recommendation for anchor / rode for CD27

[rorik]

FWIW my CD28 has a 35# CQR on 30' of 5/16 BBB and 400' of 1/2" nylon. Spare is a 12# Danforth on 25' of 5/16" BBB and 200' of nylon.

[Klem]

I screwed on an eyebolt that I bought on McMaster-Carr to the end of one of the bowsprit bolts and then I attach the bitter end of the anchor rode with a bowline. On a 27, finding a bowsprit bolt isn't going to work but there should be some other hardware that is accessible.

[Michael Heintz]

I use a 35# CQR with 30 ft of 5/16th chain with an additional 200 feet of rode.

I like the CQR's ability to reset as previously mentioned. I use this on my CD30MKII about 10,000 lbs displacement.

Knock wood I have never dragged even in Block Island when it's rippin there.

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[Neil Gordon]

Thanks Neil, I guess that is just to keep from losing the line. Would that take any kind of load from the anchor? Is that area of the deck strong enough?

On the 28, the rode passes through the bowsprit. I think it would hold but I wouldn't rely on it.

Side note: I know at least one former marina-mate whose ex-girlfriend launched the anchor overboard and watched while 100% of the rode ran out, bitter end included. It does happen. Lots of cases also where an anchor unexpectedly lets go in bouncy seas.

[Steve Laume]

Raven has a 35# CQR, 90' of 5/16" chain with 200' of 1/2" nylon, spliced to it. The bitter end is secured to a structural piece of aluminum in the overhead of the chain locker. This was done by drilling it and fastening a shackle. I seem to remember having a smaller braided line that reaches above deck to make the connection. The anchor is in a heavy, Windline roller. In sits in there pretty deep and is pinned in place. The chain is also secured in a break.

With all of this weight in the bow, she still sits down in the stern.

Maybe I do need to add a windlass. Chain hauling is keeping me in pretty good shape and letting me sleep well at night.

The chain was added after I found my nylon rode wrapped around a large piece of rusty metal debris at one anchorage. I had to work like crazy to haul it up off of the bottom enough to free it, with the aid of a boat hook. It had been a pretty quiet night and I don't really know when I had fouled in it. There was enough chafe on the rode that it scared me, Steve.

[M. R. Bober]

Consider securing the bitter end of the rode to that block of wood with a lashing a "small stuff". If you ever need to part with your anchor, you can more safely cut the lashing than you can remove a shackle pin that is under load.

Just a thought from a foredeckman with eight fingers and two thumbs still attached to a pair of hands.

Mitchell Bober
Sunny Lancaster, (Where conditions are just right.) VA

[Neil Gordon]

Consider securing the bitter end of the rode to that block of wood with a lashing a "small stuff". If you ever need to part with your anchor, you can more safely cut the lashing than you can remove a shackle pin that is under load.

For sure it it's all chain, you should have a way to get it all go with a sharp knife.

Before parting with your anchor as Mitch suggests, you might want to buoy the bitter end with a fender. If you have time, mark the buoy with your name, boat name, address, phone number and a suitable reward for retrieval.