[Rhodes22-list] Electric Lift Blues solved (for now)

Chris Geankoplis chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com
Wed Sep 9 20:33:25 EDT 2020


Hey Jesse,
I've stowed my Fortress exactly the way you described for 15 years and lots
of miles with no problems and it is very quick to get to.
Chris G
Enosis

On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 7:54 PM Jesse Shumaker <
jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Alex, thanks for sharing the project documentation.  Nice job with the
> anchor mount in the lazarette.  This fall, I was thinking about making a
> mount for my Fortress anchor so it would rest sideways in chocks inside
> against the front side of the lazarette.  I would need to add a backing
> board to do that.  My anchor tends to find its way to the bottom of the
> lazarette with stuff piled on top so I was thinking about mounting in a
> place where it wasn't likely to be blocked and I could get to it easily.
>
> This brings up another question to Peter regarding his many anchors :)
> Peter, do you trail your boat with the anchors left mounted on the bow
> roller as well as the danforth anchor mounted on the stern rail?  Or do you
> stow those for towing?  I'm afraid of the anchors becoming deadly flying
> objects in the case of an accident, but stowing them so they don't bang
> around in the lazarette is another consideration.  As part of my fall
> projects, I'm also thinking about making chocks on the floor of the
> lazarette for my other anchor to secure it for travel purposes (this is the
> Mantus M2 that will rest on a bow roller for normal sailing once I get that
> installed).  Just curious about your approach for anchor storage while
> towing...
>
> Jesse Shumaker
> S/V Zephyr
>
> On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 11:50 AM S/V Lark <Colealexander at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > https://1drv.ms/w/s!AhRfVyncNLyhwisUjNvaytzjKtJF?e=shEUc1
> > <https://1drv.ms/w/s!AhRfVyncNLyhwisUjNvaytzjKtJF?e=shEUc1>
> >
> > I don't know if this will work.   If, the short version is my  motor
> mount
> > rails do not compensate for the slight bow to the transom.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Alex Cole
> > S/V Lark
> > --
> > Sent from: http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/
> >
>


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