Anchor Slap

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Blue Healer

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Fluid Motion Model
C-24 C SE
Hull Identification Number
USFMLT2116H8
Vessel Name
Blue Healer
How do you secure your anchor so that it doesn't slap around in the launcher sprit while towing and in rough waters?
 
Yo, that little tiny cleat between the Lewmar winch and the big anchor rode tie-down cleat is for securing the anchor during transit. I simply leave a piece of heavy string attached to the little cleat and wrapped around it. When trailering it is essential to secure the anchor, so use the string (or a bungee for fancy guys like Mike on Knotflying).

This is no silly detail, don't rely on the winch to hold the anchor in place; if it let loose on a bump and you dropped your anchor at 60 miles per hour... It wouldn't be pretty.
 
On our R21 Classic, which appears to have the same anchor roller ans the EC's, I machine-milled a hole in the anchor stock that would accept the captive pin in the roller. The hole was small enough so as not to compromise the strength of the anchor stock. It still rattles a little bit, but there is no way it is going to come unshipped either on the trailer or in rough water. Because we have no winch, we have to go forward to deploy the anchor, do the pin does not complicate the issue.
 
Winches were not available in 2010 for the R21-EC. On my boat, I have to cock the anchor just right in the bowsprit in order to insert the locking pin. I then turn the pin to the locking detent, and so far, I have not had a problem with the pin coming loose or the anchor moving around. I have been in some pretty rough water and have not had a problem.

If your anchor is flopping around, I think knotflying had the simple solution - bungee cord. Beyond that, I think you would have to take a hard look at it to determine why it is flopping around. On the boats I have owned, the bowsprit has always tightly held the anchor.
 
Thank you all for your replies. I don't have a winch (forearms like Popeye's) and the anchor was not in danger of releasing. But having read your posts I realise that the largish hole drilled in my anchor, for the captive pin, was unnecessarily large and not quite drilled in the right place for a snug fit allowing the anchor to slop around. I am not sure if it would have been drilled in the factory or by the Australian dealer.

I pimped my R21-EC with a new stainless steel anchor and chain. I accurately drilled a fine clearance hole for the captive pin and keyholed a relief for the locking lobe.

Anchor now holds in nice and snug.

Cheers
Graham
 
I'm jealous - a pimped stainless steel anchor and chain. 😉 😎
 
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