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 Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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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Hi Keith, Congratulations on your new boat. Where are you located? Here are some links to pics of my anchor rode set up and of the bowsprit I added for an anchor roller. https://msogphotosite.com/Scripts/StoryTechnical/storytechnicaldetail.php?id... https://msogphotosite.com/Scripts/StoryTechnical/storytechnicaldetail.php?id... Unfortunately there is a glitch in the msogphotosite program that is not allowing the thumbnail pictures in the Bowsprit post to show full size when clicked on. These mods are probably overkill for a boat as small as the M17 but they do keep me nautically occupied during our long Minnesota winters. Henry M17 Monita #310 On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 12:38 PM Cap Keith <orionkeith@msn.com> 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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Hello Keith, welcome to our community! I have equipped my 1982 M17 with a bow roller mounted anchor in a fashion that might be of interest to you... You can find some info on it here -> http://www.msogphotosite.com/Scripts/StoryTechnical/storytechnicaldetail.php... Cheers Keith *Keith R. Martin* *Vancouver/Burnaby B.C.* *Serenity M17, #353* *http://www.msogphotosite.com/Scripts/Boats/boatsdetail.php?id=105 <http://www.msogphotosite.com/Scripts/Boats/boatsdetail.php?id=105>* On Fri, 31 Dec 2021 at 10:38, Cap Keith <orionkeith@msn.com> 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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My thoughts: Launch and retrieve the anchor from the cockpit. When anchor set walk rode to the bow. Store in the deep Port cockpit locker. Tie rode to the big cleat in the center of the foredeck. I assume your boat has aluminum toe rails. Run the rode over the toe rail. Chocks would nice nice but difficult to fit as you _do not_ want to remove, cut or damage the aluminum toe rails. :: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: Baba 30 #233 DEJA VU :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - m15namedscred.wordpress.com On Fri, Dec 31, 2021, 10:38 AM Cap Keith <orionkeith@msn.com> 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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