[Rhodes22-list] anchoring

[Mary Lou Troy]

You've discovered my biggest pet peeve about the R22 - lack of a 
workable scheme for anchor storage. There are lots of ideas in the 
archives. Here's what we do.

We keep the rode, chain and anchor in a mesh bag in the lazarette. 
The mesh bag is made for rode storage and has handles for carrying 
and a grommet for you to thread the bitter end through. 
(http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detail.htm?fno=400&group=776  I think 
West has them too) The rode is very carefully flaked back in the bag 
after each use so it is ready to go. Because we usually anchor in 
shallow water, we have bundled the rode in 50 ft increments with 
velcro ties - the first 50 or 70 ft are flaked loosely, the rest 
bundled. We also have the rode marked with vinyl markers available 
from various marine supply stores so we know how much we have out.

We always sail double handed so its easy for one of us to walk the 
bag forward, secure the bitter end to the bow cleat and deploy the 
anchor. We leave the bag on the foredeck while anchored and retrieve 
the line back into the bag and walk it back when we are done.

Single handed we would probably cleat to a stern cleat, deploy the 
anchor from the stern and then walk the rode forward to cleat from 
the stern after the anchor was secure. In that case, we'd probably 
leave the bitter end secured from the stern cleat, the mesh bag in 
the cockpit and just walk a length of rode forward to secure from the bow.

We've put a Nicro solar fan vent in the opening to the anchor rode 
tray and leave the rode tray home.

Best,
Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD

At 05:53 PM 9/14/2008, you wrote:
>How do you guys anchor?
>
>The forepeak (tiny bow storage area) is an  impractical way to store
>rode and the opening is to small for my big hands to get in there.
>
>I've resorted to storing the rode below the cockpit benches, in a
>Rubbermaid container, and walking it forward and attaching it to the
>Danforth anchor handing from the bow pulpit when I need to.
>
>Where do you cleat it? The central bow cleat?
>
>I'm hoping someone has a better suggestion.
>
>Paul K
>"Clarity"
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