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Foredeck hawse pipe
by Jon Barber 24 Oct '21

24 Oct '21

My M 17 Ol'44 came with a hawse pipe ( aka stovepipe) and other hardware on the foredeck to stow a danforth anchor. The navigation light is mounted on the foredeck, also, leaving precious little room to stand. As I rarely anchor, I dont need an anchor close at hand, and having fewer trip hazards is always desirable. I removed all anchoring hardware. My solution for anchoring is to stow anchor and rode under the cockpit sole and rig a messenger line to the bow. The rode is passed thru a carabiner that can be hauled forward. This approach adds complexity to anchoring but the benefit is that you never leave the cockpit. I do have a rather large hole in my foredeck. Jerry commented here that the early boats did not have balsa coring. Should I be able to see the coring in the deck where it was cut? Does anyone know when the use of balsa began? Thanks, Jon Barber Monty17 Ol'44

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Hawse Pipe Installation onto M15 Bowdeck
by brad kurlancheek 23 Oct '21

23 Oct '21

Hello everyone, Just finished an 8 day outing on my M15 and it occurred to me, during the voyage, how convenient it'd be to just stow the anchor line and rode directly into a hatch located on the bowdeck. I surely don't use that space below, in the cabin, up by the bow, to store anything important, and how useful it'd be to just stuff most of the anchor line and rode there, into a large plastic tub I suppose, with some kind of bulwark in place separating the area from the rest of the cabin, so as to keep out the not so pleasant odor which accompanies anchor line/rode. When I returned to the ramp, and after pullout, I chatted up a fellow who was in the process, then and there of transferring ownership of his West Wight Potter to another fellow, also there. On the bow deck of the Potter I noticed a small L shaped pipe extruding out of the bow deck with a foot long length of chain coming out of it. He explained that someone had actually stolen the anchor! Anyway, with some internet research, I eventually learned that that pipe is called a "Hawse Pipe". Works for me. Less complicated than a hatch. So was curious if anyone in the group has bothered to install one on their M15 or M17 (or other boat), and has any input on how it's worked out. Thanks in advance, and apologies if this topic has been discussed previously in this forum. - Brad

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by salglesser＠aol.com 15 Oct '21

15 Oct '21

Hi Dave, I do not seem to be getting my info from this list. I don't know what happened. Can you get me back on? sal

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