Congrats Keith and welcome to M17-land! My 1974 M17 has a large center-located bow cleat which is where I make fast the anchor rode. Being as old as it is, it also has the wonderful full length anodized aluminum toe rails which are very low-friction, so I have no separate chocks as the rode just slides over the toe rail. It is stopped from shifting much aft by the bow pulpit stanchion. Not sure when M17s changed from the aluminum to wood toe rails, which do you have? My anchor lives (so far anyhow) in the small starboard locker and not on the bow so no pulpit mount or bow roller etc. on mine. Keith M. has a whole customized bow roller/sprit setup, looks like Henry on "Monita" does also, you can see some of this on the MSOG photo site: http://msogphotosite.com/Scripts/General/index.php Happy new years' eve, John On 12/31/21 10:38 AM, Cap Keith wrote:
Hi all,
I recently bought a 1980 Montgomery 17 and was trying to figure out the best way to setup the anchoring system. Not so much on types of anchors, but, more importantly how the bow is set to receive the anchor rode, there isn’t a Sampson post, or what I feel is proper or more functional chocks or bow roller (?). Can anyone provide what has worked best for them?
Thank you! Keith Korporaal
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