Securing the Anchor Line

[JoLin]

This is gonna sound pretty dumb, but I replaced the anchor rode that came with the boat, and want to secure the bitter end inside the locker so we can't accidentally lose all the ground tackle overboard. I expected to find a tie-off in the anchor locker- maybe a cleat or ring attached to the bow eye bolts. Nothing.

Trying to figure out what I can put down there without drillng holes and having a backing plate and bolts on the outside of the hull.

Anyone know of a stainless ring or something that I can attach to the bow eye bolts? I'm thinking there oughta be something like that available, but maybe not- and I'm darned if I'd know what to search for if there is.

Anybody have a clever solution?

 

[arks]

Re: Securing the Anchor Line

Maybe a stainless steel eye strap?
Like this:

Of course, it would have to be sized to fit the two bolts from the bow eye.

 

[phwrd]

Re: Securing the Anchor Line

I just have a big knot on the end, if i pay out all of the line, it will stop before it all goes overboard.

 

[DBreskin]

Re: Securing the Anchor Line

If enough of the threads of the bow eye are exposed inside the anchor locker, you should be able to bolt on a strap to secure the rode. All you need is two nuts to fit over the bow eye bolts and a stainless strap to bridge between them. The strap shouldn't need to bear the load of the anchored boat, it should only need to keep the anchor from getting lost.

 

[rbh]

Re: Securing the Anchor Line

try something like a thimble eye nut if you have a bolt coming through.
sorry I cant cut and paste a picture for you the catologe would'nt let me but here is a link to one of the bigger ones.

http://www.arrisistore.com/image_large.php?pid=720507&image=/images/large/720507.jpg
rob

 

[JoLin]

Re: Securing the Anchor Line

Arks, that's exactly what I was hoping to find, if I can find one to fit the bow eye bolts. Where'd you get that pic?

Dbreskin- yup, same kind of deal.

phwrd- If you mean "knowing" when we're at the end of the rode, mine is marked- 2 black zip ties 10 feet before the end. My concern is having it get away from us entirely.

 

[Summer Fun]

Re: Securing the Anchor Line

I just have a big knot on the end, if i pay out all of the line, it will stop before it all goes overboard.

Yep a big knot at the end works for me also ..

 

[Frank Acampora]

Re: Securing the Anchor Line

My bow eye was 1/2 inch. Not enough threads were showing to do what I wanted. I took two 1 1/2 inch long stainless 1/2 inch couplers and put them over the inside threads. Then I fashioned an aluminum plate about 1 X 6 X1/4 and drilled two 1/2 inch holes in it to match. Two short 1/2 stainless bolts connected the plate to the couplers--presto---one home-made cleat. Plenty of room to pass the bitter end eye through and loop it back over.

 

[JoLin]

Re: Securing the Anchor Line

My bow eye was 1/2 inch. Not enough threads were showing to do what I wanted. I took two 1 1/2 inch long stainless 1/2 inch couplers and put them over the inside threads. Then I fashioned an aluminum plate about 1 X 6 X1/4 and drilled two 1/2 inch holes in it to match. Two short 1/2 stainless bolts connected the plate to the couplers--presto---one home-made cleat. Plenty of room to pass the bitter end eye through and loop it back over.

That's another good idea. Love this place.

BUT, guess what I found once I started searching on the eye straps...

http://www.bosunsupplies.com/products2.cfm?product=S0321

I'm only posting the link because iboats doesn't sell this. It's a "lifting eye nut" and should screw onto the inside stud of my bow eye, I think. I'll check into it over the weekend

 

[mike343]

Re: Securing the Anchor Line

well, I drilled the holes and put in a ring to tie the bitter end and a cleat to tie off the anchor rode, all within the locker

 

[DianneB]

Re: Securing the Anchor Line

My bow-rider didn't even have a good sturdy bow cleat so I added one and added a ring on the same bolt under the foredeck for the end of the rode.

(I have been through a Whole Gale at anchor on Lake Erie and appreciate the value of a sturdy anchor setup.)

 

[Home Cookin']

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a float at the end of the line can save you, too.

 

[Fireman431]

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I went cheap/old school on my last boat. My rode passed through the windless which was a 1" hole. I took a 8" piece of PT 2x4 and drilled a hole through it, ran the line through and tied a double knot in it. I would have to had to pay out 300' of line to get to the end so it really wasn't a big issue.

 

[JoLin]

Re: Securing the Anchor Line

I really appreciate all the great ideas, and I've zeroed in on a couple of possibilities. Thank you all!

Just a note for those of you who talk about "putting a knot in the end" to somehow keep it from leaving the boat. I don't know how you're set up, but the opening to my anchor locker is about 1' x 1'. It'd have to be a helluva big knot to keep the tackle in there

Have a great weekend !