Who's right me r my wife
 

This is it I have my boat 1978 wellcraft step lift of course the question is this I always kept my anchor in the forward hatch but the ends of the anchor are so close to the hull it bothers me so I want to mount it on the starboard side against the hull right behind the helm seat and in front of the rod holders She says I should keep it in the hatch in the cabin and I said I think it would be better against the side after the helm seat and before the rod holders So she said I should ask you guys for the answer ,, let's see who is right her or me I will be waiting and what you guys say I will do

Let me refras that Where do you keep your anchor on your wellcraft

I'm might be no help with your question but I I always store my anchor and rode in/under the center hatch in between the captains seat and the back to back seat.
I store the rode and chain in bucket or canvas bag with the anchor laying off to the side.

Your wife is right.
I don't give a damn where she says the anchor needs to go, because she is right!

Now weather or not you pay her any attention to being right, that is another story.

Mine are stored in the bottom at the opening to the cuddy, ready if need be in an emergency situation.
My wife don't like them stored there but she understands the possible need to access them quickly.

So what your saying is if my wife says store the anchor on the deck in the middle of everything that's where I should put it because she is right lol

In a forty do you have a center console ?

The guy i bought my boat from was a good friend and i dove off of it for a couple of years before i bought it from him. He kept anchor set up in the in deck fishbox. I hated it. PIA to open hatch and carry all that mess to the bow. As divers, we had at least 20 ft of chain plus couple hundred feet of line. When i bought the boat, i moved it all forward to the cuddy and stowed it in a fish basket( a HEAVY duty laundry basket). That was a lot easier to work with, but kept the cabin a soggy mess. Then i broke down and got the pulpit. That's the best thing i did after getting the Bimini and curtains.

By the , your wife is right, no matter the question

pivoting roller mount,rode & chain fed thru fitting to the anchor locker in the cuddy.

I am the same as Shunkboat

Don't you know how wives are always right
Just agree with them and what you want problem solved

i'm not even going to read what you wrote and let me stop you right there. your wife is right. she's always right. if you don't want to be miserable for the rest of your life, just remember these five words. "YOUR WIFE IS ALWAYS RIGHT"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


you're welcome.

Nope it's a cuddy. I had the same anchor set up in my last V 20 cuddy and the new owner (a very close friend and previous V 20 owner) thought it was a great idea.
In fact he is still using my bucket with the rode inside.

dude, just buy another anchor and you will both be right. problem solved. and get an old mud flap and some 3m spray glue and line the anchor storage area that youre concerned about. hard to imagine an anchor doing any real damage but anything is possible and piece of mind is a valuable thing

hey charlie, remember that time when you were fixin to be a god here and you were counting down the post and when you hit the magic number we wouldnt let you have god status? funny sh!t, right?

didnt you go tell your wife on us that day? i cant remember

Got it Honey your right what the hell was I thinking,, man I glad I married you Thanks hon That's how I will say it But I still have the anchor and rode with chain in the cabin hatch I guess that's where it's going to stay, hey it's been there for 20 years I still think I would like to get it out of there cause when you put it away it's wet Maybe a basket would be better , and I have one too

V21 has two compartments in the center.....large to the rear, smaller in front.
I keep rode in the smaller in front, anchor on top of the rode. No banging against anything.

There's the tiny compartment in the very front of the cuddy........but too small for anchor and rode.

I have 600' of rode, approx. 15' of chain and danforth type anchor. All fits in fine.

That said, since it's a " husband - wife " difference of opinion, all I can do is wish you good luck.

There is NO "Husband - wife" difference of opinion. Husbands are not allowed to have opinions when it comes to discussions with their wives. "Yes dear", "You're right hon". "I'll get on it right away" are just of few of the proper phrases to use when you're wife is "suggesting" any sort of project. Remember, long before your wife has said anything she's thought about the project for a goodly length of time, and any snap judgement you might make will simple be wrong. Heed my words.... This is experience speaking...Between my two wives I've been married for over 50 years, and as my present wife of 40+ years will ever so gently remind me of if we should have a difference of opinion..."you have to sleep sometime"

My wife and I own a flower shop. She's a florist and I'm a part-time driver/handyman/lacky.

anyways...a married couple comes into the shop and they are looking at arrangements in the cooler and the wife says to the guy "Honey, what do you think?" and without hesitation he says "I don't think."

I told him I'm going to use that one for the rest of my life.

Without even reading your first post, my answer is that your wife is right.

My 27th wedding anniversary is Friday...its worked for me so far.

After reading your post, I keep my anchor and rode in a plastic tub in the cabin, usually resting near the back wall so it wont slide around as much.

Mine is in fittings on the cabin roof, with 300 foot of rode in the locker through the hawse pipe.
Ever see the ones that drop in and flush mount? It would mean some glass work. There is room on a V, I'm sure. They are sweet.