Anchor Locker Drainage O'Day 22
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Mine does. Or rather, when I put the tongue of the trailor on the ground, it's the other way around! Actually my boat takes on a lot of water and I can't figure out why. It doesn't look possible from the centerboard tube due to the molded nature of it but I dunno. My next guess is the sink drain but I wiggled it and it seems solid to me. Let me know if you have any insights.
If your 22 has an anchor locker, it was installed by a previous owner? The 23 (1977-85 models), the 25 (1979-83 models) and the 26 and over models had anchor lockers molded into the foredeck, these drained overboard through a drain in the bow, however....the drain hole was known to leak after the wood block that it ran through rotted out.
The 22 never had an anchor locker that I know of, but I could be wrong? Anyway, it should drain overboard, not into the bilge....EEWW!!
The 22 never had an anchor locker that I know of, but I could be wrong? Anyway, it should drain overboard, not into the bilge....EEWW!!
I guess locker is maybe a bad description, there is a storage area at the bow end of the v-berth that the rode / rope are in, when you weight anchor and push the line down through the deck opening the water from the line needs to go some where. Being as low as it is I thought it would drain to the bilge but I want to be sure.
Sorry, I cannot say where the water is coming from on your boat, I never seem to have water in my bilge except after winter storage or a good long rain.
Anchor lockers are great on a boat if you can access them from outside on top of the bow. I've seen some O'Day 25s that had anchor lockers with a lid that you can open while standing at the bow. I like the idea of being able keep the anchor line in a locker such as these or even the anchor, for that fact. I've also seen anchor lockers where the anchor line has to exit through a small round deck fitting and I've never been too keen on this type of set up because the chances are always great that the anchor line will kink up inside the bow and prevent you from getting your anchor down in an emergency. Years ago when I was starting out, I used to coil up my anchor line all nice and neat and stow it on deck only to have it get all kinked up with tangles every time I needed to drop my anchor. There are times when you need to get your anchor down in a hurry and having to deal with kinks and tangles makes the job all that much harder. Finally, I just started dropping the anchor line in the center of the bow as I pulled the anchor up. The anchor line didn't look too great sitting on the bow, but it never got kinked and tangled when I dropped my hook. I added an anchor roller on my bow, plus a Herreshoff cleat to snub the anchor line off. Then I took an ordinary milk crate and cut it down a little, and spliced some rope handles on it. This is what I'm using now. It's tied off to my bow pulpit so that it won't go over the side. Years ago I bought two marine snatch blocks used, at a marine consignment store in Newport RI. I use these snatch block occasionally when I get into a predicament where my boat is anchored for the night and the wind shifts into a new direction in the morning putting the stern a little too close to an island or an object that I don't want her to hit when I pull my anchor up. This happened to me the other day out in the bay. The wind was blowing hard out of the North and my stern was about 100' from a small island. I needed to be able to pull my anchor up and do it from the cockpit with my outboard running so that I wouldn't lose ground in the strong wind that was blowing. So I brought my anchor crate to the cockpit, mounted the snatch blocks to my Starboard lifeline bases and ran the anchor line through them. I was able to pull my anchor up from the cockpit while manning my outboard, and my boat never lost ground and drifted back into danger. If you usually sail with another person, this might not seem to be much of a task, but it's kind of tough when you sail alone. It's also hard to teach a dog how to run an outboard motor.
So unless you have a real nice built in anchor locker that can be accessed from outside on the bow, you may want to think about making some changes for easier access of your anchor and line.Joe
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Hi Joe, how are you??
Been great sailing this year after all the rain stopped!!
Anchors away...I tend not to anchor because it is such a pain in the rear. But when I do it is a chore. I keep the line and the anchor in the cockpit and have to pull it out drag it to the bow and then drop it...as Joe mentions, it is not a great system in an emergency and I'll have to rectify it.
Now, I have a cowl vent right up at the bow, one of those rubber ones and I find it to be more a water inlet than anything, It lets rain in all the time so I end up plugging it with a plumber's test plug. So, a guy at my marina tells me that this is actually a anchor line storage port that someone converted to a vent. It does make sense as it is right over the bow stroage area that was mentioned in the first post. I would love it if I could get double duty out of this. Get some kind of mushroom vent that the anchor line could run uner and into the storage area below. I have noticed that someone plugged up a hole in the bow at some point and I'm not sure if this was for a bow cleat to attach the trailer line to or if it was a drain for the line locker below. Maybe that will be this off season's task.
If anyone has any insigh I'd love to hear it. Mine is a 77 O'day 22
Hi Joe, how are you??
Been great sailing this year after all the rain stopped!!
Anchors away...I tend not to anchor because it is such a pain in the rear. But when I do it is a chore. I keep the line and the anchor in the cockpit and have to pull it out drag it to the bow and then drop it...as Joe mentions, it is not a great system in an emergency and I'll have to rectify it.
Now, I have a cowl vent right up at the bow, one of those rubber ones and I find it to be more a water inlet than anything, It lets rain in all the time so I end up plugging it with a plumber's test plug. So, a guy at my marina tells me that this is actually a anchor line storage port that someone converted to a vent. It does make sense as it is right over the bow stroage area that was mentioned in the first post. I would love it if I could get double duty out of this. Get some kind of mushroom vent that the anchor line could run uner and into the storage area below. I have noticed that someone plugged up a hole in the bow at some point and I'm not sure if this was for a bow cleat to attach the trailer line to or if it was a drain for the line locker below. Maybe that will be this off season's task.
If anyone has any insigh I'd love to hear it. Mine is a 77 O'day 22
Danny,
I'm doing great! I've been getting out to the bay for the past couple of weeks, and the drawbridge is still a big PIA. I'm not too keen on feeding the anchor line through a hole in the bow. Perhaps you can install an anchor holder on your bow pulpit, and use something like a cut down milk crate or something that can be made, to hold the anchor line. Myself, I love my anchor roller. It's so fast and easy to drop or pull the anchor up with. If you just let the anchor rope drop into the crate, it always runs free the next time you need to drop the anchor. I have a BRM-2 stainless steel Bruce Anchor Roller/Mount that I bought at Worst Marine, years ago and I'm using a Fortress Aluminum Danforth Anchor that my friend Walter gave me that came off his 24' Chris Craft. You need to streamline the connections on the chain and line so that it goes over the roller without getting caught. I also use a swivel between the nylon braid line and the chain. I enjoy anchoring under sail. I just pull right up into the wind at a place where I want to anchor, and let the Main luff while I unhook the anchor chain and lower the hook. It's just that easy. When it comes time to leave, I raise the Main and pull the anchor up and sail off. To me, hanging out on the hook with my tarp over the boom at my favorite cove on a hot day is more fun than sailing around the bay with the sun beating down on you constantly. We hop into the kayak and paddle over to the island for some swimming and beach combing. It's good to hear from you Danny and maybe I'll run into you at the Spar Is. or Church Cove some day.
Smooth Sailing!
Joe
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