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anchoring the V
After reading many posts here there is one thing I believe that's safe to say...Our V's are consistant. They share the same value, good and bad-(such as sagging over the cuddy over the years etc..). The only real complaint I would have is ANCHORING
 I like to drift most of the time but, occasionally like to hang over a good Spot or Trout hole and I HATE anchoring, especially in some chop. Anybody have an anchoring system mounted on the top deck?
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07-27-2009, 08:33 AM
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Macojoe has some picture in the gallery with the Starboard Pulpit that he built. Looks like a sweet option to keep the anchor handy and make it easy to use.
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/album93/Picture_183
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07-27-2009, 10:01 AM
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before the pulpit i had a rope on the front eye all the time that could reach the side of the boat. I would throw the anchor off the side of the boat and when it got caught i would hook it to the bow rope, leaving enough so that the bow rope was always in the boat.
now when having to pull the anchor i just grab the bow rope pull it in to the side of boat and retrive it that way, never going to the bow.
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1986 V20  Old Fishermen never die, we just SMELL that way!!
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07-27-2009, 11:12 AM
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Bow pulpit is definitely the way to go. Keeps you straight into the current. Makes it super easy to retrieve the anchor too. Make sure yo have at least 6 feet of chain on your anchor as well. I keep about 8 feet on mine and in a 3-5 knot current it grabs EVERY TIME. Here's mine
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/album149
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#6
07-27-2009, 12:15 PM
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Quote:
 It looks like the chain runs through the hole in the deck where you store the rope, which would be inside the cuddy, am I seeing this right? And then where do you make the anchorline fast, inside the cuddy on a cleat or something?
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