[Rhodes22-list] Revisiting Deploying Anchor from Cockpit

[Gmorganflier]

I’ve posted before about a setup for deploying and retrieving an anchor from
the cockpit. My interest in doing this was because there have been a couple
of situations where my motor died or wouldn’t start and I really quickly
needed to deploy my anchor to keep from drifting into shore or into other
boats.

I’ve been using a setup with my anchor hanging from my stern pulpit with
rode and retrieval lines running to the bow. 

I like what the guy in the below video has done. I’ll be moving my anchor
back to the bow pulpit. Now I will just need one thin line from the cockpit
running along the side of the cabin to the anchor release to deploy my
anchor. When I’m ready to pull in my anchor I’ll take a retrieval line out
of storage, attach it to my rode below the bow eye, return to the cockpit
and pull the anchor in. I’m fortunate in not needing a long anchor rode...my
lake is only about 12’ deep at its deepest. 

I just ordered the type anchor hanger shown in the video from
Defender....about $60 with shipping. I’ll report back on how it works for
me. 

George Morgan
SV Knotty Lady 1986

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WV7f8ko4BaE
<https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WV7f8ko4BaE>  



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