I can't remember who it was that mentioned harming the gel coat while dropping anchor from the cockpit, but Larry Yake came up with a nice fix for this problem with his M17. He has a piece of linoleum he drapes over the side that protects it from the anchor and chain. Maybe Larry can remind me how he attaches that thing? t Tom Smith & Jane Van Winkle Sandpoint, Idaho M15-345, Chukar M17-064, Unnamed -----Original Message----- From: chbenneck@juno.com [mailto:chbenneck@juno.com] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 8:22 AM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: M_Boats: bow anchoring Hi Craig, When I single-handed my 29 footer, and wanted to anchor, I brought the anchor from the fore deck to the cockpit, then dropped the anchor from the cockpit. Reasons: I want to place the boat where I want it - with tiller in my hand. I don't want to be on the bow, then find that I am being blown down on someone else, and have to run back to the cockpit to engage my motor and give the engine some gas, in order to correct the situation. It works fine. What's wrong with dropping the anchor from the cockpit? On the 29 footer it was a 22 lb. Danforth; on the M15 it is a 5.5 lb. Bruce.................! Connie _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats This message was scanned for viruses!!