Strop to swinging mooring

[Kochi]

We have just bought a new boat and it has the anchor held in the bow roller. Unlike our last boat there isn't enough room to keep it in the anchor locker.

What is the best way to attach the strop to the boat so that it doesn't either damage the boat or chaff through against the anchor when we leave the boat on our swinging mooring?

 

[sailorman]

We have just bought a new boat and it has the anchor held in the bow roller. Unlike our last boat there isn't enough room to keep it in the anchor locker.

What is the best way to attach the strop to the boat so that it doesn't either damage the boat or chaff through against the anchor when we leave the boat on our swinging mooring?

Change the anchor to one that does fit the locker ??

 

[Poignard]

We have just bought a new boat and it has the anchor held in the bow roller. Unlike our last boat there isn't enough room to keep it in the anchor locker.

What is the best way to attach the strop to the boat so that it doesn't either damage the boat or chaff through against the anchor when we leave the boat on our swinging mooring?

If I'm staying on the mooring for more than a short time I just lift the anchor inboard and lash it down on the foredeck. It doesn't take more than a minute or two. (Less time than it takes to find the Ibuprofen )

 

[Seajet]

Yup, this is what my chum has to do with the Rocna ( don't start ! ) on his Centaur, mind that boat doesn't have an anchor locker anyway.

Whatever anchor type the OP has, there are probably deck chocks available for it; or if a Danforth it might be possible to hang it vertically from the pulpit as some Centaurs etc do.

 

[GrahamM376]

I lift the anchor on to deck and lead the strops over the rollers.

 

[Stemar]

I lift the anchor on to deck and lead the strops over the rollers.

Me too. The anchor lives on chocks on the deck until I'm thinking about anchoring, when I transfer it to the bow roller.

I used to have a CQR that sat happily on its side. My current Delta is harder to park but, after a bit of experimentation, now sits on three chocks on the port side of the foredeck with the shank pointing forward and lashed to the pulpit. Like that, it doesn't go walkabout when things get bumpy and is out of the way when picking up the mooring, as the roller is to starboard of the forestay.

In an ideal world, I'd have twin rollers with the anchor on one and the mooring chain over the other but, to get to keep them from arguing, I'd need a bowsprit, and that's more complication than I really want to get into at the moment.

I reckon I'd want a 4ft lump of 6X2 "mahogany" or teak with 3ft bolted to the deck and a foot sticking out to be sure it's strong enough for the potential load and the forestay would have to go through it. I think the anchor would live to port and on the end, while the mooring would go to starboard and just an inch or so beyond the nose of the boat so the chain doesn't abraid the gelcoat as it does now. , as I'm unlikely to anchor in the extreme conditions the mooring chain may have to put up with. This would also help keep the anchor from attacking the bow as it comes up.

 

[ianat182]

My boat too has a bow location for the anchor,a CQR plough type. To prevent chafing of the two bow lines to my fore and aft mooring I have the soft polythene hose about 35 mm diameter threaded on each of the 4 bow and stern lines that extend into the fairlead about 6" and along each of the the lines about 18". This prevents the plough blade from chafing either of the lines even if there is a side wind, or if I have to moor in the reverse direction.
One problem might be that your fairleads are too small to use this tube through them,so you may have to stitch the tubing to each line to stop it sliding too low, or tie a small piece of cordage - below each tube - through the lay of the rope to stop it sliding.
As mentioned by others the best option is to make and secure some pads to the foredeck,thes can be of nylon or wood, obtainable from Force 4 Chandlers I recall.


ianat182

 

[Lodesman77]

Definitely anchor on board, strop over roller. Preferably with a covering for the strop to protect against chafe/UV and don't forget to put a pin or lashing over the top to stop it jumping out in rough conditions.

 

[Storyline]

If I'm staying on the mooring for more than a short time I just lift the anchor inboard and lash it down on the foredeck. It doesn't take more than a minute or two. (Less time than it takes to find the Ibuprofen )

Same system for us

 

[GrahamM376]

Me too. The anchor lives on chocks on the deck until I'm thinking about anchoring, when I transfer it to the bow roller. .

I only leave ours there when on the mooring. As soon as we leave it gets put back on the roller ready for deployment. The Manson is difficult to make chocks for or lash down so I wouldn't want it on deck when sailing.

 

[NormanS]

If your boat has only a single roller, then obviously if you want to bring your strop over it, you have to lift the anchor off it. I have twin rollers, so I can twist the anchor away to the side, and safely use the other roller for the strop or pennant. I did try twin strops to port and stbd fairleads, but it seemed an unnecessary guddle. Some people use chain for the strop, but that might wear away your anchor

 

[jakeroyd]

You might consider a Kobra anchor that will dismantle into 2 bits.
The right sized one might then fit your locker.
IIRC it's the mark 1 ones that do this.
They have a good reputation.

No connection etc..................

 

[Kochi]

Thank you to everyone. I now feel that going through the roller is the way to go which is what we have always done in the past. There really is no room in the anchor locker as there is an electric windlass fitted so the anchor, a Fortress, will have to go somewhere else.

 

[NormanS]

Thank you to everyone. I now feel that going through the roller is the way to go which is what we have always done in the past. There really is no room in the anchor locker as there is an electric windlass fitted so the anchor, a Fortress, will have to go somewhere else.

The Fortress is so light that it shouldn't be much bother to lift it out of the way. In fact I would have thought that a Fortress would be quite difficult to stow on the roller, but easy to stow up on the pulpit.

 

[Kochi]

The Fortress is so light that it shouldn't be much bother to lift it out of the way. In fact I would have thought that a Fortress would be quite difficult to stow on the roller, but easy to stow up on the pulpit.

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Senior moment!! It's a Bruce. (We have a Fortress and I've been thinking if there's anyway of using that instead so must have typed that or something!) Maybe stowing it on the pulpit could be a good idea.

 

[sailorman]

So that Bruce is what 7.5 or 10Kg

 

[Kochi]

So that Bruce is what 7.5 or 10Kg

15 kg is what it says on the boat details.

 

[sailorman]

15 kg is what it says on the boat details.

Far too big for a 25 ft AWB
i used a 10Kg on my 37ft until i have just changed to a Fortress FX 16

 

[Fire99]

My '23 has its anchor bought inboard and lashed to the pulpit with the mooring strop running through to the samson post. Has worked just fine for the years I've owned my boat.