Re: AS29 anchor catting locations?
Hi Bruce,
Jon Kolb
www.kolbsadventures.com/boatbuilding_index.htm
> I forget which PB&F design, but I recall recently seeing on more thanYonder has catheads like this. I believe Fiji has the sponson-style foredeck like the latest fishing boats. Personally, I like the catheads because they simplify the construction so much. There are some merits to the sponson foredeck, though, including bouyancy up high, greater deck space, and spray reduction.
> one design (was it Fiji?) that they have used similar. A pair of
> catheads, about two feet off center each side port and starboard
> bolted down to the deck and overhanging overboard about two feet.
> Made of plain old unfinished pressure treated 2x6 lumber perhaps six
> feet long. The anchor is simply lashed on to overboard extension of
> the cathead. With some clever knotwork, you could rig this to deploy
> the anchor using a slipknot, pulled to untie from a safe position.
Jon Kolb
www.kolbsadventures.com/boatbuilding_index.htm
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:08 AM, loosemoosefilmworks
<loosemoosefilmworks@...> wrote:
one design (was it Fiji?) that they have used similar. A pair of
catheads, about two feet off center each side port and starboard
bolted down to the deck and overhanging overboard about two feet.
Made of plain old unfinished pressure treated 2x6 lumber perhaps six
feet long. The anchor is simply lashed on to overboard extension of
the cathead. With some clever knotwork, you could rig this to deploy
the anchor using a slipknot, pulled to untie from a safe position.
<loosemoosefilmworks@...> wrote:
>I forget which PB&F design, but I recall recently seeing on more than
>
> I made each the sprits out of four bits of five foot 15MM plywood that I
> epoxied together and then glassed.
one design (was it Fiji?) that they have used similar. A pair of
catheads, about two feet off center each side port and starboard
bolted down to the deck and overhanging overboard about two feet.
Made of plain old unfinished pressure treated 2x6 lumber perhaps six
feet long. The anchor is simply lashed on to overboard extension of
the cathead. With some clever knotwork, you could rig this to deploy
the anchor using a slipknot, pulled to untie from a safe position.
I made each the sprits out of four bits of five foot 15MM plywood that I epoxied together and then glassed. They stuck out from the stern just shy of three feet and inside the two feet. They were bolted to the sides of the anchor well and were parallel to the water.
As I recall they were about eight inches high...
They in no way got in the way of the motor and were also handy for various other uses ( a step from the dinghy and so on)
You also hardly noticed them as the outboard was on the same visual plane. I did radius them and the end was rounded off with a slight taper from the bottom...Rollers were cheap trailer rollers I found at an auto parts store a bit of strap and a bolt through.
Yep I had two chain boxes on either side of the rudder post.
Just off hand I think we anchored some 2200 nights at anchor using the sprits without any problems. We never ever anchored from the bow but unlike the AS29 we did not have a mizzen and LM2 was evil anchored from the bow!
Bob
http://boatbits.blogspot.com/
http://fishingundersail.blogspot.com/
http://islandgourmand.blogspot.com/
As I recall they were about eight inches high...
They in no way got in the way of the motor and were also handy for various other uses ( a step from the dinghy and so on)
You also hardly noticed them as the outboard was on the same visual plane. I did radius them and the end was rounded off with a slight taper from the bottom...Rollers were cheap trailer rollers I found at an auto parts store a bit of strap and a bolt through.
Yep I had two chain boxes on either side of the rudder post.
Just off hand I think we anchored some 2200 nights at anchor using the sprits without any problems. We never ever anchored from the bow but unlike the AS29 we did not have a mizzen and LM2 was evil anchored from the bow!
Bob
http://boatbits.blogspot.com/
http://fishingundersail.blogspot.com/
http://islandgourmand.blogspot.com/
Interesting idea. Bob, were these sprits completely external to the stern well, or did they extend into the well? And was there any clearance problem around the outboard?
How did you arrange them? Were these directly fore-aft, or did they splay out from the well? Were they horizontal, or did they point up or down?
I take it you ran the chains/rode to a box/boxes in the well?
John
How did you arrange them? Were these directly fore-aft, or did they splay out from the well? Were they horizontal, or did they point up or down?
I take it you ran the chains/rode to a box/boxes in the well?
John
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "loosemoosefilmworks" <loosemoosefilmworks@...> wrote:
>
> For Loose Moose 2 we added a pair of stern sprits on either side of the aft well just above the motor board with rollers so kept both our anchors ready to go and not underfoot in the well.
>
> Worked just fine...
>
> Bob
For Loose Moose 2 we added a pair of stern sprits on either side of the aft well just above the motor board with rollers so kept both our anchors ready to go and not underfoot in the well.
Worked just fine...
Bob
http://boatbits.blogspot.com/
http://fishingundersail.blogspot.com/
http://islandgourmand.blogspot.com/
Worked just fine...
Bob
http://boatbits.blogspot.com/
http://fishingundersail.blogspot.com/
http://islandgourmand.blogspot.com/
I'd like to ask what arrangements people with AS29's (or similar boats with the bow well) have used to cat their anchors.
In the past, I've kept my bow anchor (Delta) on a couple angle-irons in the bow well, with the chain at the bottom; I've kept my stern anchor (Danforth) on a commercial cleat-set mounted on the starboard side of the stern well.
Neither arrangement is particularly good; the bow anchor and chain need to be moved every time I drop the mast, which is a pain in "The Land Of Many Low Bridges™." And, like most early AS29's, Zoella trims bow-down, so it would be better to get the anchor and chain out of the well and farther aft.
The stern-well anchor mount is in the way for quick access to the motor, and tends to catch stray lines. It is enough of a hassle that I'd like to change it.
I've tried keeping both anchors in the stern well, but it is a clumsy arrangement with slow access to the anchors, chain, and motor.
So: what other arrangements have worked well for people?
In the past, I've kept my bow anchor (Delta) on a couple angle-irons in the bow well, with the chain at the bottom; I've kept my stern anchor (Danforth) on a commercial cleat-set mounted on the starboard side of the stern well.
Neither arrangement is particularly good; the bow anchor and chain need to be moved every time I drop the mast, which is a pain in "The Land Of Many Low Bridges™." And, like most early AS29's, Zoella trims bow-down, so it would be better to get the anchor and chain out of the well and farther aft.
The stern-well anchor mount is in the way for quick access to the motor, and tends to catch stray lines. It is enough of a hassle that I'd like to change it.
I've tried keeping both anchors in the stern well, but it is a clumsy arrangement with slow access to the anchors, chain, and motor.
So: what other arrangements have worked well for people?