How do you have your anchor mounted?

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Tammany

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Mine is a danforth type that hangs on a bracket at the front of the pulpit. It's ok but it's a bit of a bugger to hang it back after you have used it. Is their a better way?

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Like most modern boats, Ariam's Spade anchor sits in the bow roller. There's a stainless "strap" across the top to hold it down (though it's probably unnecessary as the anchor is designed to hook under the roller a little when pulled home). A short safety strop is hooked through the hold in the top edge of the fluke to ensure it can't fall out if the chain is released accidentally.

Danforths don't sit well in bow rollers, though. Your bracket is probably as good as anything else you can do with that type.

Pete
 
Answers to this will depend on what boat and anchor you have.
Mine lives lashed on deck most of the time, as it would chafe the mooring strop, but if I am not going to be mooring anywhere it can live in the roller.
I also have a Danforth that lives in the anchor locker, which is moulded exactly to that shape.

I've seen other boats with Danforths lashed to one side of the pulpit- would this be any easier for you to handle?
 
That was the standard way of mounting Danforths in the period when they were popular (as t he "better" CQR was expensive).

However things have moved on and there are far better anchors on the market and better ways of stowing them.

have a look around what other boats do as you may well find you could stow a Delta 6kg on your bow roller.
 
I bought a fitting from the states which bolts on to the pulpit. For various reasons I haven't fitted it yet but intended to put it in the side so I can reach the anchor more easily. It is for a danforth.
 
Mine is a Rocna and it sits in the bow roller. I have one of those dinghy bow fenders which it hooks over to prevent the point hitting the bow. The fender is attached with bungy so that it can easily be put into place on retrieval. I then tie the shank down with a small bit of string through a hole in the bow roller. It holds the anchor solidly in place even when battering into green water. You just need to pull on the end of the string with a quick release knot and then give the anchor a gentle nudge to encourage it over. I have a manual windlass so it is mostly done by hand.

My previous cqr had to sit on deck on little mounts made for it. It was much more awkward to deploy requiring it to be man-handled through the pullpit. It tried to nip fingers and thumbs regularly. It also needed 3 bits of string to secure well.
 
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12kg Mantus sits in the bow-roller, tied down by string, The 6kg Danforth upright on the port pulpit, both sharing the chain-locker.
This year, during the past 120 days/nights at sea, 18 have been tied up to marina, quay or other knobbly piece of land, all the rest the Mantus has been on the bottom - usually sand, but also shingle and Spinalonga mud.
The biggest benefit of change from CQR to Mantus has been ease of handling into the roller and fewer lost fingernails.
 
My CQR sits on the foredeck, tied to the pulpit. I really must get around to fitting the chocks I have had in stock for twenty five years. As the boat lives on a mooring, keeping the anchor on the bow roller isn't really an option.
 
VicS said:
Mine is a CQR type.

It lives on the deck lashed to a set of chocks similar to these

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That's what I have for my CQR. I don't want a 35lb of chunk of steel going walkabout!

If I'm expecting to anchor again soon I'll leave it on the bow roller secured with a lashing to a pad-eye below the shank.
 
Will look into the 6kg delta option, seems like a better anchor anyways. My furlex is on one side of the roller but I believe a delta might roll up looking at pics of them online. I've bought new chain & rope so might as well get a new anchor lol.

6kg is quite light though, I suppose it's all about the design.
 
Something that might help you - try splicing a short length of line, maybe four feet or so, into the crown of your anchor. When you launch the anchor, secure the end of the line to your chain using whatever method suits, it could be a rolling hitch but I prefer a snap shackle seized to a link of chain and a nice stopper knot in the end of the line. Leave just enough slack in the line so that it doesn't interfere with the anchors working. When you retrieve the anchor, the line will appear on the foredeck as the anchor swings from the bow roller. The line (especially with the stopper knot in the end!) now helps enormously in man-handling the anchor into it's stowage.
 
neil_s said:
Something that might help you - try splicing a short length of line, maybe four feet or so, into the crown of your anchor. When you launch the anchor, secure the end of the line to your chain using whatever method suits, it could be a rolling hitch but I prefer a snap shackle seized to a link of chain and a nice stopper knot in the end of the line. Leave just enough slack in the line so that it doesn't interfere with the anchors working. When you retrieve the anchor, the line will appear on the foredeck as the anchor swings from the bow roller. The line (especially with the stopper knot in the end!) now helps enormously in man-handling the anchor into it's stowage.
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Now that is a b----y good idea! An improvement on Eric Hiscock's suggestion in "Cruising Under Sail" (which I follow) of having a fathom of light line spiced to the crown which you hook up with a boathook.
 
Tammany said:
Mine is a danforth type that hangs on a bracket at the front of the pulpit. It's ok but it's a bit of a bugger to hang it back after you have used it. Is their a better way?

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Does your anchor not get a helluva thump from waves in heavy weather when stowed like that?
 
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