Mark I envy your fishing hole. The Georgian Bay is beautiful!!! We went up there every summer in the late 1960's and rented a cabin on one of the islands and a boat to get to it. I was in my teen's but I remember it every very well.
Your boat is looking great.
Tom
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Restored Mirror Dinghy, Bought OD18 built by CL, Westlawn School of Yacht Design courses. LT US Navy 1970-1978
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The claw anchors are the best I've ever used and you sure aren't going to bend it. Works great in mud, sand, rocks, anything. I've got a 6kg galvanized Lewmar claw for my OD 18, with 10' of chain, and when I drop it, we are parked Rig it to break away and trip backwards if it gets hung up.
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I used a 44 lb. Bruce for the bower anchor on my 39' Ericson and I have a lot of respect for it. I've had good fortune with CQR and Danforth as well but the Bruce is my preferred anchor. I think it was used to anchor drilling rigs in the North Sea. It's funny, Practical Sailor did anchor tests and the Bruce didn't do very well, so it's not so great for people who read magazines for their seamanship. But what it does is reset itself. I slept soundly with it well dug in.
Very interesting breakaway rig on the chain, CL, never seen that before although I've used a trip line on occasion.
Very interesting breakaway rig on the chain, CL, never seen that before although I've used a trip line on occasion.
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I also have a 10 lb Danforth with chain. It's great in sand and mud, not so much in rocks. You can turn those into a pretzel. On my 30' charter boat I carried a Bruce claw, larger but rigged just like above. I've used CQR plow anchors too, but preferred the Bruce. You can also rig a Danforth or plow in the same breakaway style. As long as the pull is somewhat horizontal this will hold great, but if you get vertical over it, tighten up and pull, it breaks the tie wraps and the anchor comes up backwards. Saved me $100's of dollars over the years. We used to use crab line before zip ties were invented.
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That rigging on the anchor is brilliant!
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We use the same anchor on a charter boat I work on and we just use 80lb mono fishing line wrapped through the hole and the chain 5 or 6 times, works just as well.
As usual, everything Cracker does looks neat and tidy
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Got a little work done late fall that I forgot to update y'all on before starting the crazy hours that are slowly settling doen.....
Fire extinguisher is mounted in the front center hatch (very accessible) in the section adjacent to the anchor/fender well. not sure if that makes sense..
Fire extinguisher is mounted in the front center hatch (very accessible) in the section adjacent to the anchor/fender well. not sure if that makes sense..
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Hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !
Got some time this past week to make some more progress - used a guide my Father in Law made to router out the recesses for the hatch hinges. The small section protruding underneath holds it in place (along with my wife standing on it) as well as provides the 1/2" to properly space the hatch against the deck surface.
Got some time this past week to make some more progress - used a guide my Father in Law made to router out the recesses for the hatch hinges. The small section protruding underneath holds it in place (along with my wife standing on it) as well as provides the 1/2" to properly space the hatch against the deck surface.
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Nice looking fire extinguisher and mount What brand are they?
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http://amerex-fire.com/Cracker Larry wrote:Nice looking fire extinguisher and mount What brand are they?
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