Anchor hits furler........help

[dunedin]

I bought a secondhand genoa a couple of years ago and it was about 6" too long in the luff - I bought it from a sail loft and he altered the head by the required amount. Still sets fine.

On a typical trip we may spend 1 or 2 minutes a day moving the anchor past the furler - but 8 or 10 hours using the genoa. Each to our own but I would prefer to keep the optimum sail set, and lower centre of effort, by keeping the furler low

 

[KellysEye]

Our anchor used to that so I just pulled it carefully over the bow by hand, easy.

 

[alahol2]

I don't have this particular problem but, in order to prevent the anchor hitting the bow when raising, I added an extra couple of inches to the front of the bow roller. Would this be an option for you?

 

[Tormod]

I don't have this particular problem but, in order to prevent the anchor hitting the bow when raising, I added an extra couple of inches to the front of the bow roller. Would this be an option for you?

This is actually Plan B for me, but as it is now, once the Rocna is 'home' she sits well on the existing bow roller set up. It would be an expensive modification to extend, maintaining the same standard of stainless steel and still look as if it is 'as built'. On the previous subject of 'hand-balling' the anchor each time I need to drop / recover, I thought I could live with it with the smaller anchor but now with 25kg of steel hanging a metre outboard, it would only be a matter of time before my aeging back would give in!! I think the modification on the furler is the best way forward.

 

[Andrew G]

It is a common problem. On my 34' boat there is about 300mm between the toe rails at the centre of the furler drum. I have a 300mm length of stiff PVC pipe (ex WC water inlet), several stands of line pass through the pipe and are tied to the toe rails with just enough tension to keep it all from hitting the drum. I have to manually load the anchor (16kg) on the bow roller prior to releasing, and stop the retrieve so I can then stand on the anchor/chain to dip it fully under the PVC pipe and into the stowed position. Has protected the furler for 5+ years with no wear. Andrew