Mark42
Fleet Admiral
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Need to figure out a good anchor system for my boat.
I bought some hardware last fall during the sales. Ended up with a nice 15" Windline anchor roller, A pair of red/green bow lights by Attwood, (in case the center mounted bow light has to go) and some mahogany to make a bow pulpit from.
Not sure exactly what will fit my needs, but I am still working out what option I have.
Right now the boat (16' cuddy) has a hard top, and large egress size window to gain access to the bow. The bow rail is a little low (about 20" at its highest point out front), and being only 16' long does not leave a lot of flat standing area in the front.
I want to have the anchor mounted out on the bow somehow. Carrying an anchor and line while climbing through the windshield is getting rather old very fast.
So it would be great if the anchor had a nice permanent mount that held it firmly in place while cruising, and also allowed for quick disconnect to drop anchor in a hurry. And it should be easy enough for my 11 year old daughter to operate while I fight the tide, waves and winds on a rough day from the helm.
This is what I have.
The pic below will NOT work, because the anchor I use to hold the bow facing away from shore is heavy and long (about 26 inches). This mount allows the rod part of a fluke anchor to strike the bow deck at about a 60* angle. Not nice. It would be much better to be flush against a bow rail vertical support.
So I'm kind of forced into using an anchor pulpit.
I was watching super-8 movies of my Grandfather and his boats, and all his boats are at least twice the length of mine. But I could see that he had the anchors strapped down on vast acreage of the deck space using all stainless hardware. Most had a windless. So that didn't help with my plans any.
Now I'm not sure how to make it all come together.
Suggestions welcome.....
Mark
I bought some hardware last fall during the sales. Ended up with a nice 15" Windline anchor roller, A pair of red/green bow lights by Attwood, (in case the center mounted bow light has to go) and some mahogany to make a bow pulpit from.
Not sure exactly what will fit my needs, but I am still working out what option I have.
Right now the boat (16' cuddy) has a hard top, and large egress size window to gain access to the bow. The bow rail is a little low (about 20" at its highest point out front), and being only 16' long does not leave a lot of flat standing area in the front.
I want to have the anchor mounted out on the bow somehow. Carrying an anchor and line while climbing through the windshield is getting rather old very fast.
So it would be great if the anchor had a nice permanent mount that held it firmly in place while cruising, and also allowed for quick disconnect to drop anchor in a hurry. And it should be easy enough for my 11 year old daughter to operate while I fight the tide, waves and winds on a rough day from the helm.
This is what I have.
The pic below will NOT work, because the anchor I use to hold the bow facing away from shore is heavy and long (about 26 inches). This mount allows the rod part of a fluke anchor to strike the bow deck at about a 60* angle. Not nice. It would be much better to be flush against a bow rail vertical support.
So I'm kind of forced into using an anchor pulpit.
I was watching super-8 movies of my Grandfather and his boats, and all his boats are at least twice the length of mine. But I could see that he had the anchors strapped down on vast acreage of the deck space using all stainless hardware. Most had a windless. So that didn't help with my plans any.
Now I'm not sure how to make it all come together.
Suggestions welcome.....
Mark
