anchoring the V

[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.