[Public-list] Anchor Handling

Mike Lehman sail_505 at hotmail.com
Wed Aug 25 08:47:35 PDT 2004


Mike,

The best way that I have found is to have the rode/chain alwasy attached to 
the anchor. To do this you should install an anchor deck-pipe directly 
behind the stem fitting so the anchor rode drops right down into the 
forepeak. The oval shaped ones with a hinged lid are the best since you 
don't have loose parts on the deck and require no tools.

http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&productId=64308&catalogId=10001&classNum=454&subdeptNum=242&storeNum=5



              Mike Lehman
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----Original Message Follows----
From: "Meinhold, Michael J" <MICHAEL.J.MEINHOLD at saic.com>
Reply-To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at alberg30.org>
To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at alberg30.org>
Subject: [Public-list] Anchor Handling
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:31:56 -0400

My current anchor system is not quite satisfactory. I have one Danforth in
chocks on the deck, and another lashed to the bow pulpit. This anchor
doesn't seem to interfere with the genoa at all, but there is some risk of a
sheet getting caught on it. I trust my own lashings to hold it down, but it
takes time to get them off and on. It also holds the anchor higher then I'd
like.

  The rode is in the anchor locker requiring the deckplate to be unscrewed
and the rode passed up from below. I plan to epoxy in a hook somewhere so
that the  end of the rode can be accessed from the deck only. However, this
still requires carrying a tool forward, and finding a place to put the
deckplate while it's off.

  My requirements are :
     safety - not carrying a heavy pointy object any farther then neccesary
on the deck.
     ease and speed of use - get the hook down fast when you need it.
     security - keep that heavy pointy object from jumping around

Anyone like to tell me their system and why it works?


Thanks,

Mike
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