[Public-list] Anchor Handling

[Amy & David Swanson]

One way to keep the weight down (particularly if you are hanging the anchor
off the bow pulpit) is to use an aluminum anchor such as the Fortress (or
the Viking, if you are old enough to remember those).

David Swanson
Strayaway Child
Alberg 30 #229

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meinhold, Michael J" <MICHAEL.J.MEINHOLD at saic.com>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at alberg30.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:31 AM
Subject: [Public-list] Anchor Handling


> 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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