Joe Murphy wrote:
Hi Connie, Thanks for the reply. What size reel did you build. Is it something that could be incorporated on a M17? Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conbert H. Benneck" <chbenneck@sbcglobal.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:57 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: San Juan/Gulf Islands video Part 5 posted
Hi Joe,
I built a stern anchor reel out of marine grade plywood and mounted it on the stern pulpit of our old large boat.
My reasons for making the reel were:
In an emergency, where I need the stern anchor to stop the boat, I didn't want to have to dig out the anchor / chain / rode from the sail locker - with possible hockles in the anchor line. I wanted it in place and ready to function instantly.
Using a reel lets the anchor line roll out without any potential problems - and when it is retrieved, the line is all nicely coiled up on the reel, ready to go (instantly) the next time you need it.
It gets the stern anchor rode and chain out of the sail locker.
Worked beautifully. The web strap approach on the flat reel is a new product that didn't exist when I built mine.
Connie
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Hi Joe, We had a 29 footer. The reel I built was about 20" in diameter and about 12" wide, and was made to hold about 150 feet of regular three strand anchor rode. From a space saving perspective, the flat tape rode and reel will take less space when rolled up, since the tape is fairly thin - I'd guess about 1 mm thick. The questions you have to answer for yourself are: In what depth of water will I be setting an anchor at the stern? Deeper water and a 7:1 angle would mean more rode. If you are using it near shore and the water is shallow, then 100 feet of rode would be more than sufficient. I had a small Bruce that I used as our main anchor on our M15, and kept it in the Port sail locker, together with it's chain and rode in a nice small rectangular plastic box. That way, I could drop it from the cockpit, and when it was fully set, I could take the rode up forward and cleat it off on the bow cleat. The lunch hook was an aluminum Danforth that we also kept in the Port sail locker. In the areas we sailed with the M15 I didn't need anything else, since we were generally at a Marina dock on Lake Champlain, and only used the lunch hook, or the Bruce for lunch in some pleasant cove. Connie