Rail Mounted Anchor Bracket

[tompolak]

I am looking at a way to mount an anchor on the front of the boat. I really do not want to deal with an anchor roller as we really do not anchor much. Has anyone used a product like http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?pat ... 2&id=31510 (rail mounted anchor bracket). It stores the anchor on the rail. I could see mounting this on the front right side on the rail. Any one have experience with these things?

[The Mutt]

I have a Rail Mount Anchor Bracket, I don't use it as I have a plow anchor now, might make some anchor tubes for bow and stern instead, Sumner has some anchor tubes on his site http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner ... ing-4.html.

Glenn

[Doug91mac26s]

Yes, I have the exact same bracket on my boat. It's very strong, and is adjustable to fit different size anchors. I have it mounted on my stern rail with a Danforth anchor in it, that I use as an auxiliary/emergency anchor. Ordinarily, I anchor off the bow using a bruce.

[bradhill]

Tom

I use the same mount on my '96 . I have a Danforth S920 with arms that exceed to size of the MacGregor anchor locker.

This works very well. I do use a bungee to additionally secure it when trailoring.

I would send you a picture of it mounted to my bow, but have no idea how to add a picture on this site.

Brad

[tompolak]

Thanks everyone for the quick replys. Brad I sent you a PM with my email address so you can email me a pic of what it looks like (just attach the pic to the email message). I am not a huge fan of the tubes in the front.

So you guys using a mount like this what are you doing with the chain/line?

[Duane Dunn, Allegro]

We use both a bow roller and a rail mount for our two different style anchors.
This insures they are both ready go when needed.
They stay on these brackets on the water and during trailering.


Here is our Guardian G16 aluminum Danforth style anchor on that exact same bracket you linked to.

To secure it I used a SS hose clamp to attach a SS snap hook to the lower leg of the pulpit.
The anchor chain shackle is clipped into this fixed snap hook and it locks the anchor
in place in the bracket. It's quick to release for deployment yet very secure.

The other anchor on the roller is a Bruce style 16.5lb Horizon Claw.
It is secured with the short pennant line with a SS snap hook on the end.

I split our anchor locker with a simple wood divider to keep the two rodes separate.
You have to cut off the tip of the anchor locker hatch cover to allow
the rodes to pass inside when the hatch is closed. The hatch is cored with
plywood so be sure to seal up where you cut with epoxy.

[Highlander]

I used a section of polished Alum tubing I bought for next to nothing to hold my stern anchor
http://i844.photobucket.com/albums/ab1/ ... 0012-1.jpg

J

[nedmiller]

We have the same bracket for our Fortress 7 anchor and it works great mounted on the bow rail. We trailer with it mounted. Our anchor locker is set up Duane Dunn style with the Fortress chain and rode on the port side. We have a Spade mounted on a bow roller and the chain and rode for it is on the starboard side. I filed off the lip of the anchor locker door just enough to let the chain exit and still get the door closed. We have to open the anchor locker door to deploy the anchor(s).
SILK

[tompolak]

Brad was nice enough to email a photo of just the bracket. I wanted to post the picture for others reference too. Thanks again Brad

[waternwaves]

I keep the rail mounted anchor clip on the boarding ladder, we rarely use the bottom step when the ladder is in the water, and it makes deploying from the cockpit much easier and safer. turn around, lift and drop.

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[DaveB]

I have it mounted on my bow railing and works great on the Danforth but not for the Fortress 11. I will see if it can be be adjusted for the Fortress 11 but 2 yrs ago I couldn't get it to fit.
Dave

I am looking at a way to mount an anchor on the front of the boat. I really do not want to deal with an anchor roller as we really do not anchor much. Has anyone used a product like http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?pat ... 2&id=31510 (rail mounted anchor bracket). It stores the anchor on the rail. I could see mounting this on the front right side on the rail. Any one have experience with these things?

[capncarp]

Anyone have problems with gelcoat and fiberglass cracking because of the weight on the bow pulpit ? I've be inside the bow and have found that there are no backing plates. Only nuts. Because of the angle of the pulpit there is alot of moment on it. An anchor such as on Allegro has alot of force. That is one big anchor.
capncarp,
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[Duane Dunn, Allegro]

There have always been some hairline cracks in the gel coat where the pulpit is mounted. They were there when we bought the boat used. In the 10 years we have had the boat these have not changed at all. There's a bit more than just nuts inside, the factory at least used fender washers. That's what I used when I changed from the plastic cleats to the SS cleats and installed the bow roller.

Here are some pictures of the inside bow cavity on my boat I shot way back when I did the installation.

[Wind Chime]

I am adding a bow roller this year for our 7.5kg ss Bruce.

We currently have our Fortress FX11 hanging form the pull-pit similar to Duane's, plus have a Fortress FX7 that fits the anchor locker.

As the bow lights are factory mounted on the deck, the new bow roller and anchor will block them, so I will need to move the lights.

I want to mount the lights off the center of the pulpit, so I need to run the wires through the ss stanchion. The problem is; I can not get access to the base of the stanchions because unlike the pre-1999 models, there is no access panel under the anchor locker on the 2000X.

Has anyone installed this new access panel?

[Duane Dunn, Allegro]

I skipped the pulpit and bow altogether and moved my lights here:



I didn't want them anywhere near the heavy metal on the bow.
It was pretty easy to fish the wires through the liner to this spot on each side.
Having two separate red and green lights on the cabin sides is very common in powerboat installations.

It should be very easy to install the access panel like the one my '96 has. The fiberglass is quite thin and easy to cut. I'd ues a metal cutting blade in my cordless jig saw. The factory used plexi as the cover panel, but you could use anything. Some 1/4" plywood painted white would probably look better than the black plexi. The factory cover is just screwed to the fiberglass with the usual self tapping pan head sheet metal screws. No backing is used.

Be ready for a mess when you cut and have to deal with the foam blocks in the cavity. You're going to want the cushions out and the shop vac handy.