To tell you the truth, it is the same sicko that looks all day at the boat chat hoping there is a new post. Then looks at you anchor and tries to figure our a storage place on their boat for it. So, safe travels, keep the post coming. Lol
C22 anchor roller, am I crazy?
- Thread starter Gene Neill
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That's looking more like it.Here's a cardboard mockup of how it will hopefully look:
I worry about the loads on the end of it while laying at anchor, due to the increased length. That said, running it down into the anchor locker would help a lot.
I was wondering about building it something like the bowsprit on Judy's Catalina 27:
Her new bowsprit
Original bowsprit
What I mean is... have it braced down to the bow eye and mount it to the top and sides of the bow. Easier to custom build too. Even could have some nice teak included.
Hey! I resemble that remark!
Oooo. Nice anchor. Crum. Now I gotta go look at my boat. I feel feverish.
I'm starting to like this idea more and more... just forget the anchor roller all together and launch from the cockpit, just walk the remaining coil of line rode up to the bow after you've deployed the chain rode and scope of line scope you require.
Here is an interesting question... If you cleat off the rode to the stern and keep the stern facing windward, and you have roller furling, could you roll out a small triangle of headsail to act as a staysail? I think it sounds good in principal but in practice having the stern to windward just isn't very hydrodynamic, and a small triangle of headsail probably wont behave well as a staysail; the hull just probably wouldn't swing well in that fashion, just my guess.
Option 2; Like I said above, launch from cockpit and walk the coil of rode up the bow and cleat off. Make a small staysail from sunbrella or another durable but inexpensive fabric (with good UV performance). I think anyone with beginner sewing experience can make a small staysail with just a few standard sail slugs and it would be loose footed. It should be able to attach to the mast and boom without removing the Main and having it stowed under its boom cover.
Thoughts?
Here is an interesting question... If you cleat off the rode to the stern and keep the stern facing windward, and you have roller furling, could you roll out a small triangle of headsail to act as a staysail? I think it sounds good in principal but in practice having the stern to windward just isn't very hydrodynamic, and a small triangle of headsail probably wont behave well as a staysail; the hull just probably wouldn't swing well in that fashion, just my guess.
Option 2; Like I said above, launch from cockpit and walk the coil of rode up the bow and cleat off. Make a small staysail from sunbrella or another durable but inexpensive fabric (with good UV performance). I think anyone with beginner sewing experience can make a small staysail with just a few standard sail slugs and it would be loose footed. It should be able to attach to the mast and boom without removing the Main and having it stowed under its boom cover.
Thoughts?
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Even with this technique you will still probably want to set up something to make the chain stand off a bit from your rub rail and/or add some kind of protection so that the chain doesn't gouge anything. If you have to heave hard on the line it will not be easy to do that and hold it away from the hull at the same time.
I'm planning on having a single arm davit to haul up and stow the dinghy motor, maybe I could work something out with that. Beyond that, If I'm going to make a custom roller I could make a stern mount version. Since I don't have an anchor locker up forward it is more convenient to launch/recover/stow from the stern in any case.
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That's exactly why I like rollers. Easier to just pull than try pull straight up while trying to keep it away from the hull.
Mate. Off the original topic but... I may be a transplant in the US but RUM is still the choice of honourable sailors (and probably dishonourable ones too !!) Downunder. Not the nasty 'spiced' or plantation stuff but deep, dark, molasses based nectar. Goslings, Captain Morgan (the good one) et. al. Heck, our very large yacht club was sponsored by a rum company !! Rum races every Friday afternoon. 3 litre bottle up for grabs !!
Still, any libation is probably fine. If Whiskey or Whisky is on the table, i prefer a single malt from the northern Isles of bonnie Scotland.
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Cheers !!
Milton
now that's funny when i went down i asked what kind to bring from the duty free store and they all said Jim Bean ...but one did ask for rum....really loved it down there...fairdinkum mate
No worries mate. Were you out in the Western Suburbs ? Bourbon's popular out there. Used to drink the stuff myself in earlier years (and i was from the Eastern suburbs !!). Learned quick and switch to rum. I'm pretty sure the membership aopplication to the Yacht Club was "(a) "Do you drink Rum ?" (b) "If answer to (a) is yes, how much ?" (c) "if answer to (b) is 'a lot' then membership approved". (d) oh, by the way, do you sail or own a boat ? :naughty:
i was in the southern area around Melbourne for about a month on holiday all the way from Phillip island to mates rest and north about 130 k from Melbourne got to celebrate Aussie day ...oh i i never had a bad cuppa the whole time i was there ...you are right about the application based on what i learned about people down there ...Kia Ora mate
Me too. It will have six bolts in a pattern about 2.5" x 7", reinforced with epoxy-bedded 1/4" G10 backing plates. But I don't know if that's enough. Or if there's a such thing as "enough". The roller itself will be 10" forward of the two forwardmost bolts.
My thought is, if there's any doubt, I'll just cleat the rode to a bow cleat and take the strain off the roller entirely.
WOW. Get help, man. There are meds that might help you!!
Don't worry mate, Jim Beam never sails with me. This is what I keep on board. It's Haitian; will it do?
For reasons of convenience and safety a cockpit anchor can’t be beat. Getting an anchor in the water quickly can prevent a lot of problems. I carry two anchors, a medium size danforth in the starboard cockpit locker with chain and rode. Deploy and retrieval is easy and quick standing in the locker letting anchor go over the stern. The second anchor is a larger danfort hung on the pulpit, seldom used but available. I plan on changing the bow anchor for a plow or new type ASAP. The one Gene has is a beauty and worth the effort installing a roller to fit. In a heavy blow you’ll want to have two out in a V anyway.
James
ps. sick? very.
James
ps. sick? very.
My cain stays in the cockpit. I only have about 30 feet of it. More and it's too heavy. However, I run the line up to the bow before I leave the slip, cleated at both ends.
yes i did but they would not let us shoot pics even with out a flash .....would have loved to do that as i had a 300 mm lens in the bag ready to go i was amazed at the little buggers grouping up in there little mobs on the beach
but here is one of my favs
