Anchor deployment

[trout]

mines notched, mines a different location but you can see the notch. it allwos the hatch to close cleanly. the cleat inside the locker works good too.

[kingair]

mines notched, mines a different location but you can see the notch. it allwos the hatch to close cleanly. the cleat inside the locker works good too.

That is the way it should have been done. I could probably do that, but it would require alot of work.

[cablemaker]

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[kingair]

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[rchanner]

Is that hatch hinged, or does it just lift out?

The reason I ask is that if you notch it and it just lifts out, you may want to consider adding hinges and a slam latch, otherwise left to right drift while at anchor may have a tendency to knock the hatch loose allowing it to fall to the deck.

[kingair]

Is that hatch hinged, or does it just lift out?

The reason I ask is that if you notch it and it just lifts out, you may want to consider adding hinges and a slam latch, otherwise left to right drift while at anchor may have a tendency to knock the hatch loose allowing it to fall to the deck.

Mine is hinged and has a slam latch. The rope closes on it ok; just never liked the setup.

[Tireless]

I don't like the beating my anchor locker takes from the anchor rode and chains flying around at 50 mph in choppy water. Accordingly, I keep the stuff in other spaces....besides, I almost never use an anchor anyway. Since I plan on doing more bottom bumping this year I want a easy to store system on those days I will drop the hook. I saw this suggestion in a mag and bought the parts last weekend. I can probably get two to three hundred feet of rode around this tube and then I will stick my Fortress anchor in the center.....the bucket will sit in the cockpit on the trip to the reefs.

[kingair]

I don't like the beating my anchor locker takes from the anchor rode and chains flying around at 50 mph in choppy water. Accordingly, I keep the stuff in other spaces....besides, I almost never use an anchor anyway. Since I plan on doing more bottom bumping this year I want a easy to store system on those days I will drop the hook. I saw this suggestion in a mag and bought the parts last weekend. I can probably get two to three hundred feet of rode around this tube and then I will stick my Fortress anchor in the center.....the bucket will sit in the cockpit on the trip to the reefs.

So what are the parts?

[Tireless]

So what are the parts?

3 inch ID pvc pipe and a 3 inch pvc flange.......and a 5 gallon bucket. I am going to use two small stainless steel bolts and nuts to secure the pipe and flange to the bucket.

[Chisox]

Tireless,

Good to see you...