[Rhodes22-list] Anchoring

[Mitch Mitchell]

Thanks Peter, I'll check it out!

On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 10:07 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
wrote:

> Mitch,
>
> Theres a thread back in April of 2013 about mounting bow chocks that may
> have some useful info.  You can start here:
> http://www.rhodes22.org/email-archives.html
>
> If you mount the chocks to the toe rail, which I think would be the way to
> go, there would be no way to use a backing plate.  But the toe rail is
> solid fiberglass, so there's no worry about water seeping in to damage a
> wooden core.
>
> At least I'm pretty sure that's true.  I'm mostly posting this to
> encourage others to offer opinions  on mounting options.
>
> --Peter
>
> > On 2023-10-26, at 21:30:54 EDT, Mitch Mitchell wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for all of the Info and viewpoints! Looks like I'm going to have
> to
> > install some chocks and then try some different anchoring techniques.
> I'll look
> > through the archives and see if anyone has posted about installing
> chocks. I
> > guess they will need some sort of backing plate. If anyone knows the
> size and
> > could let me know that would be great. Thanks again! By the way, [image:
> > DSC_7762.jpg]
> > had a beautiful sail on Assawoman Bay today!
> >
> >
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