[Rhodes22-list] Anchor Storage While Trailering

[Jesse Shumaker]

Good to know.  Based on your project videos, I know you normally take the
belt and suspenders approach of applying redundancy for safety and
reliability.  I'll keep that in mind for my fall projects.

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 8:25 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com> wrote:

> Jesse,
>
> All three anchors stay in their ‘underway’ storage locations while the
> boat is being trailered.  All are redundantly pinned and tied to the boat.
> They are probably about least likely items to fall off and become hazards
> on the highway, even in the event of an accident.  Finding alternative
> places to safely store them would be challenging, to say the least.
>
> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>
> > On Sep 9, 2020, at 7:54 PM, Jesse Shumaker <
> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Alex, thanks for sharing the project documentation.  Nice job with the
> > anchor mount in the lazarette.  This fall, I was thinking about making a
> > mount for my Fortress anchor so it would rest sideways in chocks inside
> > against the front side of the lazarette.  I would need to add a backing
> > board to do that.  My anchor tends to find its way to the bottom of the
> > lazarette with stuff piled on top so I was thinking about mounting in a
> > place where it wasn't likely to be blocked and I could get to it easily.
> >
> > This brings up another question to Peter regarding his many anchors :)
> > Peter, do you trail your boat with the anchors left mounted on the bow
> > roller as well as the danforth anchor mounted on the stern rail?  Or do
> you
> > stow those for towing?  I'm afraid of the anchors becoming deadly flying
> > objects in the case of an accident, but stowing them so they don't bang
> > around in the lazarette is another consideration.  As part of my fall
> > projects, I'm also thinking about making chocks on the floor of the
> > lazarette for my other anchor to secure it for travel purposes (this is
> the
> > Mantus M2 that will rest on a bow roller for normal sailing once I get
> that
> > installed).  Just curious about your approach for anchor storage while
> > towing...
> >
> > Jesse Shumaker
> > S/V Zephyr
> >
>
>