by Steve Bradley » Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:21 am
Thanks Dennis,
I’ll drop Honor Marine a line to enquire if I can source one to retro fit to Bandoola.
The rode stowage solution you use seems to be a common one looking at the forum entries… I did spot that one person has installed a hawsepipe with the chain going down beneath the forward v berth, but I’m loathe to make too many additional holes in my boat if I can get away with an alternative practical solution. I’ll get a garden bucket from the local garden centre (I’ve actually got one lying on its side in the outboard well which serves to prevent the tails of the main sheet and mooring warps from disappearing down there whilst still allowing self draining.
What is the preferred type of anchor? My boat came with a Danforth anchor (articulated twin triangular blades) and a pal of mine at Rutland SC has given me a claw style anchor (fixed stock with a claw like plough blade) to try out. To be honest we don’t usually deploy an anchor on Rutland Water since we either return to the club pontoons or we might visit Whitwell Creek pontoon on the north shore, although we have been known in the past (when I had a Jaguar 22 with a CQR anchor) to drop the hook in the more secluded Barnsdale Creek for lunch and sunbathing/snoozing. The CQR (Plough style blade with an articulated stock) performed very well and stowed lying on the J22’s foredeck on retaining buffers and lashed in place with shock cords. That boat had a hawsepipe and chain locker arrangement, but it was a bit of a faff feeding the chain back down the pipe by hand during recovery, so I think I may prefer the bucket on deck stowage solution since the CC19 has the foredeck ‘well’ design.
I’m planning on a small ‘local’ excursion to the Broads in a couple of weeks (I know I’ll have missed the CC19 mini rally by now) so I’ll need a mud weight since anchors aren’t permitted on the Broads. Any idea where I can get one and the best size?
Cheers Steve (#11 Bandoola)