Thank you Bosco
And what does one do if one has almost a cable length of anchor rope and some movable manger boards ? Of course one tries out things
And what? The last pictures show the anchor rope tight and well clear the manger boards. Usually with the guns run out, everything looks neat, tidy and spacious. With the guns lashed it becomes already more tight.
But what with the cables prepared for throwing the anchor? Hihihihihihihi...
So here we go ...
... the tensioned anchor cables clear above the manger boards. But some time ago, I already did put up some heretical questions:
- the boards of the manger are not constructed in a way that a heavy anchor cable can rub over them.
- several sources claim the manger´s boards to be removable for what purpose?
- for what purpose were they taken out?
- why are they usually shown as a permanent fix?
While preparing came out Goodwins new book Victorys "Owners´ Workshop Manual" that gives a nice describtion on how to prepare to throw an anchor
- Clear the deck. But I kept the guns lashed (Lets suppose we have a heavy sea and do not want to unleash them).
- The sides of the manger were taken out!
HA!!! That is why I made them removable, I knew it!!!
- The starboard side anchor cable is stored on the port side because of handling. So bring it up the gundeck and flake it out in long loops along the deck, in a way that it can´t get jammed.
HA!!! That is why I made my cable that long!!!
- When the required length is laid out, fix the rope around the bitts and add some stoppers in front and back of the bitts (missing in the pictures still)
- If not done yet take a smaller messenger cable and get the cable through the hawser holes to to be fixed on the anchor.
Then comes a series of sailing manouvers . Then the anchor is let go and the rope can run out the hawser holes and uncoil easily throughout the deck without rubbing against any manger boards. Like this it makes finally sense to me
Finetuning still welcome!
And this is how it looks like: Starboard manger boards taken out ...
... uand the long hanks down the deck. This is almost a cable length.
And some more pics for pleasure and fun.
And suddenly, it doesn´t look that spacious and clear any more
As a guide the length of the cable should be 3 times the depth of water if I understood right. The free end of
this cable shown here on deck is 150 meters, so the water shoud be 40 to 50 meters deep. The Cable length of about 183 meters came out of the length of the old ropewalks. If longer cables were needed for deeper water, two cables had to be spliced together. Than we would have had about 9 hanks instead of the five here shown on the pictures. I think this should be still possible space wise.
Sincerily, Daniel
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