Good day, what are other Hunter 49/50 owners doing for their anchor snubber/bridle setup? With the bow cleats being fairly far back I’ve found that the snubber line runs on the fiberglass of the bow more than I’d like as the boat swings at anchor. I’m thinking of running the lines forward to the stainless by the anchor roller and then having them go through a chock there and down to the anchor chain but wanted to see what others may be doing for their snubbers/bridles and how you keep the lines off the bow when swinging. Thanks.
H49/H50 Anchor Snubber/Bridle Setup
- Thread starter Nate
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My boating buddy used a hot dipped galvanized chain hook like this for years: McMaster-Carr He had a piece of three strand nylon rope secured to the hook and tied off to a cleat to create a bit of chain slack to allow some give. No need to have the rope long enough to secure to both sides of the boat.
I have a bridle for anchoring. Two lengths of nylon three braided line attach to an anchor chain hook. I attach the hook to the chain. Let the chain out till slack and draw the two lengths of rode back to the cleats (port and starboard) on the bow. The bridle takes the strain of the anchor. It helps to mitigate the boat’s movements but not stop them. Reduces the anchor strain on the windlass.
Your plan to use your chocks is sound.
Your plan to use your chocks is sound.
@tkwhalen if you happen to have photos would you mind sending them through to me? We have cleats but no chocks on the bow.
I also tried attaching the snubber though the bow chalks but couldn’t prevent the snubber from chafing on the bow. I tried running the snubber through the secondary anchor roller but it would chafe on the main one so I run my snubber through the main anchor roller along with the chain. The chain on the roller is loose when snubber takes up the slack so doesn’t interfere with the snubber. We spend 5 months at anchor during the winter and this has worked fine.
@tkwhalen Thanks so much for the photos. We were thinking of doing the sams and this is helpful to see how yours is done.