment means whereby the

[ I claim:] [1.] Apparatus for anchoring a vessel to a bottom of a body of water, the apparatus comprising:an upper arm having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the upper arm attached to a hull of the boat, the proximal end of the arm comprising hinged attachment means whereby the upper arm is adapted to move between a raised position and a lowered position;a lower arm having a proximal end attached to the upper arm adjacent the distal end thereof, the lower arm having a distal end adapted to engage the bottom when the upper arm is in the lowered position;an actuator adapted to move the upper arm between the raised and the lowered positions; andmeans for partially disassembling the apparatus without the use of tools.