Second Anchor
I was wondering what anchor people carry as a second anchor on a NT37. I have bow pulpit with two rollers. 55 lb Rocna in main. Was wondering what fits best in the other roller. My old 45 Bruce doesn't fit well.Henry GamsbyLYRA37-90Fairhaven, MASent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Henry,
Being as my NT 37 did not have a second "hawser" or hole in the deck and my windlass did not have 2 chain gypsys, I did not carry my second or backup anchor on the bow. I guess I could have lashed it in place there, but I did not try. I did carry backup chain and rode in the "other" (non-used) half of the chain locker, although not as much as in the main anchor side.
My main anchor was a Vulcan 55 lb. (I installed a SS non-polished plate on each side of the roller to help hold the Vulcan more securely in place, and this worked well) and I carried a "spare" Rocna 44 lb that I tied in place on the "sun deck". I also had a smaller Danforth in the laz that could be used as a stern anchor or in an emergency.
Best,
Tom Easterbrook
formerly Pilitak NT 37-068
Nanaimo, BC
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I was wondering what anchor people carry as a second anchor on a NT37. I have bow pulpit with two rollers. 55 lb Rocna in main. Was wondering what fits best in the other roller. My old 45 Bruce doesn't fit well.
Henry Gamsby
LYRA
37-90
Fairhaven, MA
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
We keep a 15 lb Fortress Anchor in the aft locker.
Barry Shapiro
NT 39-229
Warwick, RI
On Jul 6, 2021, at 2:52 PM, Fire Fighter via Sentoa sentoa@lists.sentoa.org wrote:
Henry,
Being as my NT 37 did not have a second "hawser" or hole in the deck and my windlass did not have 2 chain gypsys, I did not carry my second or backup anchor on the bow. I guess I could have lashed it in place there, but I did not try. I did carry backup chain and rode in the "other" (non-used) half of the chain locker, although not as much as in the main anchor side.
My main anchor was a Vulcan 55 lb. (I installed a SS non-polished plate on each side of the roller to help hold the Vulcan more securely in place, and this worked well) and I carried a "spare" Rocna 44 lb that I tied in place on the "sun deck". I also had a smaller Danforth in the laz that could be used as a stern anchor or in an emergency.
Best,
Tom Easterbrook
formerly Pilitak NT 37-068
Nanaimo, BC
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I was wondering what anchor people carry as a second anchor on a NT37. I have bow pulpit with two rollers. 55 lb Rocna in main. Was wondering what fits best in the other roller. My old 45 Bruce doesn't fit well.
Henry Gamsby
LYRA
37-90
Fairhaven, MA
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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Hi Henry On our 37 we have a 20Kg Bruce ( original not knock off version which is important). We carry 275ft of chain and 250ft of rode. We have anchored from the San Juans to S.E. Alaska including up to 110ft depths with no problems. For those of you who have two anchors I wonder how many times you practice deploying the second anchor?Best regards Mike McBryde Kismet NT 37-158Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
-------- Original message --------From: hgamsby via Sentoa sentoa@lists.sentoa.org Date: 2021-07-06 11:32 AM (GMT-08:00) To: "sentoa@lists sentoa. org" sentoa@lists.sentoa.org Cc: hgamsby hgamsby@gmail.com Subject: [Sentoa] Second Anchor I was wondering what anchor people carry as a second anchor on a NT37. I have bow pulpit with two rollers. 55 lb Rocna in main. Was wondering what fits best in the other roller. My old 45 Bruce doesn't fit well.Henry GamsbyLYRA37-90Fairhaven, MASent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone