Spade anchor - non controversial for the easily bored

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I wonder if anyone has managed to find a way to lash down a Spade anchor yet? It won't fit on the cqr type deck chocks, it won't go on the stem unless I have some giant sized cheeks made for my poor 26 ft boat. What to do, apart from cover the foredeck with string?
 
Make some chocks it will fit on?

Carving hardwoods like sapele is surprisingly easy and fun compared to chiselling wider-grained softwoods.

Pete
 
Gunfleet said:
I wonder if anyone has managed to find a way to lash down a Spade anchor yet? /QUOTE]
i take mine off the stem roller where it sits when i am sailing and lash it onto the pulpit. i have one lanyard thro the hole at the top onto the forward part of the pulpit and another lanyard in a tight loop around the pointy end and onto the pulpit rail down one side.

Michael Minnitt
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I made deck blocks for my Delta using some modelling granules. They arrive as small beads, heat the in (very) hand hot water and knead them until they become a single lump, all one colour.
Press into a small mould, I used a small plastic kitchen storage container about 3x3x1 inch. Whilst still slightly soft remove from mouild and press a 'corner' of the anchor into the plastic lump.
Drill a couple of holes through it and screw to deck.

Looks and feels like nylon when cooled, no sign of distortion in the Caribbean temperatures

Make three, one for each 'corner' of the anchor laid on its side.

I bought mine on Ebay, some model shops have it.
If I find the name I'll post it.
 
optimism

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Make some chocks it will fit on?

Carving hardwoods like sapele is surprisingly easy and fun compared to chiselling wider-grained softwoods.

Pete
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You obviously share my wife's optimism about my diy skills. Unfortunately, experience suggests I would need a sepele carver bloke. Oh dear, what an admission.
 
Chalker said:
I made deck blocks for my Delta using some modelling granules. They arrive as small beads, heat the in (very) hand hot water and knead them until they become a single lump, all one colour.
Press into a small mould, I used a small plastic kitchen storage container about 3x3x1 inch. Whilst still slightly soft remove from mouild and press a 'corner' of the anchor into the plastic lump.
Drill a couple of holes through it and screw to deck.

Looks and feels like nylon when cooled, no sign of distortion in the Caribbean temperatures

Make three, one for each 'corner' of the anchor laid on its side.

I bought mine on Ebay, some model shops have it.
If I find the name I'll post it.
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Sounds good. I wonder if they would stand up to f7 in the Thames Estuary?
 
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