anchoring the V

[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?