Rhapsody came with a 35-pound CQR on a short 1/4" chain plus nylon rode, riding on a small side-mounted roller. The mounting was not particularly satisfactory because the anchor could swing into the bobstay, and was mounted off to the side of the bowsprit.
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| Original CQR installation on bronze roller |
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| Anchor locker containing 250 feet of 5/8 rode, 50 feet of 1/4 chain, and a spare 250 foot 1/2 inch rode. (Plus the usual junk!) |
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| Original deck showing bronze deck plate for anchor rode |
We installed a large stainless steel roller, a manual Simpson Lawrence Seatiger windlass, and 200 feet of 5/16 HT (G4/G43) rode. The windlass was mounted on top of the bowsprit, feeding chain through an existing gap in the teak. ABS pipe was sanded, heated, and "beated" to fit the oval chain feed of the windlass and epoxied into the deck for a chainpipe.
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| New Manson Supreme 35-pound anchor on new rode |
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| Seatiger windlass installed on top of bowsprit |
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| ABS pipe used as a through-deck fitting |
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| Chainpipe from the inside, with 200 feet of 5/16 HT chain piled under it. The line is 50 feet long and provides the ability to cut the anchor and rode free in the case of an emergency, while retaining the anchor and rode in a lesser emergency. |
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| A piece of the ABS pipe was split and screwed to the caprail to provide chafe protection. When taut, the chain just touches the teak and stainless |
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| Final install from the front. The anchor is lashed to the lifeline stanchion, even though it's rock-solid without the lashing. And I think this is a cool picture.... |
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| The original rode was left in place, with a hook installed on the deck pipe cover for quick and easy retrieval. |
We still have to find a place to store the CQR, which will serve as a secondary or backup anchor.
You have a good deck layout to deploy a bridle or even a waterline snubber off the bobstay (or you could install a plate there for the bobstay in the top hole and a waterline snubber beneath.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise, looks great and is sized right.
Our tentative heavy-weather plan is paired snubbers off the sampson post. Given our fine lines and very moderate freeboard, I don't thing a bobstay attachment can be justified. I'm also unsure that it could be made strong enough without adding a bunch of weight, whereas the sampson post isn't likely to depart without taking for forward 1/3 of the boat with it.
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