CD25 anchor handling & storage

[Jim Stull]

I would appreciate hearing how others are managing anchor handling on the smaller CD's.
Thanks
jim



jtstull@icubed.com

[Ron Russell]

I currently have 2 danforth type anchors ( 13 & 23 lbs. ) on my CD25 that are stored in the port cockpit locker. I keep 200' of rode coiled in a bag with 10' of chain attached. I have always been able to retrieve the anchor and rode from the locker quickly when needed and get everything set. The bag makes carrying the rode to the bow easy and when getting underway it is much faster to coil the rode into the bag rather than feed it through the deck pipe into the bow storage area. The rode also dries faster. If I am in a situation where I would need to get the anchor down fast in an emergency such as motoring against the current etc., I will have the anchor and rode on the bow ready to go. I have seen other CD 25's with anchors hung on brackets on the bow pulpit but I like to keep my view over the bow unobscured.


Ron
CD25 #389
Incommunicado



ronrussell@mindspring.com

[kevin aubuchon]

Next year I'm trying putting the anchor on the bow pulpit using brackets. I've kept it in a cockpit locker, but it was always a hassle to get it out. Even if I kept my lockers better organized, the cockpit locker opening is small compared to the volumne below, hence I was always having to move stuff to get the anchor to where I could lift it.

regards,
kevin aubuchon



abuchoko@maritz.com

[Douglas McMullin]

I have been keeping a Danforth (13s i think) lashed to the bow on my CD25. I keep the same size Danforth as a spare in the seat locker.
Next season I plan to use a Plow or Bruce on a roller at the bow. I also I am carrying a 40lb Luke Storm Anchor. Both of my anchors have 30 feet of 3/8 chain leading to the rode.

By the way, having a Luke is like having a mooring! It breaks into 3 easily storable sections. Once you set that into any bottom, you can sleep tight in almost any weather.



dmcm@pctech.net

[Jim Stull]

I have been keeping a Danforth (13s i think) lashed to the bow on my CD25. I keep the same size Danforth as a spare in the seat locker.
Next season I plan to use a Plow or Bruce on a roller at the bow. I also I am carrying a 40lb Luke Storm Anchor. Both of my anchors have 30 feet of 3/8 chain leading to the rode.

By the way, having a Luke is like having a mooring! It breaks into 3 easily storable sections. Once you set that into any bottom, you can sleep tight in almost any weather.

Doug
Not familiar with the "Luke". Have to see if I can find it in a catalog.
I planned on buying a CRT this winter and also fit a bow roller. Have you thought of how to mount a roller?
I have also been thinking of cutting a hatch in the foredeck and fitting a well. This looks like it could be done.
I have gotten past the "trauma" of duing surgery to the boat.
When I bought the boat the cockpit sole had been damaged by something heavy being dropped. (A big anchor or possibly an outboard.) The glass had lifted and water had entered into the core.
I cut the first layer of glass away to expose the core of end grain balsa. I was supprised that after sitting for 2 years outside only about a spot of about 6"x6" was actually rotted. The rest of the core exposed was fine.
After patching the 'glass I laid a black locust strip floor bedded in epoxy blackened with graphite per the West manual. Turned out OK and this week am in the process of 'glassing over the sole similar to a strpper kayak or canoe. This has quite noticably stiffened up the sole and looks good.
This endevor has given me the confidence to tackle a anchor storage project.
Jim



jtstull@icubed.com

[Jon Larson]

Doug,

I respect your judgement in anchors and rodes. I bought the recommended 12 or 13 pound high tensile Danforth, chain and 300 feet of rode for PERI. As my storm anchor I bought a 35 pound CQR plow with 16 feet of 3/8 chain and 150 feet of nylon rode. I ended up carrying the CQR on the bowsprit and that has always been my working anchor as well as the source of my nightly serenity. The Danforth has never been dunked in the water! The CQR plow has never failed me, though something like the luke may well have served me even better in some of the rocky bottoms we anchored in in Maine, if I remember the Luke style correctly.

Carrying the anchor on a bow roller always ready to go has also been a major comfort, especially with line that is flaked down in a rope locker and that hasn't yet hockled coming up and out. Wrestling the anchor and line out of the lazarette in my CD22 and then uncoiling the line was more time preparing to anchor than I thought good. Stuff happens and being ready is pretty important to me, at least.

Short of exceeding one's physical strength, I don't think one can be too cautious with anchor size and capability when cruising.

It would be interesting to hear what others carry for anchors.

Jon Larson
Cape Dory 30 PERI
San Francisco Bay

I have been keeping a Danforth (13s i think) lashed to the bow on my CD25. I keep the same size Danforth as a spare in the seat locker.
Next season I plan to use a Plow or Bruce on a roller at the bow. I also I am carrying a 40lb Luke Storm Anchor. Both of my anchors have 30 feet of 3/8 chain leading to the rode.

By the way, having a Luke is like having a mooring! It breaks into 3 easily storable sections. Once you set that into any bottom, you can sleep tight in almost any weather.

jon9@ix.netcom.com