That is what I used to do but, I recently saw something (either from Catalina or Catalina Direct) that said you should not do that because the bowsprit is not designed to withstand that lateral force.
Michael Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with Nextel Direct Connect -----Original Message----- From: Don Brooks <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:27:57 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IC27A] Using an anchor "bridle"? My TR has 2 rollers on the front of the bowsprit. I run my anchor line over one roller and secure it with the lock pin. Is yours different? Don, #6293, Niceville, FL --- On Mon, 2/22/10, Bryan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bryan <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] Using an anchor "bridle"? To: [email protected] Date: Monday, February 22, 2010, 8:11 AM The recent posts on cleating the bow anchor brought up a question I've been pondering. I usually just cleat off on the port or stbd bow cleat, but, as the boat swings, there appears to be a fair amount of chafing, especially on the bowsprit (I've got a tall-rig) and the gelcoat next to the cleat. I've been thinking about trying to rig some sort of "bridle", which would be a Y-connection to the anchor road. Each tail of the Y would then be connected to one of the bow cleats. Does anyone have experience with such a rig, or could you offer alternative suggestions to reduce chafing? Bryan Armentrout 1981 C-27 Tall-Rig "Eos" #5000 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
