How can I fix my anchor to my deck

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Anchoring has been a chore as until now the anchor lived in a stern locker and had to be carried forward for use.

I want to stow the anchor on the deck so it's ready for use.

this gives an idea of how I would like it to be secured:

Anchor_on_deck.jpg


The question is how to secure it there?

I think I need 2 "clamps" of some sort that will hold the shank down securely.

I will also need a pad under where one of the points touches the deck. I have a possible candidate for that lying on the deck next to the anchor that can simply be bolted there to give it a pad to rest on.

Any ideas?

This can't be such an unusual thing to want to do so is a suitable "clamp" available off the shelf?
 
There are standard chocks available that fit CQR and Danforth types; I've not seen similar for a Bruce, but you should be able to make or adapt something fairly easily.

None of them secure the anchor with a rigid clamp; the usual technique is to lash it down with short lanyards attached to the chocks and this works perfectly well.

Pete
 
I've found this sort of thing http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WHITECAP-...at_Parts_Accessories_Gear&hash=item417993f5a0

but I can't see how that would work for mine.

At the crudest level a couple of these either side and lash it down http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pad-Eye-D...at_Parts_Accessories_Gear&hash=item4ae110e9c3

the trouble is I can visualise something that would do the job but haven't got a clue what it might be called to go searching for it.

Something with a short strap between 2 points, and an over centre clamp to pull the strap down tight.
 
My anchor is stowed on the bow roller with a securing pin through a hole in the shank. This is how your previous anchor was stowed as you also have a pin on the roller. Adjust the anchor so that it clears the stem then mark and drill the hole in the anchor shank. The deck may need protecting drom the aft end of the shank. This is done on my boat by a stainless plate fixed to the deck. The aft end of the shank can be prevented from lifting with a simple tie down to the deck.
 
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I have no idea what anchor the boat was originally set up for. When I got it, all it had was a grapnell, and i'm damn sure that didn't live on the bow roller.

That's an interesting idea, but I normally take the bow rope out through the bow roller when moored in the harbour.

I could use the starboard fairlead for that of course but with the line up the the harbour wall I'm not convinced it wouldn't pull out of the fairlead (it has a very wide gap)

EDIT:

I've just been and tried that configuration and am not happy with where the anchor sits, I really perfer a solution with nothing extending beyond the edge of the boat.

the sort of over centre strap I'm imagining is a bit like the thing that straps the jack into it's place in the boot of my car.
 
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ProDave said:
I've found this sort of thing http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WHITECAP-...at_Parts_Accessories_Gear&hash=item417993f5a0

but I can't see how that would work for mine.

At the crudest level a couple of these either side and lash it down http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pad-Eye-D...at_Parts_Accessories_Gear&hash=item4ae110e9c3

the trouble is I can visualise something that would do the job but haven't got a clue what it might be called to go searching for it.

Something with a short strap between 2 points, and an over centre clamp to pull the strap down tight.
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My plough sits on and is lashed to some white plastic blocks designed and bought specifically for it

The W. Berwick which I crewed simply had the anchor lying on the deck lashed to one of the pulpit legs. That was perfectly satisfactory for all the cross channel sailing we did in all weathers that we encountered.

Try it!

The one place we would not have stowed it was on the bow roller!
 
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No it's not essential that I keep the Bruce (but don't turn this into "which anchor")

Most of those anchors on the bow roller would not suit where i keep the boat, it really needs a totally inboard solution.

I thought the clamp I am looking for would be a standard item and it was just a case of finding what it's called so I could go looking for one.

I might have to end up drawing something up then getting a local fabricator to make one in stainless. I do know a fabricator and will in fact be seeing him on Monday so might just take my anchor along and talk to him and see if he can make something cheap enough.
 
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theoldsalt said:
Dave,

I found this simple solution online.

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Now there's an idea.

It won't fit along the boat like that, my pulpit posts are too far apart. But I have just tried it, and it will fit nicely across the boat between the two pulpit posts either side of the bow roller. the only thing I have to check it that it won't foul the jib furling line (and I need to put the mast up for that)
 
[COLOR="#FF0000"[QUOTE="ProDave, post: 5210885, member: 46031"]..............I thought the clamp I am looking for would be a standard item and it was just a case of finding what it's called so I could go looking for one.
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There was a standard anchor chock for the Bruce.

It was a chunky casting with what is best described as a deep groove in the middle. The middle fluke fitted into the groove so the anchor sat on deck the right way up for ready use. The downside was that it sat pretty high and it was not exactly tucked out of the way. You may get one it you put an add in the YBW wanted listing, or maybe at a boat jumble.

I am not keen on hanging stuff on the pulpit but in your position I might look at fixing it on its back on deck chocks but lashed to the pulpit for extra security. This could have the additional advantage of having the thing mostly out of the way.





Aha - Beaten to it twice! Sailorman shows the chock and the attachment trumps my other suggestion :D
 
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I think I have found a solution:

Anchor_on_deck_2.jpg


It fits between the two front pushpit poles nicely and strapped on with a couple of sail ties it's as solid as a rock.

It doesn't interfere with use of the bow roller in the harbour and no part of the anchor extends beyond the edge of the boat.

The only slightly fiddly thing when stowing it is threading the shank under the furling line but I've tried it a couple of times and it's quite easy.

P.S that's not my real anchor chain, that's still to be bought. That's just a rusty old bit of general purpose chain to demonstrate the point.
 
When I had a Centaur, the Bruce used to live on the extended bow roller, like this:

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It was also self-stowing. The plank/bowsprit was useful for boarding when berthed bows-to on a pontoon.
 
I lash my Rocna onto the foredeck, on some home made chocks (Polyform) screwed to the deck, and firmly lashed down onto a couple of deck eyes.
It's never shifted even in heavy weather.
I dont like keeping my anchor on the roller, as it can foul the mooring strop, and any other lines in its vicinity.
You can buy ready made plastic ones for CQR's, and some Vancouvers have very neatly designed s/s hooks welded on the pulpit for this purpose.
I have been tempted to get some made up:but the fixing would need to be very secure.
 
ProDave said:
I think I have found a solution:

Anchor_on_deck_2.jpg
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I may well try that with my anchor - I was thinking to hang it be the flukes from the pushpit, but that looks to be a more out of the way solution.. will it foul your mooring ropes though??? Will the foot of your foresail clear it?

By the by.. is your hawse pipe facing the wrong way, I thought, and I may well be wrong, that there was a tendency to have them facing aft??
 
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