[Rhodes22-list] using anchor need ideas easy use

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi David,
What is your set-up now? Many Rhodes owners have the anchor on the 
bow but I agree with you that rode storage is not the best.

You'll find a number of different approaches in this group based on 
how people sail and where they anchor. We always have kept the rode, 
chain and anchor connected and ready to go. When we first got the 
boat and had the anchor on the bow we kept the rode in the storage 
tray and led it out through the open cowl vent to be cleated on the 
center cleat. I didn't like the wet rode so near the v-berth (even 
though we use the v-berth for storage not sleeping). Then we tried 
bundling the rode with bungees and hanging it from the bow pulpit but 
that was sloppy and hard to keep usable.

We've gone to storing the anchor and rode in the lazarette (in a bag 
designed for purpose available at WM). It's not ideal but we always 
sail double handed so one can remain at the tiller and the other can 
walk the bag containing anchor and rode to the bow, cleat off the 
rode (the bitter end comes out of the bag through a grommet) and 
deploy the anchor. Because I am the primary anchor handler we are 
limited to what I can comfortably carry forward. A year or so ago we 
went from a Danforth to a larger Fortress anchor and reduced the 
amount of chain because it reduced the overall weight I have to 
carry. So far it's worked well in the Chesapeake mud including a 
hairy night where the winds switched direction completely and we had 
good sized waves in an anchorage. In a pinch we can deploy this 
anchor from the cockpit, cleat it off there and then walk it to the 
bow later. If we are in a dicey situation where the anchor might be 
needed quickly we get it out of the lazarette and keep it on the 
cockpit floor sooner rather than later.

Ideal would be a dedicated self-draining anchor locker  or even a 
self-draining rode locker isolated from the v-berth but I've never 
seen one on a Rhodes 22.

Best,
Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD


At 01:25 PM 9/20/2007, you wrote:
>Hi, I'm a recent owner of a 1996 Rhodes 22, sailing in Gardiner's Bay,
>LI, NY. I have never used the anchor because it is so much trouble to
>deploy and store, but would like to for safety and fun.  Is the center
>cleat the only way to secure the rode?  Do you have to connect the
>anchor to the chain every time you go sailing.  The storage place under
>the foredeck has a cover that has to be pried up each time - a real
>pain.  Stan said there were many solutions to ready anchor use. I'd
>appreciate learning more.
>
>Many thanks,
>
>David
>
>David J. Disick
>
>djd at corcoran.com
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