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jsc7 · 23-03-2018, 19:40

How is the anchor lanyard managed when the anchor is down?

Since the pulpit cleat is used to secure the anchor rode, then obviously the anchor lanyard must be taken off and ... put where? Do you just leave it on the anchor and submerge it?

(The anchor lanyard is item #4 in the diagram)

Alan Mighty · 23-03-2018, 19:45

You've a photo of an 'anchor halyard"?

I've not seen one. What is it's function or job?

LoudMusic · 23-03-2018, 19:52

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Originally Posted by jsc7

How is the anchor lanyard managed when the anchor is down?

Since the pulpit cleat is used to secure the anchor rode, then obviously the anchor lanyard must be taken off and ... put where? Do you just leave it on the anchor and submerge it?

(The anchor lanyard is item #4 in the diagram)

Cleats can have more than one line tied to them, so you could put your snubber over the anchor halyard/lanyard. Or you could leave it attached on the anchor end and submerge it.

Seems like it'd be easier to tie/untie from the cleat.

**Jim Cate** · 23-03-2018, 19:54

Alan, I thin he is referring to a lashing that secures the anchor when stowed in the roller.

And for the OP, there's no set protocol that I know of. If it is a short bit of light line (as mine has been) it can just be left tied to the anchor IMO. But doubtless better to remove it... I've used various forms of carabiners or other hooks to engage the anchor, making it easy to detach it when deploying.

Jim

**Don C L** · 23-03-2018, 19:59

Mine just lays on the deck tucked up on the bow out of the way till it's time to go usually. But to be neater I should uncleat it and hang it somewhere out of the way.

Alan Mighty · 23-03-2018, 20:02

Thanks for the diagram, jsc.

So I'd call Number 4 an anchor lashing. That's because it's function is to make sure that the anchor does not leave the bow in nasty conditions. It helps hold the anchor in place on the bow roller, ready to self-launch, but stops it self-launching prematurely.

If that anchor lashing is made permanently to the anchor as some are, then it gets submerged with the anchor. If you browse your way through Noelex 77's thread 'Photos of Anchors Setting', you'll see quite a few anchors with lashing lines made permanently to them and left to be submerged. See: http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ng-126073.html

Your diagram suggests that the lashing line is made with a shackle or the like to the anchor. In that case, you could remove the lashing and keep it on deck and clip to the anchor when the anchor is recovered.

I reserve 'halyard' as a name for cordage that is used to haul something, such as a sail or a pole. The word comes from 'haul' + 'yard' (a pole used to spread a sail out).

Some people have a tag line attached to their anchor. A tag line is used to help in recovering an anchor. Some folk attach buoys to their anchors, attached by cordage to their anchor, to mark the location of the anchor when the anchor is submerged and set.

svHyLyte · 24-03-2018, 07:55

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Originally Posted by jsc7

How is the anchor lanyard managed when the anchor is down?

Since the pulpit cleat is used to secure the anchor rode, then obviously the anchor lanyard must be taken off and ... put where? Do you just leave it on the anchor and submerge it?

(The anchor lanyard is item #4 in the diagram)

Ah... Unless you're using it in the manner of a nipping line, why not simply attach the lanyard to the chain with a chain hook until time to deploy the anchor? Alternately, simply employ a chain stopper or devils claw and dispense with the lanyard entirely, No?

Cheechako · 24-03-2018, 08:25

Leave it on the deck with a snap shackle or any shackle actually that is easy to attach/detach.

Cadence · 24-03-2018, 10:08

I would not leave it on the anchor. Just one more thing to possibly foul your anchor.

Rough Magic · 24-03-2018, 10:45

Mine is rigged with a chain hook, I use it to tie the chain off to the deck cleat. It's a 5/8 three strand about 10 feet long. Snubber and strain relief in one.

Cadence · 24-03-2018, 10:52

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Originally Posted by Rough Magic

Mine is rigged with a chain hook, I use it to tie the chain off to the deck cleat. It's a 5/8 three strand about 10 feet long. Snubber and strain relief in one.

Two in one, a great idea.