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mikesuej
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Initially Posted - 07/18/2011 : 13:43:44

Anybody thought about installing an extreme angle cam cleat just aft of their anchor roller? I've not seen it anywhere, but I would think a v-cleat or a cam cleat just aft of the anchor roller would provide a big help in raising the anchor. . . thoughts?

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britinusa
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Response Posted - 07/18/2011 : 14:31:58

A pair of good sailing gloves is all we use.

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Response Posted - 07/22/2011 : 08:23:30

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by mikesuej
 Anybody thought about installing an extreme angle cam cleat just aft of their anchor roller? I've not seen it anywhere, but I would think a v-cleat or a cam cleat just aft of the anchor roller would provide a big help in raising the anchor. . . thoughts?
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Don’t think that will that work with chain ???????

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Response Posted - 07/22/2011 : 10:29:38

I anchor out a lot in the muddy bottoms of the Chesapeake Bay area, and the only help I need is my handy pair of rubber gloves and the little pail full of sea water to rinse the gloves off.

Freeing a firmly dug-in anchor from the bottom is helped by a few boat wakes or waves, as the case may be, or just bouncing up and down on the bow a few times. There seems to be little reason to secure the chain or the 3-strand rode during these quick manipulations, in my opinion.

When part of the anchor chain comes up muddy, I jerk it up and down a few times to rinse it off. Finally, the anchor clears the surface and is stowed on the roller, and we're off!

You may have other needs if you weigh anchor under quite different conditions from these.

Are you wishing for a motorized windlass? Pulling the boat foward on the anchor rode can be quite an effort! I tend to do it very slowly, after the first tug. I certainly get lots of exercise while "relaxing on my yacht".

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Response Posted - 07/22/2011 : 12:44:51

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by JohnP
 I anchor out a lot in the muddy bottoms of the Chesapeake Bay area, and the only help I need is my handy pair of rubber gloves and the little pail full of sea water to rinse the gloves off.

Freeing a firmly dug-in anchor from the bottom is helped by a few boat wakes or waves, as the case may be, or just bouncing up and down on the bow a few times. There seems to be little reason to secure the chain or the 3-strand rode during these quick manipulations, in my opinion.

When part of the anchor chain comes up muddy, I jerk it up and down a few times to rinse it off. Finally, the anchor clears the surface and is stowed on the roller, and we're off!

You may have other needs if you weigh anchor under quite different conditions from these.

Are you wishing for a motorized windlass? Pulling the boat foward on the anchor rode can be quite an effort! I tend to do it very slowly, after the first tug. I certainly get lots of exercise while "relaxing on my yacht".
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Maybe you guys are young pups - I'm approaching 45. Obviously the cleat wouldn't work for the chain, but for the 150 feet of rode that is tied to the heavy chain and anchor, I think it would be helpful if as I'm pulling up, I could take a brief rest or two in the approximately 50 pulls on the rope - either to get my footing, yell at the first mate, or grab for my sunglasses as they bounce off the bow.

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Response Posted - 07/22/2011 : 13:37:26

I'd go with a clam cleat. A cam could be difficult to release after a couple of good tugs of the boat against the anchor. A clam would be easy to lay the rode into and lift it out of. (Pardon the grammar.)

BTW, 45 is a pup!

Edited by - Stinkpotter on 07/22/2011 13:39:50

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