Stowing Delta Anchor On Deck

[gandy]

Hi,

Just wondered how people stow their Delta anchors, assuming they don't keep it on the bow roller? I suppose the best way is to make some sort of "chocks" like people use for CQR, but didn't want to reinvent the wheel if there's a better way.

Cheers, Tony S

 

[DogWatch]

Hi,

Just wondered how people stow their Delta anchors, assuming they don't keep it on the bow roller? I suppose the best way is to make some sort of "chocks" like people use for CQR, but didn't want to reinvent the wheel if there's a better way.

Cheers, Tony S

ours is either in the port locker or on the roller, we tend to pull in tight using a few turns of chain around the central cleat. I can't remember it ever clunking even though it is sitting on the narrow shaft. Unlike you though, our central roller is on the trampoline so the pointy bit drops happily underneath the beam.

The RNLI have chocks on the deck to support theirs.

 

[earlybird]

Mine sits on three chocks, with the shank lashed to a stanchion by means of the tripping line hole.
Two of the chocks, under the tip and the fluke, are from a set marketed for CQR anchors.
The third chock is essentially a wooden block with a bit of stainless steel and supports the shank near the chain attachment. The angle of its top face took some trial and error to mate flush with the shank. There is a lashing there too.
Having said that, it sometimes sits in the bow roller, held by a drop-nose pin.
Hope that helps.

 

[gandy]

Cheers. I should have said that we can't leave it on the bow roller as we're based on a swinging mooring. Early Bird, do your chocks support the anchor on its side, or upright? I like the idea of it sitting stable on something, with only one lashing needed to keep it secure.

 

[earlybird]

Early Bird, do your chocks support the anchor on its side, or upright? I like the idea of it sitting stable on something, with only one lashing needed to keep it secure.

On its side. The lashing at the end of the shank isn't absolutely essential unless the boat was perhaps being really thrown about. The support block there gives sideways restraint. The lashings only take moments to tie and release though.