[Alberg30] backing plate

[J Bergquist]

I have heard of wood bow rollers breaking in big waves. The loads can be 
pretty high when you have 2 anchors cantilevered out ahead of your stem 
fitting, and only 1" of wood platform supporting them.

The guy who does http://www.triton381.com came up with a really nice bow 
platform, which incorporates a stainless steel plate 3/8" thick 
supporting a mahogany platform which is attractive and certainly strong 
enough. He probably overbuilt it (because the first one he built was 
destroyed during a gale and the anchor was hanging down and destroying 
his new paint job), and I guess for a racer it wouldn't be desirable to 
have so much weight riding so far away from the LCG, because it means 
you will pitch more, but if you want to have a nice and strong anchor 
platform that isn't ugly, and will hold 2 anchors, take a look at his 
website as well as the ones which are shown on Alberg30.org, which are 
also very good ideas.

J Bergquist
Calliope #287
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