[Rhodes22-list] Revisiting Deploying Anchor from Cockpit

[ROGER PIHLAJA]

George,

Forgive me; but, your anchor deployment system doesn’t look very sea worthy.  Your anchor chain is just draped over the bracket and not secured to anything.  You have extra lines up on the bow that are just begging to snag on a wayward sheet or flogging sail.  You must not sail very much in big waves because the amount of pounding at the bow &/or green water over the bow will be more than enough to dislodge something.  This will either result in premature anchor deployment, the anchor chain chewing up the top sides, or failure to deploy when desired.  The Rhodes 22 is a very sea worthy little boat.  It’s fun to sail when the small craft warnings go up.   It’s a shame you have compromised that aspect.

Roger Pihlaja
S/V Dynamic Equilibrium

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> On Feb 9, 2021, at 1:55 PM, Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> George,
> 
> The anchor you pictured is a Danford design.
> 
> [image: image.png]
> 
> You may be confusing the shank with the stock.  The standard mounting is to
> hang the anchor by the stock from brackets on each side that are attached
> to the bow pulpit rail.  One of the brackets locks and the shank is
> shackled to the bow.  That's a 3 point attachment preventing any movement
> heading into waves breaking over the bow.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rick Lange
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 12:55 PM Gmorganflier <gmorgan.flier at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Rick,
>> 
>> I’m still fairly new to sailing and I’m not sure what you mean by standard
>> mounting. My boat came with anchor brackets with no way of securing...just
>> a
>> hole on one side and a slot on the other side for the anchor shanks.
>> 
>> The new brackets I ordered do have a latch which secures the shank. My
>> setup
>> releases the latch and then pulls the anchor shank out to freefall.
>> 
>> 
>> George
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --
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>> 
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