For an easy night in a secluded gunk hole you can get away with using the bow roller to lead the anchor line back to a bow cleat. I do it all the time and sail up and down the Chesapeake.
A better practice is to tie on a snubber line using a rolling hitch or an icicle hitch and then run the snubber lines in a vee below the bow roller, through the port and stbd fairleads to the bow cleats. A 10' to 15' piece of line can be kept just for this purpose in the anchor locker. Tie it so that the tails are roughly the same length and you cleat them such that the hitch stays about halfway between the water and the bow roller. Ease the anchor line so that the load it taken by the snubber lines but not so much that it is drooping slack in the water. In heavy wind and waves the edges of the bowroller can start chewing on the anchor line. The roller also presents a lever arm which adds unnecessary stress to the bow. By creating a "bridle" with 2 attachment points you may reduce some yawing in the wind and you'll also reduce the risk of a single failure. In some cases the anchor line is too large to fit the bow cleats properly so a snubber eliminates that problem. If you ever upgrade to a bigger boat or one with all chain you're going to need to do this method anyway. If you have a windlass now or in the future, you may be tempted to simply leave the load on the windlass. This is a recipe for a damage to the windlass and again using the snubber method will prevent problems. These videos show lazy tails but can be adapted to create 2 working tails. The icicle just needs to be tied near the middle. The rolling needs to be tied on a bite. https://youtu.be/JFZwfCoETdQ https://youtu.be/cA2AJlf0lwE For your pre-made section of rope you can improve the snubbing action by using nylon triple braid and adding rubber snubbers. A rolling hitch on a bite will be easier to negotiate if snubbers are already installed on the line. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 4:33 PM Sam Tunanidas via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have a Landfall 38 with a double bow roller. I am in the northern > Chesapeake Bay. I only use 10' of chain and the rest is 8 plait anchor > line. The bottom around here is mostly mud and I get incredible holding > power from my Fortress 23. My question is is it okay to just run the line > over the bow roller then cleat it off or should I run the line through one > of the port/starboard bow openings you run your dock lines through? Thanks > in advance to all responders. > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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