We successfully anchored by the stern without difficulty or failure dozens
of times cruising the Mediterranean. It was our choice, with a bowsprit, and
a steering vane on the stern to park atypically with the bow first to the
stone quay-walls. We used a medium sized deep-set Danforth or Defender
aluminum anchor stored on the stern pulpit. The rode, double braid nylon
with about 20 feet of chain, was stored in a bag. Without adding any further
chocks or cleats, we would lead the rode through the aft-quarter chock and
attach it to the anchor just prior to anchoring. The anchor would be dropped
overboard at the desired location while motoring ahead to the wall, paying
out rode from the bag. Most of the time we would use the primary sheet-winch
to snub off the anchor rode. During our stay, we could maintain tension on
the rode by taking turns or easing on the winch. We found it very convenient
to board the boat via the bowsprit most of the time. This gave us an added
benefit. When Med mooring two and three boats deep (yep, in popular ports),
no one could figure how to tie to our stern. This meant drunken sailors
anchored astern could not use our boat through the night as a bridge to the
shore. We did notice a growing popularity with the Ankarolina, mentioned by
Harvey, in the Med but we felt a couple of bags of anchor rodes handy for
several uses aboard and the bags could be conveniently stored. Once we
needed a long kedging line. This we made up by joining two, 200-foot anchor
rodes in bags. Three bags of line would not be too much to have on board and
they take up very little space. We never suffered a mishap using this
system.
 
Tom
MOONSHADOW
 
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From: owner-baba-l@ballreich.net [mailto:owner-baba-l@ballreich.net] On
Behalf Of Harvey J. Karten
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 7:12 AM
To: baba-l@ballreich.net
Subject: Re: [Baba-L] Stern anchors
 
Hi Michael,
A more compact and effective solution is to use an Ankarolina. This is a
flat spool of 1-1/4" flat dacron ribbon, about 180' long. The spool consists
of two circular pieces of plastic (some are made of metal) that bolts on to
the stern pulpit. I connect this to a small deck bag with about 15' of chain
which then connects to an FX-23 anchor (Danforth look alike, but made of
Marine Aluminum). The anchor is in a standard Danforth Chock botled onto the
stern rail. I have a dual roller Windline stern anchor roller-lead on the
stern caprail just slightly off the midline. It has two horizontal rollers,
with a top plate that swings aside to allow you to drop the line between the
rollers, and then latch the top plate back in place. The line runs between
the two rollers and is held in place. I have a hefty cleat bolted to the aft
deck.
 
The spool is only for taking up the flat dacron anchor line once it has been
retrieved, and should not be used like a windlass.
When deploying there are several different strategies. In Sweden, where I
first saw this device, they drop the anchor as they motor towards an
anchoring rock with a piton. They let out the line by pulling it off the
spool as they continue forward. As they get to the rock, they st ep off the
bow pulpit onto the rock and secure a bow line on the shore. (You may have
noticed that all boats from Sweden have only a single lower safety rail at
the very front of the bow pulpit.). They then haul in the flat dacron anchor
line by hand.
 
If you are anchoring with a bow anchor, first set your bow anchor. Let off
an extra 30-40 feet and drift back. Now set your stern anchor and retrieve
the extra 30 feet of your bow anchor line/chain.
regards,
Harvey

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