[macojoe]

I have the same deal with my boat. i have the 2" hole leading to the locker.
I don't no were the old owner use to anchore but there was a ton!! Of sand in there when i got the boat!! It took me beter then a season to keep washing all the sand down to get it all out! >:(
I don't use it any longer. I have a 5 gal bucket with holes drilled into the bottom. I coil the rope into that and I have a screw on cover. Achoe rides on the bow with chain on it till needed.

As for water getting into that 2" hole, don't worry about it!! I think i might have buryed the bow 2 times in the 5 years I have had it and not much when in at all.