Has anyone come up with a way to store an anchor and rode on the O'Day 27? I can hang the anchor from the pulpit; but, I'm looking for a way store the rode. Any suggestions?
Bill
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Anchor Rode Locker
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You could maybe install an anchor roller and have your anchor hang on that and then feed the anchor line down through a deck pipe to the area in the pointy end of your bow in front of the forward V-Berth.
Thanks for the idea; but, the O'Day 27 doesn't have room for an anchor roller on the bow. I'd also like the rode to go into a locker of some sort so I can drain any water out through one of the existing thru-hulls.
won't the chain area ahead of the v berth drain to the bilge? There may be a bulk head portion that blocks drainage 'as built' but you could probably mod that.
I'll check that. Not certain the area forward of the V-berth bulkhead drains to the bilge. In any case, if the bow is buried during heavy weather that will require a lot pumping from the bilge. I'd prefer to have the water drain through the thru-hull.
Bill
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Years ago when I bought my boat, I used to hang my anchor on a bracket attached to the bow pulpit and every time I used my anchor, I'd do it up so that it looked all nice and ship shape on my bow.
When I went to drop the anchor, the line would get all tangled up and I had to try to straighten it out in order to get my anchor line out. Dumb, or what? I really didn't know any better at the time.
I finally smartened up and realized what a waste of time and energy that was. Not only that but I thought to myself, "what if I needed to get that anchor down and holding in a hurry?"
Later on I just started piling my anchor rode in the center of my forward deck as I took the line up. A Little better, and the line runs right out over the bow with no snags. Fortunately the line stayed put on the deck but it could have gone over the side I guess.
The only other thing I hated was having to lift the anchor off the pulpit and drop it down without throwing my back out.
Answer: A bow roller for my anchor! :dance: How about the anchor rode though? I need to contain my rode. I wish I had an anchor locker but I don't. Consequently I found an old milk crate and I cut it down to about 5" high, spliced a couple of three strand rope handles to it and bolted two Teak runners to the bottom of the crate, and Voilà!
I have the crate tied off to the bottom of the pulpit rail and the bitter end of my anchor is also tied to the rail.
As far as anchoring goes, it's a great set up on my boat for getting the anchor out and up quick and easy. The crate can get in the way when I'm kneeling down tying off my mooring line. Maybe an anchor bag of some kind would be a little easier on the knees.
I'm using a Fortress FX-11 Aluminum anchor and I love it.
When I installed the anchor roller, I also installed a Herreshoff cleat directly in line with the roller to cleat off the line.
For me, because I sail single handed, the advantage of having a container for my anchor line is that I can grab the crate and walk it back to the cockpit to be able to pull my anchor up while manning my outboard without losing ground. This doesn't happen that often, but there have been times when the wind changed at night while I was anchored in an area that was tight in getting out of after the tide went down. Losing ground could cause my boat to ground out and get damaged.
My anchor roller is mounted on an angle to Port and I use two snatch blocks to attach to the bases of the lifeline stanchions on the Starboard side of my boat to insert the anchor line.
This set up has work out great for me in the few times that I need it.
In short, I recommend an anchor roller and something that you can use to contain the rode. Fortunately, I installed my anchor roller before I bought my CDI Roller Furler. After I bought my roller furler and installed it, I realized that I needed some ground tackle working room under my furler drum so I added a 5" tang to my bow stem chain plate to raise the drum. This worked out great for me. I had to have my Gennie converted over anyway so the guy re-cut my Gennie while he was at it. The foot of my sail is a little up swept which gives me better visibility and it's worth the sacrifice of a little speed.
So between the bow roller and the furler, what a difference it makes on my boat in anchoring under sail.
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Bill,
I would make room on the bow for the anchor roller. Believe me. It's worth the effort.
Joe
You won't be sorry Bill.
I really didn't have the room on my bow either when I first looked at it but I went out and bought it anyway thinking that if I couldn't mount it, I'd just bring it back.
Fortunately I was able to get it to fit kitty cornered between the bow stem chainplate and the bow pulpit flange on the deck.
My BR-5 Bruce Anchor Roller doesn't have a bale to contain the line on the roller and I'm thinking that this can be advantagious on my boat at times when pulling the anchor up. If the boat moves ahead beyond the anchor while I'm pulling on the line, the pull can become too acute and cause it to bind up a little at the front of the roller. It's sometimes easier to pull against the vertical pipes of my pulpit and then drop the line back on the roller when the line straightens out.
The chain to line connections on the anchor line needs to be a little more streamlined to ride through the track and over the roller.
I added a swivel to my chain because I feel it's needed. For connectors I used regular shackles. I tightened the shackles up as tight as I could get them and I peened the ends of the bolts and cut the ears off the other ends of them.
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Bill,
I sincerely hope they work for you. So far it's worked great on my boat. I drop and raise anchor under sail on my boat every chance I get and it's faster and easier than any way I've ever done it.
I have a hook attached to a short line from the bottom of the bow rail in which I attach to the anchor chain and it's so easy to trip it fast when the need arises.
When I put my boat up on the mooring at the end of the day, I lock my anchor chain tight to my Herreshoff cleat to make it hard for some pirate who may have designs on inheriting my Fortress Anchor.
I sincerely hope they work for you. So far it's worked great on my boat. I drop and raise anchor under sail on my boat every chance I get and it's faster and easier than any way I've ever done it.
I have a hook attached to a short line from the bottom of the bow rail in which I attach to the anchor chain and it's so easy to trip it fast when the need arises.
When I put my boat up on the mooring at the end of the day, I lock my anchor chain tight to my Herreshoff cleat to make it hard for some pirate who may have designs on inheriting my Fortress Anchor.
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