Storage options stern anchor

EdPajon · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:06 am Post subject: Storage options stern anchor

I’m the new owner of a 2024 C-Dory 25 Cruiser, having just moved to the “dark side” after selling my Catalina 36.
I chose a Fortress 11 as my stern anchor since anchorages in the Santa Barbara Channel Islands ( my cruising area on the Catalina) are rather tight in Santa Cruz so it’s customary to set a stern anchor to limit swing.
I had plenty of locker space on the Catalina and had the anchor on the rail and chain and rode on a stern locker.
That’s not going to be possible on the C-Dory so I was planning on a milk crater or other such crate to hold the chain/rode. I’m installing stern rails so I could keep the Fortress there.
Any better suggestions from the group.
I haven’t totally gone to the dark side, I still am keeping my ComPac16 sailer that I bought new in 1982.

Ed Pajon
ChemSavvyToo

-Waypoint- · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:32 am Post subject:

Welcome. I was a sailboat person too. Now look at it like leaving the dark side.

My stern anchor storage is a 5 gallon bucket with 1" holes drilled in it. I use a 15# Bruce knock off with zero chain and 1/2", 3 strand nylon line. Going against anchoring rules the I find that the Bruce anchors work better with no chain, it seems to dig into the ground better with a upward pull. Having no chain on my stern anchor keeps the ground tackle simple and easier to handle. (this is my go to anchor 90% of the time for sand/ mud bottoms) For rocks and grass the bow anchor is a 12# Delta with all chain tackle. Keep it simple, the dark side is more complicated.

EdPajon · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:44 am Post subject:

Thank you, I was leaning that way.

Foggy · Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:07 pm Post subject:

I also used to be a rag-baggin' dark side fog stuck in port sailboter. But I did have
ample storage aboard for a handy stern anchor.

Now, in the light, once converted to a downsized outboard powerboat, which took
an entire week, storage came at a premium including the stern anchor. Thus, I
improvised with the proverbial bucket.

It'll work. Just don't kick it.

Aye.

Ken O · Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:10 am Post subject:

If you can get by with an old Danforth, chocks from Defender Marine and some 1/4" shock cord makes for neat storage:

http://www.c-brats.com/modules.php?full=1&set_albumName=album3331&id=IMG_20240427_074614312&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php

It also comes in handy to hang your hat on.

Ken

journey on · Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 12:10 pm Post subject:

Well, join the club. We had a Catalina 36 and sold it for a C-Dory 25. A sailboat is only good for long distances and we'd had our fun. It took us to Tahiti, Alaska and a couple of years on the Great Loop. A wonderful boat.

The first time we set an aft anchor at Santa Cruz Isle was at Pelican Bay, using an anchor rode without chain. The Danforth would not set, until an extremely nice person dove on it and set it. A problem was that I couldn't let out the amount of rode it needed to set because the anchorage was crowded and I was dumb. My advice is to try out your aft anchor to see what it needs to set without chain, or God forbid, add 20' of 1/4 inch chain.

BTW, did you sail/motor your 36 inside the Painted Cave? Make sure you take your 25 there.

Boris