Colorado4Wheeler
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2012
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- 44
This is probably a silly question, but I've never had a runabout like this before. What do most people do to anchor a closed bow boat with a windshield where you have no access to the bow? I don't have a picture of my boat handy, but the design is similar to the one pictured below.
I don't really want to mess up the bow with an ugly anchor winch with a button on the dash, so does that leave me with having to keep a rope over the windshield? I could anchor from the stern, but risk water breaking over the back of the boat.
I thought about having a short rope going from the bow to the cleat by the drivers side where I could clip on the anchor line, detach from the cleat and I'm anchored, but then I'll have to start the boat in order to angle around to reach the anchor line to pull it up again.
I know it's probably a noob question, but I haven't come up with a viable plan to anchor this thing. I've always had easy access to the bow where I could drop an anchor without any problems.
Or maybe I just need to do a double line anchor like what's pictured below?
I don't really want to mess up the bow with an ugly anchor winch with a button on the dash, so does that leave me with having to keep a rope over the windshield? I could anchor from the stern, but risk water breaking over the back of the boat.
I thought about having a short rope going from the bow to the cleat by the drivers side where I could clip on the anchor line, detach from the cleat and I'm anchored, but then I'll have to start the boat in order to angle around to reach the anchor line to pull it up again.
I know it's probably a noob question, but I haven't come up with a viable plan to anchor this thing. I've always had easy access to the bow where I could drop an anchor without any problems.
Or maybe I just need to do a double line anchor like what's pictured below?
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