I'm rebuilding my foredeck on a 29'
Pearson Triton.
Problems with the old arrangement, there was a sort of
bowsprit thing with the
anchor roller on it. It was right against the headstay and when I brought the
anchor up it would interfere with the
furler, I ended up breaking part of the drum off at one point. No good. I also am adding a
manual windlass to the
deck and changing out the chain pipe (used to have a dorade vent thing as a chain pipe that you couldn't close.
Anyway, this is what I'm thinking so far. The bow rail is getting in the way of me moving the anchor roller over any further. The one change I'm planning from this picture is to move the larger of the two
cleats in line with the anchor roller.
I've pondered making a tapered bass for the anchor roller so that the aft edge of it is flat with the
deck but it still makes it over the toe rail, making a better lead to the cleat and the
windlass. But I'm not sure about that.
My other big question is where to put the fair-leads. Currently there is only one, far forward by the
head stay. I can't put another one on starboard because of the anchor roller. And then I can put them right aft of that because of the bow rail. So they end up being quite a bit farther aft in this arrangement. I'm not sure if that's a problem or not. I don't really see it on other boats but my bow is narrower than a lot of other boats + a pretty big roller.
I like the big roller btw...I use a 35lb
Mantus that sits in it and I'm at anchor a lot when I'm on the
boat so like having some oversized tackle up there.
All ears if you have any thoughts.