And More Anchor Talk

The bronze anchor roller with extensions that I bought from Port Townsend is not going to work.  It was designed for a much larger boat and is way too heavy. It was also designed for a vessel fitted with a bowsprit that could be reefed forward to reduce the overall vessel length. I'll  salvage the roller extensions and enlarge the hole in the standard gammon iron to accept the larger 3/4 inch shaft. One roller and extension will be positioned and attached to the gammon iron to accomodate a Rocna anchor and the other to handle an aluminum Spade anchor. Two Rocnas living side by side on the two gammon iron extensions would have fouled each other under the sprit.

Rocna recommends the model 15 for a BCC size vessel ( 33 lbs is weight enough).  The anchor will shackle to 75 feet of 5/16 inch G4 chain spliced to 200 feet of 5/8 inch (16 mm) Gleistein polyester square plait (same as 8 plait) line.  The entire rode will stow just forward of the mast to keep weight as close to the center of the boat as possible. The windlass gypsy grips the 8 plait line better than 3 strand and the plaited line stows in a much smaller space than a comparable length of nylon. The polyester has half the stretch of nylon, is stronger when wet and has better abrasion resistance.

The secondary rode will consist of an aluminum model 20 Spade (weighs only 9 kg) on 30 feet of 5/16 inch G4 chain spliced to 200 ft of 9/16 inch Anchorbraid 8 plait nylon.  The entire rode is light enough to llive all the way forward in the anchor locker. The stretchy nylon rode is its own snubber at a 5 to 1 scope in 10 ft of water with 75 ft of rode out.

Manson makes an aluminum Danforth look alike that might work well as a stern achcor.  After I get the gammon iron and rollers put together and the new bowsprit dry-fitted I will post a few photos that should illustrate what I am talking about more clearly.