Hello all: I had a request from some of the members for photos of my
anchor roller setup. I also posted photos of one of my new bronze
seacocks and the mast beam support that I added. These are in the
album titled "Anchor RollerSeacockMast Support" in the Photos section
of the Yahoo Groups page. Just FYI, we are just about out of space
so if any of you want to delete old photos, that would help. I'll
leave these on for a month or so.
1. Anchor Roller - This is a Simpson-Lawrence BR22L from Defender (I
think the brand name has changed, but they carry this still). It
holds the Bruce and Delta anchors - 16 lb shown. I put a Fast Pin
through the anchor shackle to hold it in place. The port and
starboard chocks have been moved aft to accomodate this, and I'll
probably move the cleat as well for a better lead. There is an oak
transverse beam (not shown) added under deck to reinforce the aft end
of the roller mount and a teak block to level things out. Might hold
up to a hurricane, if we had such in the NW!
2. Seacock - This shows a 3/4 inch bronze one installed in the bilge
for cooling water and sink seawater. A check valve between the sink
and line prevents backflow and air intake from the sink to the
engine. Works great and I was able to plug the intake in the engine
compartment. These are Conbraco "Apollo" full flange seacocks with
bronze thruhulls.
3. Mast support - The beam in the forward cabin was made from 8/4
sapele (same wood as the ply veneer in the cabins). This was scribed
to fit and through bolted to the fiberglass flange under the mast.
Vertical supports are show in the photos - these are 5/4 mahogany
screwed and glued to the bulkhead and original vertical supports.
You lose an inch or so of room to back onto the head - really wide
passengers get handed a bucket. The bulkhead was doubled up on the
lower portions. The photo also shows the back side of my stove
alcove - was a Ratelco Cole Stove (solid fuel) but changed to a Force
10 kerosene/diesel. I used the same alcove which gives lots of room
in the main cabin. Nice to have a 1 inch vent instead of the 4 inch
pipe of the solid fuel heater.
Hope this is helpful to someone. I'm sure someone will notice that
my port lifelines are missing (having new ones made!) and that my
turnbuckles aren't cottered (procrastination). Bill Bach V1071
anchor roller setup. I also posted photos of one of my new bronze
seacocks and the mast beam support that I added. These are in the
album titled "Anchor RollerSeacockMast Support" in the Photos section
of the Yahoo Groups page. Just FYI, we are just about out of space
so if any of you want to delete old photos, that would help. I'll
leave these on for a month or so.
1. Anchor Roller - This is a Simpson-Lawrence BR22L from Defender (I
think the brand name has changed, but they carry this still). It
holds the Bruce and Delta anchors - 16 lb shown. I put a Fast Pin
through the anchor shackle to hold it in place. The port and
starboard chocks have been moved aft to accomodate this, and I'll
probably move the cleat as well for a better lead. There is an oak
transverse beam (not shown) added under deck to reinforce the aft end
of the roller mount and a teak block to level things out. Might hold
up to a hurricane, if we had such in the NW!
2. Seacock - This shows a 3/4 inch bronze one installed in the bilge
for cooling water and sink seawater. A check valve between the sink
and line prevents backflow and air intake from the sink to the
engine. Works great and I was able to plug the intake in the engine
compartment. These are Conbraco "Apollo" full flange seacocks with
bronze thruhulls.
3. Mast support - The beam in the forward cabin was made from 8/4
sapele (same wood as the ply veneer in the cabins). This was scribed
to fit and through bolted to the fiberglass flange under the mast.
Vertical supports are show in the photos - these are 5/4 mahogany
screwed and glued to the bulkhead and original vertical supports.
You lose an inch or so of room to back onto the head - really wide
passengers get handed a bucket. The bulkhead was doubled up on the
lower portions. The photo also shows the back side of my stove
alcove - was a Ratelco Cole Stove (solid fuel) but changed to a Force
10 kerosene/diesel. I used the same alcove which gives lots of room
in the main cabin. Nice to have a 1 inch vent instead of the 4 inch
pipe of the solid fuel heater.
Hope this is helpful to someone. I'm sure someone will notice that
my port lifelines are missing (having new ones made!) and that my
turnbuckles aren't cottered (procrastination). Bill Bach V1071