Anchor Roller

[Gerry]

Advice Please.
   I have been storing the anchor to my CP16 in the cabin.  When I need it, I crawl down retrieve it, scurry out to the bow, drop the anchor and tie it off to the bow cleat.  I came upon a small anchor roller at a nautical marine sale in Florida this winter with the thought of attaching it to the bow, off center.  I have no pulpit on my '81 and two fair leads on the center of the bow. 

   Now that I look at installing the anchor roller, I'm not sure it is worth it.  Drill three holes in the bow deck and run a line back to the cockpit, then store the line somewhere.  Maybe the old method is best.

   Advice please and maybe a picture.


Gerry

[captronr]

I hope what follows makes sense.......  My eclipse has an anchor roller, but the setup as I understand it would still require me to go forward both to deploy and retrieve the anchor.  As my dexterity  is deminishing, I'm searching for better options.

Somewhere I read about an alternate approach, and I'm planning to try it a time or two. (Honestly, I haven't found the need to anchor much since I have a slip.)

Store the anchor in a stern locker.  The anchor rode should be run outside the shrouds and stanchions trough the bow eye and aft to be cleated off at the stern.  A separate line, with a block added on the anchor side of the rode, also cleated off at the stern.

When deploying the anchor, release the separate line to play out such that the anchor rode snugs against the bow eye.  Secure the separate line.   Release and secure the anchor rode to achieve proper scope.

To retrieve the anchor, uncleat and take up the separate line until the anchor rode is at the stern of the boat.  Retrive the anchor and take up the excess lines.

If this works, you never leave the cockpit. 
Ron

[Bramble]

My preference has always been a bow roller & a deck pipe to stow the rode below deck.  It keeps the foredeck clear & allows for quick deployment.
mike

[Pacman]

Store the anchor in a stern locker.  The anchor rode should be run outside the shrouds and stanchions trough the bow eye and aft to be cleated off at the stern.  A separate line, with a block added on the anchor side of the rode, also cleated off at the stern.

When deploying the anchor, release the separate line to play out such that the anchor rode snugs against the bow eye.  Secure the separate line.   Release and secure the anchor rode to achieve proper scope.

To retrieve the anchor, uncleat and take up the separate line until the anchor rode is at the stern of the boat.  Retrive the anchor and take up the excess lines.

If this works, you never leave the cockpit. 
Ron

Ron,

It works. 

I never leave the cockpit to deploy or retrieve the anchor.  At my age foredeck work on a 16 foot boat is out of the question.

That is how I do it, but with one small difference; 
I don't lead the anchor line through the bow eye.

The anchor line just lays on the dreck between the forestay and the bow pulpit support.  At some point I will probably install a bow roller but I will still use my "Codger Anchor System" the same way.

Try it. You will like it.

Good luck

[Pacman]

Also,  remember to set up a jib downhaul so you can raise and douse the jib while standing in the companionway.

Making sailing easier also makes it safer, especially for an old guy like me

[Citroen/Dave]

The David Gerr Down Haul gathers the jib to the stay, or bundles the jib at the deck.  Two choices over the standard jib down haul that only gathers the bundle on the deck.