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But my main anchor is now the smallest Vulcan. It launches and retrieves great, but without chain it is a little hard to set.
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My anchor recovery system is two fishing floats making a spool with a piece of wood dowel. 50' of parachute chord. It is too small to be mistaken for a mooring buoy, plus, I usually anchor in so shallow that other boats stay away.
The anchor line is kept on a spool intended for electrical cord. This is about 140 feet (15-20 pounds?) and still tucks out of the way under the gas tank in the V-berth. Doing a density/buoyancy calculation, it's about the same as having 35' of 1/4" chain on a 140' rode.
To compensate for a lack of chain, I used lead-filled line. This is the same line as used on the bottom of a gill net. Available in different weights, this is some of the lighter stuff, but still drops "like lead."
But my main anchor is now the smallest Vulcan. It launches and retrieves great, but without chain it is a little hard to set.
I added these little cheeks to my bow roller so that my lightweight Guardian anchor was far enough out to self launch.
The through-deck block gets a clam shell vent cover to keep rain out. In the background is the anchor rode that I was going to use, ready to be sent through the blocks using the string. I changed to using sinking "crab pot" line. That wasn't as heavy as I wanted, so I'm now using the sinking lead line that is used on the bottom of a gill net.
The original bow bulkhead was fastened top and bottom (deck and berth) with a couple rusty angle brackets. I moved the bulkhead forward two inches and used caulking to glue the bulkhead to the hull on both sides. Since the boat has no ribs, any bulkhead helps reduce hull noise. Plus, now my berth is 6 foot 2 inches!!!
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But my main anchor is now the smallest Vulcan. It launches and retrieves great, but without chain it is a little hard to set.

But my main anchor is now the smallest Vulcan. It launches and retrieves great, but without chain it is a little hard to set.
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Here is the deck thru-hull block that sends the anchor line down the hawse pipe. It has a string in it for now.
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