anchoring the V

[joe7670]

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

[BigAl331]

That one looks like mine except mine doesn't stick out as far.

[macojoe]

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.

[bcmarinamanager]

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

[swampbilly 1980]

Originally Posted by bcmarinamanager

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

Very nice. 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?

[Blue_Runner]

Swamp, there is an anchor locker in the very forward part of the bow separate from the cuddy.

[Airslot]

Search for username's Airslot, and MSBHammer. We made starboard pulpits with self launching rollers that have worked great. Build and Install was fully documented on this site, probably under Modifications?

[swampbilly 1980]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

Swamp, there is an anchor locker in the very forward part of the bow separate from the cuddy.

Yeap, I gotcha'. And with the pulpit rig, once the anchor is released, where do you make the line fast?, on an additional cleat closer to the slider? I would store the anchorline in the locker, but after the anchor is set I'm not understanding or seeing in the pics where to make the line fast (tie it).

[bcmarinamanager]

Originally Posted by swampbilly 1980

Very nice. 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?

Got a cleat right dead center that I use as my bow cleat too. The "clam shell thing" you speak of is called a chain plate. On mine I use a closed line chock that has a screw in pin that closes off the chock. This serves two purposes: 1. the pin is just small enough to fit through the chain, so when the anchor is up on the pulpit it holds everything up, 2. When hauling the anchor, I leave it closed too, so that I can stand up and pull the rode in and the chock keeps the angle of the line parallel to the deck so the anchor comes up easier and sets into the anchor roller perfect.

[macojoe]

cleat right in front of slider, easy reached