Abstract: The invention relates to a device for attaching anchors, especially to sailing and motor boats and includes a strong, flat, flexible band which is comparatively thin in relation to its width and is attached to the anchor at one end and connected at its other end to a band magazine which comprises a reel built up of two rigidly interconnected end wall plates which are non-rotatably attachable to a convenient part of the boat. The wall plates are spaced apart from one another at a distance only slightly wider than the band width, and a rotatable sleeve which is mounted centrally on the end wall plates is rotatable by means of a crank or the like and is provided with an attachment for the band end.